Interdisciplinary – Project Based Design – Dankó Courtyard
Urban Living Lab Budapest – Inclusive space for active communities
In this six-week project, we explored a municipally owned, multi-plot site in Józsefváros, the most multicultural district of Budapest. The project focused on creating an inclusive space that responds to social and climate challenges while attracting a diverse range of users – a place where people of different ages, social backgrounds, cultures, and nationalities can meet, interact, learn, and form communities.
At the center of the planning site, an already active community space, Dankó Courtyard, hosts various ongoing activities. However, the lack of heated indoor facilities limits its use during the winter months. The task is to propose experimental architectural interventions based on spatial analysis, while the developed conceptual designs provide enclosed spaces that support the site’s role as a year-round Urban Living Lab. The pavilions and other amenities should be constructed using environmentally conscious materials and structures, and their energy demand must be minimized.
Interdisciplinary, Project Based Design – 2026
Tutors: Olívia Kurucz DLA / Erik Havadi / Tímea Csaba
In association with: Department of Building Constructions – Lajos Takács PhD, Csilla Patkó Perlakiné PhD
[Students: Alba Chico García / Alix Marez / Anacecilia Barajas / Axel Kristen / Beliz Dila Kazancı / Clara Faine Jaudet / Eliana Feresin Cichero / Elif Simsar / Emilie Van Bellinghen / Faustine Ferrer / István Simófi / Jakub Tomczak / Janita Kitzmüller / Jannat Hafeez / Juline Lacroix / Kinga Karcz / Lili Penneçot / Lucía González Lancho / Lylian Brun / Manon Pelletier / Maria Michalik / Markel Ugartemendia Barreto / Randza Ranaivo / Réka Jóna / Romain Boucabeille / Sebastian Pottie / Simon Diederichs / Thomas Lemius / Veronika Mária Bertová / Weronika Kujawa / Zainab Ibraheem]