28. März 2010 - Architekturarchiv Ungarn
In 2000, the government of XII. district decided to entirely renovate the villa, instead of selling it. The tender for design was won by us, we designed the renovation plans with the help of Barabás' aquarelle.
The basic concept of the renovation was to keep the original parts – the villa (90 m²) and the wine-dresser house (70 m²) – to take down the later ones, and extend the complex with 1000 m² for new functions.
The renewed classicist villa – works as exhibition room - is now in the forefront, while other parts – restaurant and its kitchen – of the complex are under the surface. The new erected parts like the café and the periodically working little gallery held back in a modest way, and they seem to be rather just parts of the beautiful garden. In this case modern architecture does not aspire to be in the foreground but gives with its pliableness and flexibility intelligent surroundings for the monument being in center.
In 2004, the building complex received the Europa Nostra Award, the highest award of European architecture. (architects' text)
