Egry József School, Zánka

Architect: András Krizsán
Text: Gábor Erhardt
Photos: József Hajdú

The extension of the school in Zánka is worth analyzing from three aspects at least, concerning the relationship between the designer and the location in the narrower or wider sense of the word. András Krizsán was brought up in the vicinity and has been working here as a designer-architect for more than two decades now. Thus the actual task must have meant a lot more for him than just the realization of a simple functional extension. The extended structure had originally been one of the average-standard so-called winter resort building of the camp functioning as an educational building of the school at present. Owing to its original function the foyer as well as the community space and the communicating rooms of the structure are relatively small, thus the need to have a new aula built was a realistic one. This was wittily connected to the original stairhall by the designer with the result that every level suggests spaciousness now. He also wished to establish visual contacts of the same intensity by opening up the space closed by the stage from the northwest in two directions. Joining the office on the first storey, the terrace integrates the third layer which is to be analyzed apropos of a building worth discussing: it is the extra factor which makes a house more than just an edifice meeting purely functional needs constructed in a correct way structurally.

Architect: András Krizsán – MODUM Építésziroda Kft
Fellow architects: Judit Csontó, Szabolcs Debreczeni
Interior design: Gyula Horváth – ROTARIDESZ Bt.
Strcture: Ákos Medek, Gergely Szarka – MEDEK Iroda Kft
Technical installations: Csaba Rosza – PUMPERO Bt.
Electrical engineering: Zsuzsa Kovács, Dávid Sándor – QUALIKO Kft
Client: Zánkai Gyermek és Ifjúsági Centrum Kft
Main contractor: Kuti és Fia Kft.