Foton, Veszprém

Architects: Orsolya Nóbik, Attila Szilvási
Text: János Géczi
Photos: Csaba Toroczkai / VEB2023 EKF

The baroque stable building at the south-western end of Veszprém Castle, at the junction of the inner space of the bastion under the Fire Tower, the office building of the House of Arts and the courtyard of the Csikász Gallery in Simoga House, has been renewed and given a new function as part of the Veszprém-Balaton European Capital of Culture 2023 event series. It was an architectural honour to redesign the part of the building under the original half-slope roof into a multifunctional venue and to reconfigure the former flat-roofed part of the building to add a 70-seat auditorium suitable for cinema projection, with staff offices of appropriate size and quality. From the Simoga Garden, the focus is on the gate tower. This provides access to all the sites within the building, as well as the lower hanging garden. Behind the gate tower is a vertical structure imitating a slate castle, covered with solid and thinned boards. Underneath the planking is the promised future art cinema, the current auditorium, and on top of it a flexible terrace. The complex is surrounded by three independent gardens.

General architecture: TAAT / km07 Architects.
Architecture, interior design: Nóbik Orsolya, Szilvási Attila
Fellow architect: Gábor János Kiss
Monument history expert: Miklós Rácz PhD
Structure: Géza Kapovits – Artheseus
Landscape: Péter István Balogh, Zsuzsa Kincső Patka, József Major – S73
Framework: Erik Rezgő – Rezgő Engineering
HVAC: András Lantos, Tamás Varga– Lanterv
Electrical engineering: Péter Berendi
Fire protection: Krisztina Németh
Public utilities: Péter Petrovai
Kitchen technology: Piroska Kaszab
Main contractor: Kuti és Fia