Commended
Graphisoft Conference Centre Budapest, Hungary
Client: International Competition
Date: 2002
Proposed Use: Conference Centre
Former Use: Redundant riverside site
Gross Area: 900 m2
Accommodation: Conference Centre,
restaurant/gallery
Construction Value: £15 million
This entry for an international competition,
run by software developer Graphisoft, looks to respond to a complex
brief with a flexible, integrated solution. The site is an existing
crane base on the banks of the Danube, and is subject to diverse
environmental conditions. The centre as a whole is designed to encourage
the flow of information - visual, audio, and digital - and juxtaposes
a simple exhibition / dining space with a curvilinear, metallic
auditorium.