Collegium Hungaricum Berlin – competition

Design principles:

• To create a strong urban landmark
• Clear allegorical references to the Hungarian culture
• Inexorably modern architecture
• Flexible internal connections
• Emblematic appearance, which may be the key to the vibrant cultural life inside
• References to the Hungarian culture
• Allegro Barbaro Bell Forest

The most important façade of the building, being architecturally dominant in the surrounding scenery, appears from Unter den Linden. Allegro Barbaro Bell Forest, a building-high sculpture is erected on the axis of the promenade, where Béla Bartók’s composition is displayed in the installation of 173 pieces of peeled pine. As a reminiscence of the noon bell, a silent bell forest of steel pipes is hung down from the roof above the forest.