UTILIZATION OF THE BUILDING OF THE FORMER BUDA CASTLE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE

Planning status
Plan
Planning year
2008
Planning area
11 000 m2
Locality
Budapest
Lead Architect
Zoboki Gábor DLA habil., egyetemi tanár, Turi Zoltán
Kis Péter (Kis Péter Építészműterme Kft.), Zombor Gábor
Architects
Lakos Dániel, Országh István, Rózsás László, Silvester Csaba, Szatmári Gábor, Tolnai Linda
Main design partners and consultants
Kis Péter Építészműterme Kft.
Client
Budai Várgondnokság

In cooperation with Péter Kis’s Architects Studio, a tourism and cultural centre was designed for Dísz Square, the pivotal point of Buda Castle, by re-thinking the ruins of the former Headquarters for National Defence and Ministry of National Defence. The contemporary stone block refers to the roof shapes of the Buda Castle.

On the ground floor and under the terrain, the spaces of tourism and building services, on the first floor, an event hall with special interior design, while on the second floor, on the “architectural plateau” created at a 10-m height, a space for individual fine art exhibitions of nation-wide importance or large events was designed.