Culture/Education
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.
Year of design:
2003
Gross floor area:
2 300 m2
Senior designer:
Lajos Hartvig DLA
Project leader designer:
György Hidasi , Agnes Szekely
Designers:
Pal Alasztics, Andras Fullar, Andrea Nagy, Zoltan Vass
Investor:
Nemzeti Kulturális Örökség Minisztériuma
