Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
The incredible work of Dublin-based O?Donnell & Tuomey Architects for the Central European University can be fully appreciated only by first viewing the schematic drawing that shows the side view of the entire complex.
It is not surprising that in June, the Central European University (Phase 1) was awarded The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland RIAI Award for the Best International Project 2017.
The project is extremely complex and the architects? solutions are, as the RAI citation says ?A skilful insertion of a third level institution within the existing grain of the city. The manipulation of the city block and the play with the diagonal within the grid is inspiring.?
Architects and University College of Dublin professors John Tuomey and Sheila O?Donnell have a special interest in creating new architecture in historic settings, and in the radical transformation of existing buildings.
All of this is evident in this project that is the first phase of a campus master plan for the Central European University. The architects? brief was to design a new 35,000 square-metre (376,737 sq.ft) campus on this World Heritage site in central Budapest, incorporating all University Departments and facilities
The existing CEU campus consisted of adjoining buildings, each with their own entrance, with minimal interconnectivity between them.
The project involved radical transformation of five adjoining, previously disconnected, historic buildings and the construction of...
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