A collection of possible inspirations for some places, functions, behaviours:

The site of our next year’s semester / adventure will be Zsámbék, a small & beautiful hungarian small town close to Budapest.

[when a young brazilian rocks…]

Just to remember: on today’s dicussion the following topics and building surfaced (click on the pictures):

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Barneveld Noord railway station

By NL Architects. Container fun – simple and playful.

Read the text! → Archdaily.

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Kodály Center, Pécs

A new, beautiful concert hall in Pécs.

Some say: “The Stradivari of Architecture”. → Archdaily.

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marc – app for smartphone

Means: Masterpieces of Architecture – in Budapest!!…

Use it! See → Facebook

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Library, Delft

By Mecaano, made in 1997, → inhabitat.com;

See some modells and drawings here.

Following our discussion today see a few examples that might be useful to study. Click on the pictures or the links for more!

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Trafó, Budapest

Cultural center and event-hall, 15 years old today: dance, theater, concerts, contemporary events.  Go & see Terry Bozzio’s concert this weekend! (the best drummer in the world).
See its English homepage here!

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A38 Ship, Budapest

Concert hall, cultural center & restaurant – on the river. Full of concerts & events, go there and see one yourself.

Visit: – www.a38.hu

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Bath-ship, Berlin

After the fruitful summer bathing ship and the brisk demand of press, in autum 2005 the construction was roofed temporarily, to maintain the business over winter. The winter- roofs base area is limited to the existing arrangement and consists of three lengthwise airy  parts of a structure constructed with membrans, which are divorcing the interior into three functional areas: lounge, sauna- area and finally the pool ship. (Archdaily)

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Bath Ship “Josephine Baker”, Paris

The Piscine Josephine Baker is more of a swimming pool barge that is situated on the bank of the River Seine and was named after the actress and French resistance heroine, who became the first American-born woman to receive the highest French military honour called the Croix de Guerre. (places in France)

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Basket-Bar, Utrecht

Unexpected mix of functions leads to unexpected (aka interesting, aka nice ) design and this is the proof : in the centre of the Utrecht university campus De Uithof, NL Architects combined a basketball court, a bar, a bookshop and an outdoor gathering space. (wewastetime.wordpress.com)

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Belvedere, Koblenz (Germany)

In 2011, Koblenz was chosen as the site for the Bundesgartenschau, a biennial horticultural show that drew 3.6 million visitors. Various structures were erected for the occasion, including a belvedere (view-point) designed by Dethier Architectures. In addition to providing a lookout point, the belvedere has become a symbol of the city. (Archdaily)

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FREITAG Flagship Store

In 2006 they decided to sell bags-made-from-tarps in a shop-made-from-containers. Completely built from 17 rusty, recycled freight-containers, selected in person in Hamburg and brought to Zurich by rail. Stacked low enough not to violate the city’s restriction on high-rise, high enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine. (archicentral)

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Platoon Kunsthalle, Berlin

Platoon Kunsthalle is built of 33 iso cargo containers. as icons of a flexible architecture in a globalized culture, the stacked containers form a unique construction that can be rebuilt anywhere else any time. As platoon Kunsthalle is located in berlin/mitte as the confrontation of subculture with the close-by design houses, commercial galleries and brand stores creates a tension and interaction between the two worlds. (Archdaily)

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A “Bubble Building in Belgium”

In 2006, the City acquired a 4 hectares plot of land with Coca-Cola facilities built in 1992, which had become obsolete. The plot, located 5 minutes walk from the centre of Oostkamp, 10 minutes by bike from the other nuclei, and near the exit of Highway E-40, offered the opportunity to regroup municipal services, optimizing synergies and building a common image. (Archdaily)

Foreword:

For examples and ideas see:

• Archdaily (from Chile, in english)
• Plataforma Arqitectura (same as above, in spanish)
• Dezeen (London, in english)

We are curious about your ideals, desired directions, so feel free to study and show us examples you find interesting or useful for your project.

A few slides from the presentation today:

Presentation on our third meeting – about the possible ways of examining a site:

The staff:

Bálint MAROSI
Zoltán SCHRAMMEL
Anikó KARNER
Annamária MOHOS

High Line park, New York:

Useful ideas, inspirations:

• 07 Even more inspirations: containers, green roofs, etc. ← new!
• 06 Some more inspirations, ideas
• 05 2nd Presentation – the requirements;
• 04 The potential sites
• 03 1st Presentation – the requirements;
• 02 Examining the site – slide show with examples
• 01 The opening lecture;
• Schedule for the semester;

Downloadable maps with topography and buildings:

• Frankel Leó 80 (scan, 1:200); ← new
• Gül Baba utca 22-24.; ← new
• Mill lake (the old bath) ← new
• Map of the site 1:5000, pdf – the site in dwg;

Inspirations, additions:

cnn.com: Budapest’s best ‘ruin bars’ (english article)

A Hungarian actress, Dorottya Udvaros on the process of creating something – on making mistakes, on experimenting:

Some directors want results too early. Younger directors come and direct the scene, and they want it back right away, they want to see it played good. They would not let me, us, everyone to make mistakes for even a hundred times. But those very good directors with whom I was lucky to work with earlier almost haven’t directed the piece until the day before the opening night: they knew that I will only be able to find the right way if I experiment with lots of things. (…) The main thing is not just learning a poem and reciting it and getting a five mark. I have to try, to experiment with it: saying my part while sitting, shouting, crying, angrily. We have to feel with the director which way fits the most, and we have to put it together with the thoughts and feels of the other actors.

So I feel it neccessary to always keep the possibility of just wandering, stumling.

As a side note – a beautiful film on Bogotá:

3rdt presentation, for tuesday (24.):

• in groups again
• the motto is: LOOKING FOR PROBLEMS of the site – on map(s), shilouettes, drawing(s); as dense and informal as can be.

1st presentation, for tuesday:

• in groups of 2
• one piece of A/3 paper (297 × 420 mm)
• the motto is: MY VIEW of the site – drawing(s), picture(s), sketch(es), map(s), info-graphic(s) – composed az one small poster, a bigger postcard, and again: it should be PERSONAL (and nice 😉 )

You’ll find the map of the site here (as well as the opening presentations).

Some inspirations (click on the pictures):

Virág Révai: “Trolley buses in Budapest”:

Typo-graphic Budapest:

Sketches and examinations for a small hotel in the Castle district: