{"id":49062,"date":"2024-09-21T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=49062"},"modified":"2024-09-21T20:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T18:18:03","slug":"az-otthonossag-helyreallitasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/aktualis\/tema\/az-otthonossag-helyreallitasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring a Sense of Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Krausz Palace, Budapest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architect: P\u00e9ter Bord\u00e1s<\/strong>
\nText: Gabriella Uhl<\/strong>
\nPhotos: Tam\u00e1s Bujnovszky<\/strong><\/p>\n

This grandiose building with its lavish design and decoration was built by Lajos Krausz in 1882. The first floor was then occupied by the Krausz family, whilst the other floors were rented apartments for the upper middle classes, and the ground floor housed shops and famous caf\u00e9s. The building was renovated for the first time in 2002, a project taking into account its architectural heritage, on the basis of plans by Tam\u00e1s K\u0151nig and P\u00e9ter W\u00e1gner. At that time, the magnificent frescoes and sgraffito were exposed and renewed, and the original structure was partially restored, whilst the inner courtyard was closed off with a glass roof to make room for a modern office building. The new interior design of the lobby and the use of materials reflect the revivalist neo-Renaissance decoration, the blue terrazzo cladding has been inspired by the decoration, the custom-designed lamp-cloud matches the old-new components of the palace regarding both forms and materials, and the airiness reflects the lightness of the Renaissance sense of life, while offering perfect visibility and lighting for the inner reception area and the courtyard. An ingenious solution by Bord Architect Studio reflects the ever-changing meaning of public and private space by breaking with the solid gateway design and closing and opening the house to the citydwellers and tourists walking along Andr\u00e1ssy Avenue with a completely transparent glass surface. Zsigmond Quittner had a keen interest in intimacy, comfort and the creation of his own (family) space, and thus he found a solution to this issue, taking into account the needs of his urban life at the end of the 19th century. The team managed by P\u00e9ter Bord\u00e1s has translated this idea into the present: comfort here is characterised by modern, silent and precise engineering, the ingenuous construction of which is the most important component of the current renovation project.<\/p>\n

Client: PKD Hungary Investment<\/strong>
\nProject management: Realiscon<\/strong>
\nGeneral plans: BORD Architectural Studio<\/strong>
\nLeading architect: P\u00e9ter Bord\u00e1s<\/strong>
\nProject architect: Kata Zih<\/strong>
\nFellow architects: P\u00e9ter Bukovszky, R\u00f3bert Guly\u00e1s, No\u00e9mi Gy\u00e1rf\u00e1s, Bal\u00e1zs M\u00f3ser, Viola T\u00f3th<\/strong>
\nHVAC: Zolt\u00e1n Holl\u00f3k\u00f6vi \u2013 BORD Studio<\/strong>
\nMonument history documentation: Judit Janotti Dr<\/strong>
\nStructure: Istv\u00e1n Kerek \u2013 Kerek \u00e9s Pint\u00e9r<\/strong>
\nElectrical engineering: Korn\u00e9l M\u00e1tyus \u2013 Lead Design<\/strong>
\nArchitect of the renovation in 2001: K\u0151nig and Wagner Architects<\/strong><\/p>\n

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