{"id":47260,"date":"2023-06-27T18:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=47260"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:51:39","slug":"varos-a-varosban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/aktualis\/tema\/varos-a-varosban\/","title":{"rendered":"City in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTP Headquarters, Budapest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architects: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 F\u00f6ldes, J\u00e1nos M\u00f3nus, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u00f3th<\/strong>
\nText: Anett Mizsei<\/strong>
\nPhotos: B\u00e1lint Jaksa<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 21st century has already brought many unexpected changes to human life. Flexibility has become one of the key factors for the success of individuals and communities of various sizes. Designed by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 F\u00f6ldes, J\u00e1nos M\u00f3nus and L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u00f3th, this office building is able to meet these dynamically changing expectations and serve as a stable basis for the 3,000 or so employees who work here. As it is part of a mass of buildings connected to its two neighbours but opening out at certain points onto the streets surrounding the block, permeability was an important consideration. The building is organized around six spacious courtyards, each with a different character as a result of the landscape architectural concept. Between them, two covered courtyards were created. One of them accommodates a large office, which required a larger contiguous area and width larger than the building wings allowed. The other is a lobby, the primary representative reception area of the headquarters, where a dense indoor green space with a variety of tropical species, reminiscent of a botanical garden greenhouse, has been created. Architecture, interior design and landscape architecture form a single continuous fabric across the building, with interior and exterior green spaces in multiple layers and levels. A built landscape planted with organic forms and a varied, multi-level plant stand flows throughout the block interior, forming a continuous basic layer. The inner courtyards open into each other through passages of several storeys in height. The volume of the “gateways” opens up on several levels, with trees growing in the cut-out “negative spaces” at various points in the building. The roofs of the lower wings also host gardens. It is as if the building has just lifted a piece of landscape up in the air: a full-fledged series of gardens, with shrubs, small trees, a variety of blossoming and evergreen plants. This urban landscape character can be felt throughout the interior spaces of the building.<\/p>\n

General planning: \u00d6KO-BAU Ltd.<\/strong>
\nLeading architects: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 T\u00f3th \u2013 \u00d6KO-BAU Ltd., L\u00e1szl\u00f3 F\u00f6ldes \u2013 F\u00f6ldes and Partners, J\u00e1nos M\u00f3nus \u2013 M\u00f3nus Architects<\/strong>
\nArchitects: \u00c1gota Antal, Bernadett B\u00e9ni, Barnab\u00e1s Cseszlai, Barbara Er\u0151ss, N\u00f3ra K\u0151halmy, Anna Luk\u00e1cs, G\u00e1bor Nagy, M\u00e1t\u00e9 Nov\u00e1k, Oliv\u00e9r Orning, Alma T\u00f3th\u2013 F\u00f6ldes and Partners; Ilona Acz\u00e9l Szab\u00f3, S\u00e1ndor Gomb\u00e1r, Istv\u00e1n Tam\u00e1si, Zsolt Tehenics \u2013 \u00d6KO-BAU Ltd.<\/strong>
\nFellow architects: Vir\u00e1g M\u00e1th\u00e9, Zsombor Szentmih\u00e1lyi<\/strong>
\nInteriors (communal spaces, offices): Krisztina S\u00e1rosdi M\u00e1di, J\u00e1nos Szlov\u00e1k, Vir\u00e1g M\u00e1th\u00e9\u2013 M\u00e1di L\u00e1nczos Studio<\/strong>
\nFellow interior designers: S\u00e1ra Matheidesz, Erzs\u00e9bet Zimmerer, M\u00e1rton Varga, Andr\u00e1s Jak\u00f3, Inez Petr\u00e9nyi, R\u00e9ka Vaszk\u00f3, Edmond Kov\u00e1cs, Andrea Kov\u00e1cs, Bence Guly\u00e1s<\/strong>
\nGraphic design: Karina Kurit\u00e1r, Toma B\u00f3na<\/strong>
\nInteriors (communal spaces): Kinga Kismarty-Lechner \u2013 Millim\u00e9ter M\u0171terem<\/strong>
\nFellow designers: Kitti F\u00e9nyes, Petra Haraszti, D\u00e1niel Hartvig, Erika Ign\u00e1cz, N\u00f3ra K\u0151halmy, Luk\u00e1cs Polg\u00e1r, Eszter Vir\u00e1ghalmy<\/strong>
\nLandscape: Gergely L\u00e1d, Borb\u00e1la Gy\u00fcre \u2013 Geum Ltd.<\/strong>
\nElectrical engineering: Judit Bal\u00e1zs \u2013 Artvill Ltd.<\/strong>
\nAutomatics: Mih\u00e1ly Lab\u00e1di \u2013 Gaut Ltd.<\/strong>
\nHVAC: J\u00f3zsef Kiss, Zolt\u00e1n Sor\u2013 PhQ Engineering<\/strong>
\nStructures: R\u00f3bert Gecs\u00e9nyi \u2013 Din\u00e1m Engineering<\/strong>
\nSoil mechanics: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Radv\u00e1nyi \u2013 Radv\u00e1nyi Engineering<\/strong>
\nFramework: Rich\u00e1rd Reisch \u2013 FRT Raszter Ltd., Zolt\u00e1n P\u00e1ricsy, Ter\u00e9z Zwickl, Gy\u0151z\u0151 Wittinger \u2013 P\u00e1ricsy and Partners<\/strong>
\nFire protection: Zsolt Fenyvesi\u2013 F.S.Z. Engineering<\/strong>
\nRoads, traffic: Bal\u00e1zs Sipos \u2013 K\u00f6zleked\u00e9s F\u0151v\u00e1rosi Tervez\u0151 Iroda Ltd.<\/strong>
\nAcoustics: R\u00f3bert Csott \u2013 ’95. Apszis Ltd.<\/strong>
\nKitchen technology: Katalin Harangi \u2013 Artakim Ltd.<\/strong>
\nSprinkler: Andr\u00e1s Csord\u00e1s \u2013 Nimbus-Plan Ltd.<\/strong>
\nOutdoor public utilities: J\u00e1nos Gr\u0151b \u2013 Pest-Terv Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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