MÉSZ-MÉK Diploma Award 2023 Concept and text: Dóra Tihanyi, BME Consultant: Péter Kronavetter DLA The Pauline monastery of Kőkút („Stone Well”) in Salföld is one of the oldest monuments of the order, with a history dating back to the 1260s. The scheme proposes to enhance the significance of the site and to develop its uses. […]

MÉK-MÉSZ Diploma Award 2023 Text and concept: Mátyás Weisz Consultant: Balázs Falvai DLA Theatre education, drama pedagogy as a form of education and training combines traditional education with the theatre, and thus makes learning more colourful for children. Drama education training takes place mostly on-site in schools. The plan will provide a home for theatre […]

Strategies for the new challenges of a new century Text: Bálint Botzheim In our current thematic issue, we present different strategies for how the architect can be mindful of the effects on the environment. The first of the presented strategies is recycling. Why build a new one, if the existing building can be adapted to […]

Diploma Thesis Concept and text: Marcell Szuhanyik As we enter the 21st century, retreats are not just religiously motivated and led. Through a variety of systems of thought, as part of physical and spiritual exercises, and also as a contrast to our everyday life, time spent alone or in a group with the same purpose […]

Debrecen, Kossuth-Burgundia Corner Teachers: Ferenc Keller, Péter Kovács DLA Master’s students of the Department of Architecture, which is part of the Faculty of Engineering of the Technical University of Debrecen, have been working on an area of the historic inner city core that has long been in need of a solution. Within the framework of […]

Students’ Plans for the Architectural Education and Training at the University of Pécs Teachers: Gábor Veres, Ders Csaba, András Greg, Tamás Kondor, Balázs Kokas, Andor Krisztián Kovács, Péter Udvardi In 2013, the Urban Research Group was established at the Institute of Architecture of the University of Pécs with the aim to deal with urban research […]

Text: Csaba Kovács, Gábor Nagy Plans: MOME Építészeti Intézet Mentors: Csaba Kovács, Gergely Barcza The memorial house of the poet László Nagy in Iszkáz was brought to the attention of the MOME Institute of Architecture by Gábor Nagy, architectural historian and expert on historical monuments. Students of the 3rd grade of the BA in 2022 […]

MÉSZ-MÉK Diploma Award 2022 Concept and text: Sára Borbála Bodó , BME Explirative Architecture Department Consultant: Gábor Fábián The location of the diploma project is Lipót, a small village of 716 people in Szigetköz. The planned building is located directly on the shore of the crescent-shaped lake, thus forming a kind of boundary between the […]

Early Development Centre for Children with Autism MÉSZ-MÉK Diploma Award 2022 Concept: Eszter Vörös Grigoriu , BME Tutor: Levente Szabó DLA The design, which was awarded the Diploma Prize 2022, meant to find an answer to the question which environmental characteristics are best suited to children with autism. What kind of architecture suites people with […]

Diploma Thesis, Budapest Technical University, 2022 Concept: Fanni Monostori Consultant: Balázs Kemes DLA The plan reflects on the causes of the existing climatic conditions, especially on the severity of the damage caused by the agricultural sector. A case study examining the agricultural system of rural Hungary offers an alternative solution to the traditional agricultural system […]

Results of the Landscape Design Competition Concept and text: OpenSpace Ltd., Deichler Jakab Studio Budapest Development Centre Nonprofit Co. has published an open landscape design tender to renew Városmajor. The criteria were to have a modern development of a landscaped public park in line with the era and the spirit of liveable sustainable cities with […]

Reconstruction and extension of the former Festetics mill in Toponár Concept and text: Anna Fekecs One of the districts of Kaposvár, Toponár, was once a Festetics estate, and many buildings preserve the memory of the family. Currently, the mill building is unused and if not used, this valuable Festetics memento will be lost. The plan […]