Day Nursery, Csillaghegy

Architect: Ágnes Kravár
Text: Miklós Sulyok
Photos: Tibor Zsitva

„Variations of a Motif by Makovecz”, might as well have been a fitting title for my short article, as the new day nursery in Csillaghegy is a modified version of the one in Búza Street, Makó designed by Imre Makovecz regarding both its floor plan and overall formation. As far as the building in Csillaghegy is concerned, Imre Makovecz won the tender published by the local authority of District 3 Budapest in 2011 and thus went for designs himself but his strength soon failed him and finally asked Diana Mike, a young architect working for his team as an undergraduate. After the death of Makovecz, his long-time fellow architect, Ágnes Kravár took over the project. A peaceful area also in terms of architecture, Csillaghegy is a suburban garden city. The well-proportioned building majestically grows out from the relatively large site and turns with a friendly facade towards the street with its porch outside the entrance gate. Overlooking the elongated U-shaped and porticoed yard, the rooms with educational functions are octagonal, skylit and crowned with a cupola – all of which also feature the baths complex designed by Makovecz in Makó.

Client: Óbuda-Békásmegyer Önkormányzata
Project management: Óbuda Városfejlesztő Kht.
Design: Paralel Építésziroda Kft.
Main contractor: Kalotherm Zrt.
Architects: Ágnes Kravár, Diana Mike
Fellow architect: Géza Benyó
Structure: László Pongor Pond – Mérnöki Iroda Kft., Gábor Hadnagy
HVAC: László Szalóky – Kristályklíma Plusz Kft., László Benes, Endre Csiszár, Gergely Marosi
Electrical engineering: Dezső Sax – Hochplan Kft.
Interiors: Ágnes Kravár, Diana Mike, László Attila Márton
Furniture: Miklós Györkös – Bellart Bt.
Kitchen technology: Béla Fraknói
Garden: Mónika Buella
Ceramic tiles: Éva Kun
Wooden works: László Megyeri