Reconstruction of Károly Kós Well-House and Resort, Kászonjakabfalva (RO)

Architect: Győző Esztány
Text: Anthony Gall
Photos: Győző Esztány, István Szigeti Vajk

Designed by Károly Kós, the Pán well-house is located in Seklerland Kászoni Valley and was built for the former senior GP of Sepsiszentgyörgy, Dr. Kristóf Fogolyán almost 100 years ago. The site has been rehabilitated in an exemplary way, the former house by Károly Kós has been entirely rebuilt, and completed with a residential building next to it as well as a bower as part of a comprehensive rehab project covering the entire neighborhood. The original structure is a typical example of the masonry and timber building typology. The new owner ambitioned to restore the building to the original designs by Kós and the old conditions as closely as possible, and also to suit it to meet purposes of tourism. Mushroom experts and statics expertise were considered when making the decision to entirely demolish the remaining structure and then to completely rebuild it. The attitude of architect Győző Esztány, the designer of the rehabilitation did not only imitate the past, but also serves it in a modest and sensitive way.

Client: Gyárfás Kurkó
Leading architect: Győző Esztány
Collaborator: Zsolt Esztány
Structure: Sándor Márton
HVAC: Tibor Gegő, Attila Antal
Electrical engineering: András Részegh
Landscape: Ágnes Herczeg