{"id":52089,"date":"2026-03-16T17:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=52089"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:56:09","slug":"sotetedeskor-hoesesben-vilagossag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/aktualis\/tema\/sotetedeskor-hoesesben-vilagossag\/","title":{"rendered":"At Dusk, in the Snow, in the Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pauline Monastery, Hargitaf\u00fcrd\u0151<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architect: Arnold Macalik<\/strong>
\nText: Levente Szab<\/strong>\u00f3
\nPhotos: Bal\u00e1zs Biri<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nowadays, one can rarely find built spaces in which the accummulation of materials, the density of space, and the concentrated presence of spirit almost elevate them above their age and original purpose. What these places have in common is that they suddenly seem to be familiar, as if they have been known since time immemorial, even when experienced for the first time. This also holds true for the Paulines\u2019 monastery in Hargitaf\u00fcrd\u0151, which rises just like a tower from the terrain. This is an educational building that offers attentive visitors a new experience compared to their usual spatial experiences. The windows overlooking the silent landscape provided continuous natural reference points for immersion in the inward-looking and observant spatial formation. The series of spaces strung together along the ramp system appears both archaic and contemporary, or rather the other way around: the peculiar spatial formation of the monastic route surrounding the \u201eaxis mundi\u201d built into the core of the structure, which is just on the borderline of discomfort. At first glance, the vertical axis, the core of the building, seems to be a kind of metaphorical, almost creedal formula, but everything falls in its place in the most natural way possible: at the bottom, on the basement level, there is the boiler room, above it the monastic dining hall, then the library, and finally the skylit chapel. The hierarchy of body, spirit, and soul cast in concrete. The strict, spiritually motivated spatial programme of superimposition is thus resolved by the monastery corridor transcription, which makes this juxtaposition barely noticeable, and the ramp route\u2019s up-and-down, up-and-down sections of the internal pilgrimage. A reddish, rough-surface concrete shell facing the landscape in four directions, gray raw concrete and whitewashed block brick walls inside. Despite the secrecy of its inner world, this house also teaches us what we should really pay attention to.<\/p>\n

Client: Transylvanian Pauline Monastic Order<\/strong>
\nArchitects: Arnold Macalik, Csaba L\u00e1z\u00e1r, J\u00f3zsef Szil\u00e1gyi-Bartha<\/strong>
\nStructure: J\u00e1cint Vir\u00e1g, Lajos Bencze<\/strong>
\nHVAC: Kristian Kiss, Georgiu Ciprian<\/strong>
\nBuilding management: K\u00e1roly Elekes, Attila Csiby<\/strong>
\nMain contractor: Impex Aurora<\/strong><\/p>\n

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