The Extension of the American School, Nagykovácsi

Architects: Ferenc Annus, Marina Annus
Text: Anna Szövényi
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky

The American educational system as such is based on the project of „building up” a person with little lexical knowledge but with the capability to know where knowledge is available, how to think and focus on correlations, articulate opinions, respect differences whilst seeing them as a whole, being able to work in teams whilst also holding on as an individual. I guess this system of ideas and the designer must have co-operated in constructing a building of this kind, as the design faithfully reflects the understanding and unfolding of this type of education. Is this kind of education an appropriate one? And how are we to educate well? We do not know, but it surely is food for thought. The American system may have components which we could profit from here in Hungary, precisely from those which have eternal relevance and thus can be passed on into a building.

Client: AISB Alapítvány
Main contractor: Vegyépszer Kft. 
Design : A+A Stúdió Kft.
Építészek / architects: Annus Ferenc, Annus Marina vezető tervezők, Nagy Mihály, Varga Imre tervezők
Structure: Andor Eszter, Aninger Judit, Bacsek Zoltán
Plumbing: Szabó István, Varga Balázs
Electrical engineering : Taraj Márton
Environment: Torma Sarolta
Roads: Havasi Zoltán
Public utilities: Kádár László
Kitchen technology: Straub Ágnes
Acoustics: Arató Éva, Alabárdos Zsuzsanna