Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió

Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Wood, Garden, ColumnVisitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Facade, GardenVisitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Interior Photography, Wood, BeamVisitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Interior Photography, WoodVisitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - More Images+ 37

Pilisszentiván, Hungary
  • Design Team: építész stúdió
  • Architectural Detail Designer: Géza Kapovits
  • Structural Engineer: Tetra-Plan (Gábor Cséfalvay, Miklós Armuth)
  • Mechanical Engineer: Mangel Épületgépész Iroda (Zoárd Mangel)
  • Fire Protection: Antal Bársony
  • Electrical Engineer: Árpád Szabó
  • Contractor: Zoltán Kasza
  • Project Manager: DINP (Judit Vida, Tibor Károlyi, Pál Kézdy)
  • Construction Supervisor: Eurout Kft. (Orsolya Soltész)
  • City: Pilisszentiván
  • Country: Hungary
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Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Facade, Brick, Courtyard
© Juhász Norbert Photography

Text description provided by the architects. Territories of the Danube-Ipoly National Park (DINP) encompassing mountains, river valleys and plains spread out also in the vicinity of Budapest. DINP opened a new visitor center in Pilisszentiván, near the center of the settlement.. The task was to provide a solution considering the natural fit into a residential village area and the function of a characteristic public facility. As a concept of extension, a new skin of wooden slat structure frames the extant white plastered core.

Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Concrete
© Juhász Norbert Photography

The section remained in residential scale, but the length of the house gathering new functions leaps to public facility scale. On sloping terrains the building line usually follows the gradient. In this case however, this traditional approach would have resulted in significant altitude difference between the two endpoints of the ridge. This was handled with a slight leaning of the ridge instead of slicing the volume (like in cases of further built traditional houses). This solution reserved the public building characteristic while keeping residential proportions on the end facades.

Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Facade, Garden
© Juhász Norbert Photography
Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Interior Photography, Wood, Beam
© Juhász Norbert Photography
Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Facade, Concrete
© Juhász Norbert Photography

Wooden slat shell made of larch (Larix decidua) frames the white plastered original house. This shell creates transition space between outside and inside. The transparency enhances the public character and sets up a pleasing pattern of lights and shadows in the building.

Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography
© Juhász Norbert Photography

The original groundfloor is still the functional core of the building, here takes place the exhibition, while on the top floor there is an open office space for the colleagues of the National Park on the entrance side and an attic atmosphere quarters for the schoolchildren. Shaping of the outdoor environment was also considering the requirements of the practical courses offered by the National Park in several respects: the outdoor learning space in the steep slope, the wooden slat bordered garden terrace, the familiar loft terrace connecting the children quarters, the cook-house in the garden, and of course the long garden itself.

Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió - Exterior Photography, Facade, Garden
© Juhász Norbert Photography

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Address:Pilisszentiván, 2084 Hungary

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Cite: "Visitor Center of Duna-Ipoly National Park / Építész Stúdió" 17 Jan 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/954729/visitor-center-of-duna-ipoly-national-park-epitesz-studio> ISSN 0719-8884

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