The Extension of the Modern Hungarian Gallery, Pécs

Architects: István Kistelegdi, ifj. István Kistelegdi
Text: Károly Rőmer
Photos: Antal Szentendrei

The tensions resulting from the co-existense of the old and the new as well as the presentation of the 21st century previous ages and their relative proportions are all issues to be tackled now. A monumental single-storey Eclectic-Baroque style building formerly housing the County Hall was a given in this case. The museum moving in here to replace the administrative functions was matched with the intention of preserving the protected monument in an intact form. There was no significance change to be made to the contemporary srtructure and spatial configuration: the street elevations appear in their original historic forms without any modern additions. The extension constructed in the direction of the court, the materials and spatial organization of a three-layered passive house with glazing resulting in a glass-house and matched with the ideas of energy-consciousness are clearly separated from the old building. The structure steps out from the orthogonal system of the historic monument with its horizontal layout and has a revolved axis which is not an autotelic one, but adjusts to the direction of the access ramp organically integrated into the court and making the best use of the area available for the extension with a maximum degree of efficiency.

Architects: István Kistelegdi, ifj. István Kistelegdi
General design: Kistelegdi 2008 Építész Tervező Kft.
Fellow architects: Miklós Halada, Judit Széll, Erika Vörös
Construction planning: Ágnes M. Juhász
Interior designer: Ágnes Uherkovich
Structure: István Brandmüller
Technical installations: Szabolcs Vígh
Elecrical engineering: Béla Hegyi
Overlay and landscape: Tibor Böjte
Elevator: Endre Hlatky
Environment: Magdolna Szathmáry
Client: Baranya Megyei Önkormányzat
Main contractor: Laki Épületszobrász Zrt.