New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

New Educational Building for Semmelweis University - Faculty of Health Sciences 

Studio Fragment

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Lead Architects: Imre Bődi, Zsolt Frikker

ACCESSIBILITY
Bernadett Babits

MANUFACTURERS
Dalhem Ribba, Lamm

FIRE PROTECTION
Lajos Takács

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
Sándor Páli, János Horváth | Artrea Consulting Kft.

ACOUSTICS
Róbert Csott

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Tetra-plan Mérnökiroda Kft

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Artrea Consulting Kft.

BUILDING ENGINEERING
János Viczai

ARCHITECT TEAM
Bence Buzás, Csaba Bajusz, Márton Lőw, Zsuzsanna Nagy, Ria Mottl

ORIGINAL ARCHITECT (EXISTING BUILDING)
Dezső Hüttl 1912

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Gábor Szaniszló | Tetra-plan Kft

PHOTOGRAPHS
​Balázs Danyi

AREA
4207 M²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Budapest, Hungary

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, Higher Education, University

SOL OMNIBUS LUCET

The Sun shines for all. Semmelweis University is a leading institution of higher education in Hungary and the Central European region within the area of medicine and health sciences.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

In 2016 the Faculty of Health Sciences launched a design competition for an extension to a locally listed educational building dated from the early 1900s.

The aim was to create seminar rooms, demonstration rooms, and 2 large lecture halls. The open competition was won by Studio Fragment.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

The site stretches between two streets in the so-called „palace quarter” of Budapest. The neighborhood contains palatial maisons, as well as important cultural and educational institutions mainly built in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

CONCEPT

According to the main design concept the new volume and the existing building form one coherent complex.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

The basic design principles are based on the dialogue with the existing building and have been developed from it.

The addition creates a completed inner courtyard. The two buildings are connected on every level and the interior spaces are organized by a central atrium which is the main spatial element of the new wing.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

The atrium is a modern repetition of the old one. Community spaces surround the atrium and a visual connection to the inner courtyard is created on each level that gives an airy feeling of the interior.

FACADE

The building follows and captures the strong axiality and characteristic rhythm of the facades of the buildings in the neighborhood.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

Due to the narrow street, the main facade can be seen only by side.

So the zig-zag geometry evokes the shadow effects of historic buildings and gives the building a two-faced appearance in the narrow street.

The combination of smooth and textured precast concrete elements articulates the facade that matches the color of the existing building.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences

INTERIOR

Light and neutral materials were used in the internal circulation spaces and communal spaces such as white terrazzo, in-situ concrete, structured wall panels, and white perforated gypsum ceilings that give a fresh and clean look to the spaces.

On both the street and courtyard facade the grid is an abstraction that follows the building's own structure and subtly responds to the existing building’s scheme.

New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
© ​Balázs Danyi

In the lecture halls, refined acoustic panels with different patterns and oak finish increase the acoustic experience.


New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Ground Floor Plan
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
1st Floor Plan
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
3rd Floor Plan
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Site Plan


New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Longitudinal Section - Extension
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Longitudinal Section - Existing and Extension


New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Concept Illustration
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Cross Section


New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Courtyard Section
New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Street Elevation


New Educational Building For Semmelweis University - Faculty Of Health Sciences
Concept Model