Fazakas Architects Ltd

VÖRÖSMARTY MULTIFUNCTIONAL BUILDING

DOMINANT BUILDING ON THE CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN SQUARE OF THE DOWNTOWN OF BUDAPEST.

THE UNDERGROUND LEVELS OCCUPIED BY PARKING LOTS, THERE ARE RETAILS ON THE FIRST BASEMENT LEVEL, GROUND FLOOR AND FIRST FLOOR. ON THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOUR FLOOR THERE ARE OFFICE SPACES AND ON THE FIFTH AND SIXTH FLOORS THERE ARE 8 DUPLEX CONDOMINIUMS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING THERE IS A LARGE, GLAZED ATRIUM OPEN TO PUBLIC.

THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING IS UNIQUE; ON ONE HAND IT FOLLOWS THE FRAMED BUILDING CITY BLOCK SYSTEM WIDESPREAD AMONG DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS OF BUDAPEST, ON THE OTHER HAND IT COMMUNICATES WITH THE PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT ATRIUM WHICH IS ARRANGED SYMMETRICALLY ON THE AXIS OF THE VÖRÖSMARTY STATUE LOCATED ON THE SQUARE.

IN 2010, THE BUILDING WON THE FIABCI PRIX'D EXCELLENCE AWARD, KNOWN AS THE OSCAR OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.

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