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Location: Budapest, Hungary 9 Oct 2012
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Project Area: 50,000 sqm

Landscape Design: Garten Stúdió Ltd.
Landscape Designers: István Steffler, György Szloszjár, Gabriella Vastagh
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The area around the former river harbor lies in the southern part of Buda. The territory was
abandoned and heavily polluted industrial site, partially used for personal holiday purposes
in the last decades of the Communist regime and in the ‘90s.

Before the current owner (property developer Öböl XI. Ltd.) acquired the site, the narrow dam
was dotted with a variety of modest wooden barracks in sad condition which were home to
the water police, a number of small restaurants. We proposed erecting the new pavilions on
exactly the same spot as these old structures and employing a timber building typology
characteristic of the waterfront. We were playing with shapes and materials, just as we
were playing during the design process: we identified the buildings with names such as ‘the
one with the sweater’ or ‘with the parka’ etc. So the steel frames were dressed up with light-
weighted wall structures and timber facades. With their simple shape and detailing, these
unpretentious little buildings radiate a certain timelessness and lightness.

The outdoor area has been also carefully landscaped and treated always in strong MORE SELECTED
connection with the buildings. The environmental rehabilitation of the bay is also finished: BUILDINGS ›

the water is not anymore a polluted, but a living natural area.

The area as a whole has the potential to be a resounding success. The location is

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particularly outstanding in that it offers water views on two sides of the dam and natural

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access to the Danube which is a unique opportunity for the habitants of the City.

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1 comment
Muna Imani 0
i like this project and it is an interesting design in how they use w ooden material that integrate w ith
surrounding and site, and it gives a strong connection w ith landscape design. also, the selection of structure
they used is so effective w ith the site and function.
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