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Béla

Building

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The pillar framed, reinforced concrete structure had several unique details such as the spiral staircase, the column statue made by Gábor Boda, the meeting rooms decorated wooden inlays or the cloakroom cladded with aluminium panels.

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The iconic MTESZ Headquarters was standing in the center of Budapest, next to Parlament. 

 

Bela Pinter designed this office building for the Chamber of Commerce in 1969 that has been inaugurated in 1972. Even though plans have been developed for the plot already in 1928 by Dezső Hültl but these never been built consequent to the war.

 

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What happened to the building ?

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In 2015 ideas were collected within the framework of an international competition to refresh the building that will be more suitable for the context. Several great ideas were proposed by international studios, unfortunately the jury couldn’t find a suitable one.

An independent architect was pointed for the development who discovered the weak state of the building structure.  The building were demolished and the better fitting Hültl design was rebuilt.
 

Design

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An installation has been developed incorporating both benches to sit and vertical elements to give inforation to the community. A vertical pattern was developed from the character of the building while the column characters and interior elements are brought back by the relief motives. 

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CHARACTERISTICS HIGHLIGHTED IN DESIGN:

Vertical pattern surface
Relief motive

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