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Science Palace, Debrecen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architects: P\u00e9ter Kov\u00e1cs, Istv\u00e1n Lengyel <\/strong>
\nText: Zolt\u00e1n Gy\u0151rffy <\/strong>
\nPhotos: Tam\u00e1s Bujnovszky <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: J\u00e1nos L\u00e1szl\u00f3, Civertan<\/p><\/div>\n

In Debrecen architects P\u00e9ter Kov\u00e1cs and Istv\u00e1n Lengyel were commissioned to design a building on the site of the botanical gardens associated with the university campus which facilitates an interactive way of promoting nature sciences whilst helping schoolchildren to orientate with regard to their further studies and career choice. The site is a unique one owing to its natural values and its place in the city\u2019s fabric. The development scheme of the university and the clinics evolved from the early 1910s on. As a result, the existing buildings are organised along strictly orthogonal axes in the Great Forest as a system of pavilions.
\nRecently completed, Science Palace is accessible via a pedestrian bridge winding and floating amongst the trees. Facing south, the white volumes of the building project their silhouettes in a highly sculpturesque way. As a result of its sophisticated organisation, the observer on the outside does not actually notice the substantial appr. 3,500 square metres floor area defined to cover in the design scheme. However, the natural masses of the building strain between the trees of the forest like a canvas to serve as the background of the natural environment, much in the same way as an abstract landscape would, lacking any kind of theory.
\nThe exterior of the building features the same kind of tranquil presence and equilibrium as the interiors. Its monolithic blocks appearing on the exterior conceal the functions of theme-based spaces, which are delegated by the institutions of the university: hydrobiology, biomedicine, botanics, physics with robotics, and chemistry with astronomy. All these demonstration spaces are accessible from the central interactive area, the gallery spatial system, which houses exhibitions of a more popular kind. From the north an underground auditorium hidden beneath a hill joins the gallery. The section of this hill also appears from the direction of the gallery and contributes to the seemless integration of the building into the botanical gardens from the northern side.<\/p>\n

Leading architect: P\u00e9ter Kov\u00e1cs DLA, Istv\u00e1n\tLengyel <\/strong>
\nArchitects: Lajos Barab\u00e1s, Tibor Bartha, Ott\u00f3 Ferenczi, Istv\u00e1n Kecsk\u00e9s, \u00c9va Moln\u00e1r, Attila T\u00f3th, Bal\u00e1zs Higi <\/strong>
\nStructure: Zsigmond Dezs\u0151, Attila Kocsis <\/strong>
\nHVAC: S\u00e1ndor H\u00e1mori\u2020, Gyula Bodn\u00e1r <\/strong>
\nElectrical engineering: Zsolt Nagy <\/strong>
\nTraffic: Attila Mocs\u00e1ri, S\u00e1ndor M\u00e1t\u00e9 <\/strong>
\nEnvironment: Tam\u00e1s S\u00e1ndor <\/strong>
\nClient: Debrecen Megyei Jog\u00fa V\u00e1ros \u00d6nkorm\u00e1nyzata<\/strong>
\nMain contractor: HUN\u00c9P Zrt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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