{"id":3425,"date":"2011-03-01T15:12:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:47:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:47:45","slug":"a-mindennapok-meltosaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/archivum\/a-mindennapok-meltosaga\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dignity of Everyday Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food Store, Budapest, T\u0171zolt\u00f3 Street<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architect: G\u00e9za Kendik
\nText: Eszter G\u00f6tz
\nPhotos: Tam\u00e1s Bujnovszky<\/p>\n

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Launched before the change of the political system, the rehab project of Ferencv\u00e1ros is one of those that Budapest may be proud of. As a result of clever decisions, this ruinous and slumming area has been gradually facelifted for three decades now. These days the metamorphosis of Central Ferencv\u00e1ros has reached the next stage: a department store of a food store chain has been opened in the reconstructed riding hall of the former Maria Theresa (later on Kili\u00e1n) Barracks. The hall with its typically atmospheric and wonderful brick architecture evokes the era of the dual monarchy. It had housed a favourite second hand furniture store of the capital, which was closed soon after the change of the political system, and had been continuously deteriorating. The local government of Ferencv\u00e1ros sold it to the new owners on condition that the structure enjoying local protection of monuments must not be demolished, and it could only be remodelled. However, we can see only now that the designs involved a minimal degree of intervention in a clear and puritan way: the mass, the structure and the facade of the riding hall has been restored to its old glory and beauty, whilst the single-space department store it houses offers food at discount prices for city-dwellers living nearby.<\/p>\n

General design: Studio A4 Iroda Kft.
\nLeading architect: G\u00e9za Kendik
\nFellow architects: Viola D\u00f3czy, P\u00e9ter Veszelik, D\u00e1niel Salamon, Krist\u00f3f Horv\u00e1th
\nStructure: Viktor L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u2013 Konstruaterv Kft.
\nInstallations: Benedek V\u00e9gh \u2013 Econix Kft.
\nRoad and public utilities: J\u00e1nos Gr\u0151b, Zolt\u00e1n Vida \u2013 Kulterv Bt.
\nLandscape: M\u00e1rta Preszler \u2013 PM Garden
\nClient: Hofer Magyarorsz\u00e1g Ingatlan Kft.
\nMain contractors: STETTIN-HUNG\u00c1RIA KFT. (magas\u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9s), Gebr\u00fcder HAIDER Kft. (m\u00e9ly\u00e9p\u00edt\u00e9s)<\/p>\n

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