CITADELLA CIVIC CENTER

AS A NEW ATTRACTION OF THE PROPOSED 1995 WORLD EXHIBITION WE PREPARED A DESIGN PLAN IN 1989 ON A LOCATION WHICH RECALLS BAD MEMORIES OF THE HUNGARIAN HISTORY.

THE CITADELLA WAS BUILT BY THE HABSBURGS AFTER THE KNOCK DOWN OF THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION OF 1848 IN ORDER TO HOLD IN CONTROL THE PEOPLE OF BUDAPEST. THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING WAS ORDERED BY THE PRIME MINISTER SÁNDOR WEKERLE IN 1894, BUT HIS ORDER WAS NOT CARRIED OUT. THE FORTRESS IS THE BEST LOCATED DOWNTOWN LOOKOUT. OUR PLANS INCLUDED AN OBSERVATION DECK, CATERING FUNCTIONS, A SMALL LUXURY HOTEL, AN ENOTECA, AND AN INNER SMALL OPEN-AIR STAGE AND AN OMNIMAX THEATRE. THE OMNIMAX SHOULD PRESENT MOVIES TO THE VISITORS ABOUT THE DAILY LIFE OF THE CITY AND ALSO INTERNATIONAL FILM PROGRAMS. THE PROPOSED NEW, HIGH-TECH OBSERVATION DECK CROWNED WITH FINE SCALED SPHERICAL SURFACE WOULD BE ONE OF THE NEW ICONS OF BUDAPEST. WE PROPOSED A FUNICULAR FOR EASY ACCESS FOR THE VISITORS. THE IDEA OF THE FUNICULAR LEADING TO THE CITADELLA FIRST EMERGED MORE THAN 100 YEARS AGO.