Haris Park, Budapest

Architects: Márton Kovács, Sándor Göcsei
Text: Miklós Okrutay
Photos: György Darabos

Founded in 1696, the Civilian Shooting Association in Buda moved to its permanent home in 1885. Built in the „Swiss” style, the house evokes the characteristic architecture of mansions, containing a banquet hall. The single-storey central block is flanked by smaller pavilion-like parts on both sides. Each building opens up with carved and turned timber pediments on the main facades. Thanks to its most recent renovation of high standards, the maintenance and functioning of the building is carried out with due care and attention, which is the merit of the family owning it now. The intervention may as well be rated as an exemplary model of successfully utilizing historic buildings as it is primarily the preserved and renovated parts of the building that draw attention, with each detail offering authentic experience and the original atmosphere of the period of its construction defines the overall image in an intact way.

General design: Márton Kovács, Sándor Göcsei – Egyperegy Építész Műterem
Interior design 1. phase: Tibor Somlai, András Molnár – Somlai Design Studio
Interior design 2. phase: Miklós Csuzdi, Gabriella Patai – Ga Design Budapest
Fire protection: Sándor Rimár
Kitchen technology: Árpád Rátonyi
Garden, landscape: Nóra Geiger
Scientific documentation: Ferenc Bor
Evaluation: Zoltán Fehérvári
Wall research: József Lángi
Monument history expert: Zsuzsanna Sajti
Client: Dr. Éva Haris, György Haris, Gergely Haris – Haris Park Kft.