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Kab\u00f3ca Puppet Theatre, Art Gallery, Community Space, Veszpr\u00e9m<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architects: Zsolt Zsuffa, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kalm\u00e1r<\/strong>
\nText: Gy\u00f6rgy Szeg\u0151<\/strong>
\nPhotos: Marietta Varga<\/strong><\/p>\n

Built at the foot of the castle rock in Veszpr\u00e9m, in a landscape setting resembling Tuscany, this complex was completed at the end of 2023, in September, when Veszpr\u00e9m-Balaton was a European Capital of Culture. Although it was not an ERDF project, the city recognised that this scheme could be realised with EU funding. The EU competition called for family- and child-friendly project components; the municipality envisaged the creation of a puppet theatre and a children’s activity centre, and thus won the tender. Architects were asked to design a mixed-use, multi-functional complex, hoping that the different functions would support one another, and provide a suitable venue for contemporary, high-quality arts as well as cultural performances, conferences and other events. The core of the structure was the 1906 classicist gymnasium of the former Piarist High School in De\u00e1k Ferenc Street. Its conversion and extension, with the addition of four new buildings, created a complex events centre. Abandoned for more than a decade, the building has become the new home of the well-known Kab\u00f3ca Puppet Theatre company. The new buildings’ restrained scales and dimension, blending into the landscape, lends the high-rise theatre a sense of prestige, and the installation makes fairly good use of the space at its disposal.<\/p>\n

Architects: Zsuffa and Kalm\u00e1r Architectural Studio<\/strong>
\nArchitects of the competition: Fruzsina Barta, Zita Csaba, Tam\u00e1s Getto, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kalm\u00e1r, P\u00e9ter Kromp\u00e1czki, Gergely Sztrany\u00e1k<\/strong>
\nOutline design: Tam\u00e1s Butora, Tam\u00e1s Getto, L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kalm\u00e1r, \u00c1d\u00e1m Kern, Rebeka Monory, P\u00e9ter Zilahi<\/strong>
\nPreliminary plan: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kalm\u00e1r, \u00c1d\u00e1m Kern, Rebeka Monory<\/strong>
\nRealization plan: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Kalm\u00e1r, Rebeka Monory<\/strong>
\nInteriors: P\u00e9ter Kronavetter<\/strong>
\nBuilding construction: G\u00e9za Kapovits, D\u00e1niel Heincz<\/strong>
\nFurniture construction: G\u00e1bor Szeles<\/strong>
\nStructure: Dezs\u0151 Hegyi<\/strong>
\nLandscape: \u00c1rp\u00e1d Kov\u00e1cs, G\u00e1bor Szohr<\/strong>
\nFire protection: Gy\u00f6rgy Decsi<\/strong>
\nHVAC: Benedek V\u00e9gh<\/strong>
\nElectrical engineering: D\u00e1vid S\u00e1ndor<\/strong>
\nPublic utilitites: Katalin R. Nyikosn\u00e9, B\u00e9la B\u00e9v\u00e1rdi<\/strong>
\nRoads: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Dulicz<\/strong>
\nAccessibility: Anna Korm\u00e1nyos<\/strong>
\nKitchen technology: \u00c1gnes Straub<\/strong><\/p>\n

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