Li Get Budapest Competition Programme

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Liget Budapest International Design Competition Competition Programme ________________2
1 __________Introduction ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6
1.1 _________Preface - Ban Lszl, Governmental Commissioner of Liget Budapest ______________7
1.2 ________Summary ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8
1.2.1 ______Objectives ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9
1.2.2 _____Who are we looking for? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 9
2 __________The Project: Liget Budapest _________________________________________________________________________________10
2.1 ________Summary of the Project ________________________________________________________________________________________ 12
2.2 _______National Museum Restoration and Storage Centre (OMRRK) ____________________________ 13
2.3 _______The history of the Project _____________________________________________________________________________________ 13
2.3.1 _____Preparatory stage _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13
2.3.2 ____Governmental Decisions ______________________________________________________________________________________ 15
2.3.3 ____Parliamentary Decision _________________________________________________________________________________________ 16
2.3.4 ____Ideas Competition, 2013 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 16
2.3.5 ____International Design Competition, 2014 _______________________________________________________________ 18
2.4 _______The Location: City Part, Budapest _______________________________________________________________________ 20
2.4.1 _____History _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 20
2.4.2 ____The City Park in the urban texture of Budapest ___________________________________________________25
2.4.3 ____Institutional system of the City Park ____________________________________________________________________ 28
2.4.4 ____Strategic issues ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 30
2.5 _______Key development points of Liget Budapest project ___________________________________________ 47
2.5.1 _____Cultural policy ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 47
2.5.2 ____Museological requirements _________________________________________________________________________________ 47
2.5.3 ____Cultural tourism ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 48
2.5.4 ____Museum organizational and economic considerations _______________________________________ 48
2.5.5 ____Urban rehabilitation _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 49
2.5.6 ____Environment, energy, sustainability _____________________________________________________________________ 49
2.6 _______Management, participants __________________________________________________________________________________ 49
2.7 _______The City: Budapest______________________________________________________________________________________________ 50
2.7.1 ______Brief historical summary ______________________________________________________________________________________ 50
2.7.2 _____New cultural tourism destination of Europe from 2018: Liget Budapest _____________ 51
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2.7.3 _____The present museum system of Budapest ___________________________________________________________52
3 __________Visions of the Institutions ____________________________________________________________________________________ 53
3.1 The New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum Museum of Contemporary Art ____ 54
3.1.1 ______New National Gallery___________________________________________________________________________________________ 54
3.1.2 _____Ludwig Museum __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 55
3.2 _______Museum of Ethnography _____________________________________________________________________________________ 56
3.3 _______Hungarian Museum of Architecture and FotoMuzeum Budapest _______________________57
3.3.1 _____Hungarian Museum of Architecture _____________________________________________________________________57
3.3.2 ____FotoMuzeum Budapest _______________________________________________________________________________________ 58
3.4 _______House of Hungarian Music __________________________________________________________________________________ 59
4 _________Design criteria_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 61
4.1 ________Sustainability _________________________________________________________________________________________________________62
4.1.1 ______Energy Performance_____________________________________________________________________________________________62
4.1.2 _____Health and Comfort _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 63
4.1.3 _____Water Management _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 64
4.1.4 _____Ecology ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 64
4.1.5 _____Material use _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 65
4.1.6 _____Green building certication ________________________________________________________________________________ 65
4.2 _______Building Information Modelling ___________________________________________________________________________ 65
4.3 _______Building regulations _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 66
4.3.1 _____Regulations of height ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 66
4.3.2 ____Other Regulations _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 66
5 __________System of Rules _____________________________________________________________________________________________________67
5.1 ________General Information ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 68
5.1.1 ______Promoter ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 68
5.1.2 _____Competition manager _________________________________________________________________________________________ 68
5.1.3 _____Contact ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 68
5.1.4 _____Form and type of the design competition ___________________________________________________________ 68
5.1.5 _____Deadlines _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 69
5.1.6 _____Conditions of participation __________________________________________________________________________________ 69
5.1.7 _____Language _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 70
5.1.8 _____Exclusion ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 70
5.1.9 _____Access to the documentation _______________________________________________________________________________ 71
5.2 _______The Jury ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________72
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5.2.1 _____Members _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________72
5.2.2 ____Work of the Jury ___________________________________________________________________________________________________73
5.3 _______Regulations ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________73
5.4 _______Questions and answers_________________________________________________________________________________________74
5.5 _______Formal requirements ____________________________________________________________________________________________74
5.5.1 _____Competition mail __________________________________________________________________________________________________74
5.5.2 ____Electronic data ______________________________________________________________________________________________________74
5.5.3 ____Printed materials ___________________________________________________________________________________________________75
5.5.4 ____Anonymity _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________76
5.6 _______Content requirements __________________________________________________________________________________________76
5.6.1 _____First stage _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________77
5.6.2 ____Second stage ________________________________________________________________________________________________________79
5.7 _______Submission process _____________________________________________________________________________________________80
5.8 _______Assessment criteria ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 81
5.8.1 _____Dialogue with the environment ___________________________________________________________________________ 82
5.8.2 ____Architecture and mass formation ________________________________________________________________________ 82
5.8.3 ____Technology and function _____________________________________________________________________________________ 82
5.8.4 ____Sustainability ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 83
5.8.5 ____Costs ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 83
5.9 _______Prizes ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 84
5.10 _____Post-competition processes ________________________________________________________________________________ 85
5.10.1 ____Announcement of results ____________________________________________________________________________________ 85
5.10.2 ___Entries not awarded_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 85
5.10.3 ___Competition by negotiation ________________________________________________________________________________ 86
5.11 _______Annexes _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 86
5.11.1 _____Annexes of Content requirements ______________________________________________________________________ 86
5.11.2 ____Technical information materials ___________________________________________________________________________ 87
5.12 ______References ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 87
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1.1 PREFACE
BAN LSZL, GOVERNMENTAL
COMMISSIONER OF LIGET BUDAPEST
The Government of Hungary has committed itself to erecting new buildings for six important cultur-
al institutions in Budapest as part of the Liget Budapest project. Fine art, architecture, ethnography,
music and photography: these are the ve areas the leading institutions of which will be accorded a
place in the City Park, one of the oldest parks of Budapest, together with a number of other museums
and public institutions that have been working here for more than a hundred years. The project will
be implemented in parallel with the complete rehabilitation of the park.
The culture that has given the world the musical genius of Ferenc Liszt, Bla Bartk, Zoltan Kodly
and Gyrgy Ligeti, the artistic individuality of Lszl Moholy-Nagy, Marcell Breuer, Victor Vasare-
ly and Simon Hanta, the unique visual world of Andr Kertsz and Robert Capa will be given a new
centre. The Museum Quarter established within the framework of the Liget Budapest project is not
simply a block of ve new buildings: together with the already existing institutions it will be the ag-
ship of Hungarian culture that not only Hungarians but a whole unied Europe will be proud of.
We are convinced that the announcement of an international competition is the only possible way to
nd a suitable design concept for the unique collections and knowledge owned by these institutions.
Our aim is to nd designs for every new building that satisfy to the maximum extent the expectations
of the given institution, oer the best possible services for the works of art, for the experts and visitors,
and last but not least, for the architectural solutions, which represent a work of art in themselves. We are
looking for designers who, as part of the Liget Budapest project, will also strive to achieve the very best.
Within the framework of this process we hereby announce four international architectural design
competitions simultaneously under the supervision of the same jury. We will do our utmost to make
sure that these competitions provide the same conditions and chances for all the architects work-
ing in any part of the world. We strongly believe that at the end of the second stage we will be able to
select the best designs and the best designers in a clear and transparent competition.
Budapest, a city with two thousand years of history and one of the most multi-faceted metropolises of
Europe for more than a hundred years, is about to embark upon a momentous and exhilarating jour-
ney with the Liget Budapest project. We welcome every architect who would like to share this chal-
lenge with us!
LIGET BUDAPEST COMPETITION PROGRAM
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1.2 SUMMARY
The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest and the Vrosliget Zrt. 100 % owned by the Hun-
garian State hereby announce an open, international, two-stage design competition for
the design of museum buildings within the framework of the Liget Budapest Project on
the territory of the City Park Budapest.
The construction of the new buildings, the complete renewal of the green area of the
City Park, and the renovation of the institutions already present Liget Budapest will be
one of Budapests leading, well-known tourist and cultural destinations and a unique
family park recognised as such all over Europe.
This document is the competition programme of four parallel, but independent
design competitions with similar conditions and the aim of producing a total of ve
building concepts. Each may submit only one entry to any of the four, simultaneous-
ly announced, two-stage international design competitions. It is however possible to
take part in several competitions at the same time, but separate, individual competi-
tion entries with dierent identication code must be submitted to each competition.
The detailed rules and information of the competition is outlined in section 5.
The four competitions are listed below.
1. New shared building of the New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum Muse-
um of Contemporary Art
2. New building of the Museum of Ethnography
3. New building complex of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and the Foto-
Muzeum, consisting of two separate buildings
4. New building of the House of Hungarian Music
The four competitions will take place based on a common, identical system of rules
and with the participation of the same jury, and according to the same evaluation
system.
The total prize money of the competition is 870,000 EUR.
This competition programme was compiled in accordance with the Hungarian legal reg-
ulations in force and the guidelines of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA).
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1.2.1 OBJECTIVES
The aim of the design competition is to nd designers whose entries
functionally satisfy the expectations of the 21st century in regard to museums, and
will provide exible spaces for the institutions and the right conditions to facilitate
their visitor-friendly operation in the coming decades
provide a lasting aesthetical experience for visitors at the highest level of contem-
porary architecture and contribute to the enrichment of the architectural heritage of
Budapest;
treat the historical environment of the City Park with respect;
are composed of buildings conveying specic and strong architectural ideas, create
a clearly recognizable and identiable building complex that is able to improve the
international fame of Budapest and Hungarian culture;
provider open, transparent, inviting community spaces for the residents of Budapest
and also for visitors from other parts of Hungary and abroad;
propose design concepts that meet the highest requirements of sustainability in an
innovative way creating exemplary buildings;
are cost eective with smart solutions;
ensure low running costs for the institutions operating in them.
1.2.2 WHO ARE
WE LOOKING FOR?
The competition is open and international and has two stages. It is expected that the
Entrants team include a person who ocially has the right to practice as an architect in
the country where he/she was born and/or where he/she works. The Promoter empha-
sises that afer the closing of the competition the negotiated procedure without prior
publication of a contract notice (public procurement process) will be conducted in the
Hungarian language.
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2.1 SUMMARY
OF THE PROJECT
The Liget Budapest Project is one of the biggest museum projects currently on-going
in Europe. Its objective is the complete renewal of the green area of the City Park of
Budapest and to place ve new museum buildings there along with the related other
programme elements. It is the intention of the Government of Hungary to implement
the most important elements of the Liget Budapest Project by 2018.
Today the Liget Budapest project contains the following main points:
construction of independent buildings of the Museum of Ethnography, FotoMuzeum
Budapest (former Hungarian Museum of Photography), Hungarian Museum of Archi-
tecture, and the House of Hungarian Music, as well as the construction of a common
building complex for the New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum using designers
selected within the framework of this design competition
beyond the present design area the implementation of a new storage and restoration
facility (OMRRK) on the state owned territory of a former hospital in Szabolcs Street
outside the present design area the restoration of the Roman Hall of the Museum of
Fine Arts, which still bears the marks of damage inicted upon it during World War II
beyond the present design area the restoration and conversion of the Fort Monostor
of Komrom into the Fort Monostor Centre for Arts, History and Warfare with the pur-
pose of displaying the plaster cast collection of the Museum of Fine Arts
comprehensive reconstruction of the green area of the City Park
as within the framework of the Pannon Park Project the extension of the Budapest
Zoo and Botanical Garden on the territory of the closed down Luna Park
construction of the new building of the Budapest City Circus in the City Park on the
territory of the former Luna Park
partial reconstruction and underground enlargement of the Hungarian Technical and
Transport Museum on the territory of the City Park
nding and implementation of a comprehensive energy concept for the planned new
buildings
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2.2 NATIONAL MUSEUM
RESTORATION AND STORAGE
CENTRE (OMRRK)
Beside the implementation of several new buildings and the refurbishment of others
a new restoration and storage facility will be erected on the Szabolcs Street in the 13th
district, on the territory of a former hospital as a foundational phase in the whole Liget
Budapest development process. The new centre will primarily be used by the institu-
tions involved in the project.
The aim is the construction of a centre capable of eectively and appropriately storing
the non-displayed artwork of the museums in question with the capacity to provide
high quality spaces and equipment for restoration purposes.
Every institution in this competition with a permanent collection will be accorded stor-
age space and a restoration facility in the new centre.
2.3 THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT
2.3.1 PREPARATORY STAGE
On 15 February, 2011 Lszl Ban, the Director-General of the Museum of Fine Arts and
Gza Szcs Gza, the Secretary of State for Culture announced that the Hungarian Gov-
ernment is planning a large-scale museum project in the City Park, on tvenhatosok
Square that will encompass several institutions.
In October 2011 Lszl Ban was appointed Governmental Commissioner of the Project.
He has been directing the work as the Ministerial Commissioner since summer 2012 on
behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources.
In July 2012 Lszl Ban and Lszl L. Simon, the Secretary of State for Culture,
announced the nal programme of the project according to which the New National Gal-
lery, the Museum of Ethnography, the Hungarian Museum of Architecture, and as a new-
ly established institution the House of Hungarian Music will be accorded a place in the
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City Park by 2018, furthermore the Ludwig Museum of Budapest Museum of Contem-
porary Art will move to a new building, which it will share with the New National Gal-
lery. Outstanding among the other associated projects is the partial reconstruction of
the Museum of Fine Arts, as well as the development of the National Museum Storage
and Restoration Centre not far from the City Park. The comprehensive renewal of the
City Park also became an important integrated element of the project in addition to the
new structure composed of the institutions moving here or already operating on the site.
With the participation of the leading associates of the institutions and of invited exter-
nal experts special work teams were set up for the managing of the restructuring of the
institutions and for the development of the functional and aesthetical concept of the new
buildings, while the coordination of the project was given to the newly established New
National Public Collection Building Complex Project Oce of the Museum of Fine Arts.
As from January 2014 the Project Oce will continue its work as part of the 100% state-
owned Vrosliget Zrt.
The following professional organizations took part in the preparatory work under the
coordination of the Project Oce:
on behalf of the Museums involved
Museum of Ethnography
Hungarian National Gallery
Ludwig Museum Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum of Hungarian Architecture
Hungarian Museum of Photography;
on behalf of the Hungarian Museum sector
Hungarian National Committee of the International Council of Museums
Pulszky Society Association of Hungarian Museums
National Association of Public Collections
on behalf of the Hungarian architect profession
Chamber of Hungarian Architects
Association of Hungarian Architects
Budapest Chamber of Architects;
on behalf of the competent local governments and Ministerial organizations
Ministry of Interior, Deputy State Secretariat for Area Management, Construction
and Heritage Protection, National Chief-Architect Oce
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the Mayors Oce of Budapest Municipality, Oce of the Chief Architect of Budapest
District XIV of Budapest, Local Government of Zugl, Urban Development Oce;
representing the culture and heritage protection organizations
the Gyula Forster National Centre for Cultural Heritage Management
the Hungarian Academy of Art;
as Manager of the City Park
Fkert Nonprot Zrt.;
organization responsible for Budapest public transport
BKK Centre for Budapest Transport
2.3.2 GOVERNMENTAL DECISIONS
The Government of Hungary has several times expressed its intention to establish a
Museum Quarter. The following Government Decisions contain the Governments
decision on the selection of the site for the Museum Quarter and the institutions to be
integrated:
Government Decision no. 1353/2011. (X. 20.)
On the measures needed for the implementation of a suite of buildings for the new
national public collection as part of the Andrssy Quarter and for the reduction of traf-
c in Heroes Square
Government Decision no. 1031/2013. (I. 30.)
On the measures needed for the implementation of a suite of buildings for the new
national public collection as part of the Andrssy Quarter and for the reduction of traf-
c in Heroes Square
Government Decision no. 1397/2013. (VII. 2.)
On the comprehensive utilization concept of the City Park as the second phase in the
concept concerning the new national public collection building complex
Further relevant decrees and decisions:
Government Decree no. 563/2013. (XII. 31.)
Government Decree no. 546/2013. (XII. 30.)
Government Decision no. 1529/2013. (VII. 12.)
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2.3.3 PARLIAMENTARY DECISION
Act CCXLII of 2013 on the Rehabilitation and development of the City Park
For a period of 99 years the whole territory of the City Park will come under the man-
agement of Vrosliget Zrt. 100% owned by the State. During the tenure of the asset
management right of the asset manager the buildings constructed as separate prop-
erties on the real estate of City Park will become 100% state-owned properties by the
force of the law. The winners of this international design competition will be contract-
ed by Vrosliget Zrt.
2.3.4 IDEAS COMPETITION, 2013
As part of the Liget Budapest Project the Museum of Fine Arts announced an open
international ideas competition on 8 July, 2013 for environmental restructuring, and
for urban and location issues pertaining to the New National Public Collection Build-
ing Complex. The dened task was to identify a venue for museums on the land site
under topographical no. 29732/1 of the City Park, namely on tvenhatosok Square
and in its environs, the renewal of said environs along with the conservation of the pro-
tected buildings, public area elements, and natural environmental values in such a
way that improves the green area indicators and increases biological activity afer the
implementation.
The competition emphasises that in respect to the selection of the site a decisive ele-
ment was the enforcement of the following criteria: the basic development concept
required that a design location be found with historical traditions facilitating cultural
life and the spending of leisure time, with ties to the existing institutional system of the
Museums and connected to a good green area with excellent transport conditions.
By the deadline 47 pcs of works were received in an undamaged condition for the ide-
as competition. The Jury disqualied 2 entries for content and formal reasons.
The members of the Jury were:
Lszl Ban Ministerial Commissioner (Museum of Fine Arts) as Chairman, Ervin
Nagy National Chief Architect (MI) as Co-Chairman, Zoltn Rosts Project Director
(Museum of Fine Arts) as professional Secretary, Ferenc Barta Chief Architect of Zugl
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(the Mayors Oce of Zugl), Imre Blint President (Budapest Chamber of Architects),
Zoltn Cselovszki President (Forster Gyula Centre), Gyrgy Fekete, President of the
Hungarian Academy of Arts, Sndor Finta Chief Architect of Budapest (The Mayors
Oce of Budapest), Lajos Kemecsi Director-General (Museum of Ethnography), Gyr-
gy Sros Lszl President (Association of Hungarian Architects), Andrienne Szalkai
Design Director (FKERT), substitute member: Pl Ritok Director (Museum of Hun-
garian Architecture). The Jury was assisted in its work by 12 experts.
The Jury was of the opinion that the competition has achieved its objective. Several
professionally interesting and sustainable concepts were submitted for the locating of
the buildings, for the development of the urban structural relations and of the green
area and transport system. Of them those works were outstanding that in line with the
requirements and conditions of the competition call have approached the renewal of
the City Park in a complex way. In connection with the garden and landscape architec-
tural concepts, the transport systems and routes and in respect to the location of the
buildings good solutions were submitted worthy of further consideration. Most of the
submitted works contained calculations conrming that the green area and the biolog-
ical activity there not only can be maintained, but even increased by the right selection
of the venue of the new buildings and by considering the City Park as a complex system.
The result of the ideas competition was announced on 3 October,, 2013. 12 entries
were awarded: three rst places without ranking, three second places without rank-
ing, three special purchases and three purchases were made with total prize money of
19.5 million HUF. The authors of the three 1st prize winning works: Philaemon 2003 Kf.
(Zsolt Farsang, kos Bolla, Istvn Berkeczi, Levente Molnr G., Viktor Bodnr), Triskell
plettervez Kf. (Zoltn Horvth, Blint Terdik Blint, Rka Izmindi, kos Kovcs,
Jnos Viczai) and Kollektv Mterem Kf. (Zoltn Kovcs, Gyula Csontos, Gabriella
Katalin Madari).
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2.3.5 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN
COMPETITION, 2014
When announcing the nal programme of Liget Budapest project in July 2012 Lszl
Ban, the Governmental Commissioner, declared: an open, condential international
design competition will be announced for the design of the new buildings. The prepa-
ration for this competition started in 2012.
The Governmental Commissioner declared: an open, condential international design
competition will be announced for the design of the new buildings. The preparation of
this competition started in 2012.
In the meantime Lord Culture from Paris, the subsidiary of the Canadian Lord Cultural
Resources, and the regional representative of the Union Internationale des Architectes
have also joined in the preparation of the international design competition.
According to the plans the international design competition announced in 2014 will
be closed by the end of the year. This phase will be followed by a design process cov-
ering the whole City Park in cooperation with the winning designers in 2015, in parallel
with the preparation of the drawings of the various buildings. The construction work
will commence in 2016 and the buildings will be completed by 2018.
It is the intention of the Promoter that afer the successful closing of the international
design competition Vrosliget Zrt. will sign a contract with the authors of the winning
entries and implement the facilities based on the designs to be prepared.
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2.4 A THE LOCATION:
CITY PARK, BUDAPEST
2.4.1 HISTORY
1806 According to his last will and testament, Jakab Toporczi Horvth, a lawyer was
buried in the City Park, with only one Latin word inscribed on his gravestone:
Fuit, i.e.: Lived. Today this gravestone is the oldest object in the City Park.
1808 The Beautifying Committee was set up on the initiative of Palatine Joseph with
the priority aim of turning the City Park into a well-kept public park.
1810 Leopold Grossinger sets up his carrousel and this becomes the rst permanent
amusement place in the City Park.
1811 The rst manned balloon ight of Hungary takes places in the City Park.
1813 The Beautifying Committee announces an international competition for the
design of the garden of the City Park. The winner of the competition is the Ger-
man autodidact designer Heinrich Christian Nebbien, who at that time lived in
Pest; his plans were only partially implemented.
1837 Opening of the dancing saloon of Flp Tauber.
1838 The setting up of the rst permanent side-show.
1856 Jnos Scitovszky Archbishop of Esztergom consecrates the chapel erected in
memory of Hermina Amlia Habsburg Archduchess on the edge of the City
Park based on the designs of architect Jzsef Hild.
1863 The City Park is reorganized under the direction of rmin Petz, Chief gardener.
1866 Opening of the Zoological Garden.
around 1870 The fun-fair moves to the city-side of Hermina Street, opposite to Bet-
hesda Hospital.
1876 The nal route of Andrssy Road is nished and takes over from Vrosligeti
alle the role of main road leading to the City park.
1877 The test drillings and borings by Vilmos Zsigmondy, a mining engineer,explore
thermal springs rich in minerals on the site presently occupied by Heroes Square.
1885 The National Exhibition opens. Its only one building that still exists today is the
Olof Palme House adorned by Zsolnay Majolica.
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1889 Opening of the rst circus in the City Park under the directorship of Ede Wul.
1893 Opening of the building and rst Ice Skating Rink of the City Park in the City park
lake bed.
1894 Opening of the building of the Wampetics (today Gundel) Restaurant.
1895 Opening of the Kunsthalle (Hall of Arts) (architects: Albert Schikedanz Flp
Herzog).
1896 With the extension of the territory of the National Exhibition the Millennium
Exhibition is opened in more than 200 halls and next to it the s-Budavra
(Ancient Buda Castle) entertainment district. The Millennium Underground is
nished.
1897 Opening of the Commercial Museum in the building of the Industrial Hal.
1899 The Hungarian Royal Transport Museum opens in the Transport Hall of the Mil-
lennium Exhibition designed by Ferenc Pfa.
1905 The collection of the Ethnographic Storage, the predecessor of the present
Museum of Ethnography is placed in the building of the Industrial Hall.
1906 The construction of the Museum of Fine Arts designed by Albert Schikedanz
and Flp Herczog completed. The Millennium Monument is inaugurated on
Heroes Square (architect: Albert Schikedanz, sculpture: Gyrgy Zala).
1908 Opening of the exhibition of the Museum of Agriculture in the Vajdahunyad
Castle rebuilt to its permanent form.
1909 The Art Nouveau building of the City Park Theatre, the work of Lszl Vg
is inaugurated on the corner of the present Dzsa Gyrgy Street and Ajtsi
Drer all.
1912 The English Park, the predecessor of the Amusement Park opens on the place
of s-Budavra. Its main amusements are the Sikl (Funicular), the American
elevated railway and the Egyptian village. The renewed Municipal Zoological
and Botanical Garden enlarged based on the designs of Kroly Ks, Dezs Zru-
meczky and Kornl Neuschloss is reopened.
1913 The Szchenyi Bath built on the thermal springs of the well of Vilmos Zsigmon-
dy and designed by Gyz Czigler, Ede Dvorzak and Klmn Gerster is opened.
The French garden in front of the Bath is completed according to the designs of
Kroly Rde Kroly Chief gardener of Budapest.
1925 The rst Budapest International Fair in the City Park.
1927 The addition to the Szchenyi Bath designed by Imre Francsek is received.
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1929 The Memorial Stone of the National Heroes is inaugurated on Heroes Square. It
is replaced by a new stone block in 1956.
1931 The Neo-Roman building of the Magna Domina Hungarorum or in its more well-
known name Regnum Marianum Church on Dzsa Gyrgy Street, built accord-
ing to the designs of Ivn Kotsis, is consecrated.
1938 Heroes Square is the site of the Saint Steven Memorial Year and of the 34th
Eucharistic World Congress and to honour this occasion it is given a new deco-
rative pavement designed by Gyula Petrovcz.
1941 On Heroes Square a delegation from the Soviet Union returns the army ags
taken in 1848-49 back to Hungary.
1944-1945 The Zoo was nearly completely destroyed during the bombing of the West-
ern railway station. The Museum of Fine Arts, the Hall of Arts, the Millennium
Memorial and the Transport Museum also suered serious damage. The Indus-
trial Hall was completely destroyed.
1950 Nationalization of the English Park and its integration with the fun park; the
grifers disappear from the City Park for good.
1951 The buildings of the City Park Theatre and of Magna Domina Hungarorum
Church are demolished; the 850 meter long, 85 metre wide Procession Square
is established in their place as the venue for great national events.
1956 On October 23 the crowd gathered on the square topple the statue of Stalin by
Sndor Mikus unveiled in 1951. Afer the suppression of the revolution the base
of the statue was turned into a podium, the statue was not restored.
1965 Not far from the Hall of Arts the statue of Lenin, a work of art by Pl Ptzay, is
unveiled in Procession Square. Afer an international ideas competition Mikls
Hfer and his colleagues are entrusted with the design work for the new Nation-
al Theatre building.
1966 The Museum of Transport that suered serious damage in World War II is reo-
pened in its partly restored and enlarged building.
1972 The Budapest International Fair nally moves out of the City Park. Most of the
buildings are demolished, landscaping is made on their sites. During the work
lasting until 1978 the Kirlydomb (Hill of Kings) is built out of the debris of the
buildings and from the earth excavated during the construction works.
1975 The present building of the Budapest Grand Circus, the only one stone circus in
Central Europe is opened.
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1985 The Pet Hall Programme centre is opened in the new building of the Industri-
al Hall reconstructed according to the designs of Judit Tihanyi and Gyrgy Hal-
mos giving place to the Permanent Exhibition of History of Aviation and Astro-
nautics of the Transport Museum on the rst oor.
1990 Afer the change in the political system the statues in Procession Square are
moved to the Memento Park. Of the pedestal of the Memorial of the Hungar-
ian Soviet Republic the memorial place of the church that once stood there is
established.
1994 The total restoration of the Hall of Arts is nished.
1996 The complete rehabilitation of the Millennium Memorial is nished by the time
of the Mille Centenary celebrations.
2004 On the occasion of the accession of Hungary to the European Union the Time
Wheel statue (designers: Jnos Herner Istvn Janky, jr.) is unveiled in Proces-
sion Square.
2006 The central Monument of the 1956 Revolution is unveiled in Felvonulsi Square,
on the site previously occupied by the statue of Stalin. (Designers: i-ypszilon
Design Team: Tams Emdi-Kiss, Katalin Gyrgy, Csaba Horvth, Tams Papp.) On
this occasion the square is given the name tvenhatosok Square (Square of 56).
2012 The complete reconstruction of the Ice Skating Rink is nished.
2013 The Amusement Park is closed for good, its site is given to the Municipal Zoo-
logical and Botanical Garden.
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2.4.2 THE CITY PARK IN THE URBAN
TEXTURE OF BUDAPEST
Main access routes
Andrssy Road since 1876 it has been the main access road from the City centre to
the City Park. The road has detached buildings on it by Kodly Krnd including sever-
al diplomatic institutions, universities and museums.
City Park alle before the construction of Andrssy Road this was the main access
road of the City Park as a continuation of Kirly Street. Detached villas stand on it. This
alle is the border line of districts VI and VII.
Dzsa Gyrgy Street a busy, six lane road bordering the City Park from the West with
residential houses and oce buildings in an unbroken row.
Ajtsi Drer Avenue a busy, six lane road with several educational institutions in an
unbroken row.
Stefnia 19th century promenade with detached villas, studios and representa-
tive buildings. Important public transport, pedestrian and bicycle connection to
Istvnmez.
Hermina street Cultural main road of Zugl with villas from the 19th-20th centuries
and two Roman Catholic churches.
Entrance section of the M3 motorway link developed in the 1970s and providing
access to the M3 motorway from the city centre via Ks Kroly promenade.
Rail system of the Western railway station the City Park is bordered from the North
by railway tracks leading to the Western railway station.
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City parts of the area
District VI (Terzvros) its City Park section mainly has detached residential houses
on it. The smaller part is composed of an unbroken row of buildings.
District VII (Erzsbetvros) except for the Vrosligeti alle it is a densely built-up
urban district primarily with a residential function.
District VII (Erzsbetvros) except for the Vrosligeti alle it is a densely built-up
urban district primarily with a residential function.
District XIV (Zugl), Istvnmez with detached, representative buildings around Ste-
fnia. The sports complex established around Pusks Ferenc Stadium and Papp Lszl
Budapest Arena is an important element of this city part and determines the function-
ality of the City Park.
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2.4.3 INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
OF THE CITY PARK
Institutions
Museum of Fine Arts
Municipal Zoological and Botanical
Garden
Grand Circus of Budapest
Szchenyi Bath
Pet Hall
Hermina Chapel
Hungarian Technical and Transport
Museum
Olof Palme House House of Hun-
garian Artists
Vajdahunyad Castle Hungarian
Agricultural Museum
Ice Skating Rink of City Park
Hall of Arts
Service and Commercial units
Robinson Restaurant
Bagolyvr Restaurant
Gundel Restaurant
Saddle (Nyereg)
Beer tent
Pntlika Bistro
Wagon
My Garden
Main monuments, statues
Millennium Monument, Heroes
Square
Memorial Stone of Heroes
Archer
Ignc Alpr
Statue of Anonymous
Agricultural Pantheon
Sir Winston Churchill
George Washington
Ronald Reagan
Regnum Marianum Memorial Cross
Monument of the Revolution of 56
Time Wheel
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2.4.4 STRATEGIC ISSUES
2.4.4.1 HISTORIC AND HISTORICAL PARK
The City Park established in the 1810s was the rst urban public park in the world that
was specically created for public use on its own territory of the city, managed and
nanced by the city. The area has an important and valuable historical plant popu-
lation the preservation and restoration of which is a main priority of the Liget Buda-
pest project. During the 19th-20th centuries the historical park structure was all but
destroyed in several phases as a result of the creation of the greater part of the park. Its
partial restoration within the framework of the project is a task for the near future. As
a result of the ideas competition preceding this design competition and announced in
2013 for the formation of the environment, location and urban development it can be
stated that the City Park is a special urban public park that comprises a certain histor-
ical coverage. The Liget Budapest project will continue this tradition and will restore
the historical area of the Park with the transformation of tvenhatosok Square and
with the restoration of the whole green area while preserving its values.
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Original plan of the park by Nebbien from 1813
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The City Park in 1896
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2.4.4.2 HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE,
WORLD HERITAGE RANK
The City Park is a site of symbolic importance in Hungarian national history, and it is
a signicant recreational and programme venue for modern Budapest. The Nation-
al Exhibition organized here in 1885 and the Millennium Exhibition held in 1896 con-
stitute outstanding events in the modern history of Hungary. Heroes Square, built at
the end of the 19th century, also bore witness to signicant events, while the adjoining
tvenhatosok Square was the scene of one of the most important events of the 1956
revolution; the pulling down of Stalins statue. Until the 1970s the Budapest Interna-
tional Fair was organized in the City Park and was regarded as a window to the world
for the countries belonging to the socialist bloc. Today the City Park and its squares
provide venues for several programmes and events of national importance while its
institutions communicate the remarkable values of Hungary not only to Hungarian citi-
zens but also to the foreign guests visiting Hungary.
Since 1965 the whole territory of the City Park has been a protected site of historical
monumental signicance.
Since 2002 Andrssy Road and Heroes Square (together with the buildings of the Hall
of Arts and the Museum of Fine Arts) have been World Heritage sites, the whole terri-
tory of the City Park is regarded as a protective zone of the World Heritage site.
Since 2012 Heroes Square has been a National Memorial Site having decisive impor-
tance in the nations history, playing an outstanding role in the self-image of the nation
due to its ability to strengthen the sense of belonging together and identity of the Hun-
garians, as well as of the Hungarian and other nationalities living on the territory of the
country, and can be the scene of commemorations of national importance organized
by the state and declared by the force of law a national memorial site by the Parliament
(Act CXLIX of 2011).
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2.4.4.3 URBAN GREEN SURFACE
The City Park is one of the dominant green areas of Budapest and has vital importance
as a venue for the spending of leisure time and recreational activities of the capitals
residents.
The continuous green area of the City Park plays an important role in the processing of
carbon dioxide, in the oxygen supply, in the binding down of ying dust and the adher-
ent harmful materials, and in the enrichment of the humidity of the air. From this point
of view the older trees with bigger crowns play an especially signicant role.
Afer Margaret Island this is the second most frequently visited park in the capital, and
every year approximately 4 million people come to visit the institutions and the green
areas.
However, the circle of people using the park as a venue for everyday recreation
demonstrates a declining tendency in parallel with the deterioration of the park. Com-
pared to the former data the share of passive recreation is increasing and the time
spent in the park is decreasing these tendencies are mainly due to the aforemen-
tioned deteriorating condition of the park.
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2.4.4.4 ALL-THE-YEAR ROUND
RECREATION DESTINATION
The City Park is an important leisure time destination for the residents living in the
neighbourhood and in Budapest. Primarily owing to the lack of other opportunities
three quarters of the people who come here choose passive recreation: they walk, walk
their dogs, have picnics or enjoy the sun. 10% of the visitors use the playground (school-
age children, children with families). The rest of the visitors actively use the infra-
structure of the park, which, however, is only partially developed: while a ground for
extreme sports and a football eld can be found in the park there is no running track
for joggers. The green area of the park provides opportunities for recreation and sports,
for individuals and teams, but the physical conditions are only partly or not at all pro-
vided. In winter the 15 thousand square-metre ice surface of the City Park Skating Rink
is an important option, the most important target for the capitals skaters.
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At the current level of activity the maintenance of the City Park is an unsolved question.
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2.4.4.5 PROGRAMMES
The City Park is traditionally a central programme venue. Of the political and cultur-
al events with historical importance the National Exhibition in 1885, the Millenni-
um Exhibition held in 1896, as well as the Budapest International Fair organized here
between 1925-1972 were outstanding. Of the important one-time or regular events
mention must be made of the Eucharistic World Congress held in 1938 and the mass of
Pope John Paul II in Heroes Square in 1991, as well as the popular festivities and pro-
cessions organized in the tvenhatosok Square between 1951 and 1989.
Nowadays the park also provides the venue for a number of cultural events and festi-
vals. Our national holidays, mainly on national holidays, on 1 May and 20 August. Since
2008 the National Gallop race has been organized in Heroes Square at the end of
each summer. Of the sports events regularly held in the City Park the running competi-
tions are also important.
In addition to the above-mentioned public events, the City Park ofen provides the
venue for political, business or private programmes. In this respect, the outstanding
venues are the Museum of Fine Arts, the Szchnyi Bath and the Vajdahunyad Castle.
The Jki Chapel, the most popular venue for weddings in Budapest, is located in the
last of these buildings.
Several special programme sites can be found in the City Park. For example the Gar-
den of the Blind to be visited only by the visually impaired, or the trac park built spe-
cically for children in front of the Hungarian Technical and Transport Museum.
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2.4.4.6 TOURIST DESTINATION
The City Park is still the number one destination point of foreign and domestic tour-
ism in Budapest. Tourists from abroad mainly come here to visit Heroes Square, the
Museum of Fine Arts and the Szchenyi Bath, while the Hungarian visitors are most-
ly attracted by the Museum of Fine Arts, by the Municipal Zoological and Botanical
Garden mainly visited by school groups and families, and by the Hungarian Technical
and Transport Museum. Besides this, the other cultural and museum institutions of
the area, the historical and artistic memories, as well as the natural and recreational
endowments also add to the attraction of the Park.
However, as far as tourism is concerned the City Park has a lot of shortcomings. The
touristic infrastructure is underdeveloped and decient; there are signicant hiatuses
both in the eld of transport, services and retail trade. On top of this there is a lack of
private accommodation in the area.
The Liget Budapest project will compensate for most of these deciencies and will
stimulate major private investment.
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Focal points of tourism in Budapest
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2.4.4.7 TRANSPORT
Today the territory of the City Park is bordered by transport routes conducting great
transit trac (Dzsa Gyrgy Street, Ajtsi Drer alle) and by roads mainly of local
importance carrying a smaller trac volume (Hermina Street). Of the routes cross-
ing the territory of the park public trac is allowed on the llatkerti ring road, on the
Vrosligeti ring road and on Ks Kroly promenade. Ks Kroly promenade is also an
important axis in the East-West direction trac of Budapest since it is the junction
point of Andrssy Road leading to the Downtown and of Hungria boulevard, i.e. of the
outer ring road, as well as of the M3 motorway leading to the Eastern part of the coun-
try. The other roads of the inner part of the City Park mainly serve pedestrian and bicy-
cle trac and public transport.
In cooperation with the Centre for Budapest Transport the whole automobile trac
and public transport concept of the City Park will be completely revised within the
framework of the Liget Budapest project in the near future. The most important point
to be studied is how the trac can be reduced, or eventually completely closed on Ks
Kroly promenade, which cuts the City Park into two parts, and on the multi-lane roads
separating Heroes Square from the surrounding buildings. The plans also envisage the
replacement by electric buses of the current illogical and out-dated trolley bus pub-
lic transport system of the City Park. The plans also contain the reconsideration of the
other public transport links (millennium underground, buses) and the establishment
of a possible new underground stop. The envisaged moving walkway could provide a
public transport connection to the new museum buildings planned in Dzsa Gyrgy
Street and to the deep garages to be built here.
Within the framework of the Liget Budapest project the number of the excessively
wide and densely built asphalt paved trac routes currently leading through the City
Park will be rationalized in order to expand the green area.
Besides the above the City Park is aected by two important elements of the transport
development plan of Budapest. Several stations of the BuBi public bicycle network to
be implemented in 2014 will be established in streets leading to the City Park, there-
fore the growth of bicycle trac can be expected. According to the medium term plans
the whole area of the City Park will be included in the entrance fee zone to be intro-
duced afer 2016 the border line of which will be Hermina Street.
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2.4.4.8 CLIMATE, WEATHER
Budapest is situated in the temperate zone with a Continental climate. The coldest
month is January with an average temperature of 1.6 C, while the hottest month
is July with an average temperature around 21C. The yearly average temperature is
11.0C. Until now the highest temperature (40.7 C) was recorded on 20 July, 2007,
while the lowest one (-25.6 C) was recorded on 13 January, 1987.
The average annual precipitation volume in Budapest is 533 mm. In early summer and
late autumn we have two months with more rain, while from mid-winter until early
spring and in early autumn the weather is drier. The least precipitation can be expect-
ed in February-March, and the biggest volume of rain about twice as much falls in
May-June.
In Budapest the annual average number of sunshine hours is 1,930 showing great vari-
ance from year to year. A typical cycle can be observed in the period of sunshine hours
over the year, the maximum is in the summer months (250-270 hours per month), while
the minimum is in the period between November-January (50-70 hour per month).
Thanks to the Carpathian Mountains and the Transdanubian mountain ranges Buda-
pest is protected from wind. The prevailing wind direction is North-West. The autumn
season is ofen windless, which contributes to the formation of fog.
2.4.4.9 ARCHAEOLOGY
Since historically the City Park was an uninhabited area no signicant archaeological
remains can be expected to be found on the building sites. The underground remains
of the Magna Domina Hungarorum (more commonly Regnum Marianum) church
demolished in 1951 are outside the present design area, to the north of the crossing of
Dvorak promenade and Dzsa Gyrgy Street. The purpose is to establish a dignied
memorial place here in the later stage of the project.
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2.5 KEY DEVELOPMENT POINTS
OF LIGET BUDAPEST PROJECT
2.5.1 CULTURAL POLICY
In the two centuries since the foundation of the Hungarian National Museum in 1802
the museums have become the top institutions of Hungarian cultural life.
In recent decades, however, the visitor has become more and more important in the
museum world and through this the knowledge-transferring, informative role of the
museums has come to the fore. Today a well-run museum presents many faces. Besides
maintaining its scientic integrity, candour and depth, it gives over in full and enrich-
es the collection entrusted to it but in the meantime is also open to the changes in
the world, reacts exibly to the requirements of its visitors and initiates cooperation
with other institutions, social groups and business partners when thinking responsibly
about its own future. The Liget Budapest project will create the rst truly 21st century
museums of Hungary in Budapest with a pioneering role in Hungarian cultural policy.
2.5.2 MUSEOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS
The majority of the museum institutions participating in the Liget Budapest project
have serious infrastructural problems today. The projects purpose is to solve these
problems in such a way that Hungary would be able to provide an exemplary environ-
ment for the artefacts and collections of signicant importance, for the experts who
take care of them and for interested visitors. The creation of infrastructure ensuring to
the maximum the handling and protection of the museum collections, the establish-
ing of exible conditions for professional research and display according to the worthy
and changing expectations, as well as functional design meeting the requirements and
special needs of the visitors are equally important requirements of the project.
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2.5.3 CULTURAL TOURISM
Liget Budapest will be the number one cultural and tourist attraction of Budapest in
the 21st century. This attraction is due to its unique complexity. The wide range of insti-
tutions operating here ranges from transport through ne art to ethnography provid-
ing wide scope, long-term cultural experiences for visitors. The Zoo and the Szche-
nyi Bath provide high quality leisure activities for all age groups while children are
welcome by the Children and Youth Knowledge and Adventure Centre specically
designed for them. With the improvement of the current restaurant supply of the City
Park the site can become a target of gastro tourism. The renewed greenery will pro-
vides a true experience not only as a public park of Budapest rich in outstanding his-
torical and artistic memories, but as the venue for active recreation for those living
nearby or visiting here.
2.5.4 MUSEUM ORGANIZATIONAL
AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
Today most of the Hungarian museums are operating in buildings that do not meet the
contemporary energetic requirements, they can typically be found in several locations
and the organization of their activities is inecient for reasons beyond their control.
The clear purpose of the Liget Budapest project is to provide an exemplary solution for
these organizational and economic problems. The National Restoration and Storage
Centre of Museums to be established on a nearby site outside the borders of the City
Park on land earmarked for rehabilitation will provide professionally better, safer and
a more economical solution for the management of the artwork collections. The use of
sustainable energy sources, the development of a common energetic supply built of
geo-thermal energy with outstanding potential will be given priority importance in the
construction of the new museum buildings in the City Park.
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2.5.5 URBAN REHABILITATION
The City Park, the oldest public park in Budapest now shows signs of negligence. Most
of the visitors who come to the park are dissatised with the services, with the every-
day maintenance, with the quality of green areas; most of them think that a complete
or partial rehabilitation is needed. The majority of residential quarters surrounding the
City Park are of high prestige yet very run down areas, partly densely built-up and with
more and more popular emerging residential zones. The development of the City Park
based on cultural activities is a long-term target that may attract signicant private cap-
ital in the nearby areas and could serve as a model for the future urban development of
Hungary.
2.5.6 ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY,
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable architectural design means an exact system of rules that have now been
developed, which, however, always gives way to site-specic innovation. The detailed
sustainability requirements are contained in section 4.
2.6 MANAGEMENT, PARTICIPANTS
The investment will be nanced by the Hungarian Government under the manage-
ment of the 100% state-owned Vrosliget Zrt. founded by the government. Pursuant to
Act CCXLII of 2013 the whole area of the City Park will be included under the manage-
ment of Vrosliget Zrt. for 99 years, and the buildings built here will become the prop-
erty of the Hungarian State.
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2.7 THE CITY: BUDAPEST
2.7.1 BRIEF HISTORICAL
SUMMARY
The history of the past two thousand years has proved that Budapest is a city of con-
tinuous renewal and renaissance. The German, Avar and Slavic tribes building on the
ruins of Roman Aquincum, the Hungarians founding cities in the 10th century, Ger-
mans settling here afer the Mongol invasion in 1241-1242, French and Italian people
coming to the royal court, and Serbs as well as Bosnians coming here during the 150-
year Turkish occupation, all prove that during its history the city was open and a recip-
ient to new cultures. As Saint Steven, the rst King of the Hungarians wrote in the
Admonitions to his son in 1027: because a one language and one custom country is
weak and fallible.
Pest, Buda and buda was united in 1873 as Budapest. The city experienced its golden
ages during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the end of the 19th century it
became a rich, vibrant and modern European metropolis. The 50-year long continu-
ous growth of the country and the city ended with World War I. As a conclusion of the
nal peace agreement of the war Hungary lost two thirds of its territory which resulted
in a serious economic and social crisis. In World War II, in 1944-45 Budapest suered
from a long siege costing many lives; that was followed by more than four decades of
Soviet occupation.
Afer the fall of Communism the renascent Budapest redened itself as a natural, cul-
tural and economic centre of Central Europe. This was demonstrated by such impor-
tant developments as the two new Danube bridges of Budapest, the Millennium Park
built on the place of the terminated Ganz factory, the Millennium City Quarter with
the new National Theatre and the Palace of Arts, and the architecturally outstanding
stations of the new Metro line no. 4 to be opened in 2014, as well as the continuous
rehabilitation of the historical building stock that had deteriorated during the years of
Communism and representing outstanding value on a European scale.
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2.7.2 NEW CULTURAL TOURISM
DESTINATION OF EUROPE FROM 2018:
LIGET BUDAPEST
The aim of the development of the City Park is to create a cooperating system of insti-
tutions strengthening each other that contributes to the diverse and extensive access
to cultural assets, as well as to the varied ways of spending leisure time. Parallel with
this the use value of the City Park should be increased, the green area and transport
system should be renewed and the biological activity of the green areas should be
improved.
The long-term objective of the new project and the related developments is to turn the
City Park into a family theme park of unique complexity and quality and into an attrac-
tive international tourist destination in Europe. The setting of this objective is justied
because there is no other urban tissue in Europe with such a diversied, complex insti-
tutional network of 100-150 old buildings and of the planned new developments, like
the Zoo, the Szchenyi Bath, the Grand Circus, the Ice Skating Rink, the existing muse-
ums and the newly established Museum Quarter.
The international examples show that museums grouped into one quarter can attract
much more visitors than if they stand alone. And if these museums will nd a loca-
tion close to other institutions and thus make possible the spending of leisure time
at a higher quality level, the attraction of the institutions could be multiplied and an
internationally signicant and recognized brand name could be created that will be
attractive for the tourists. The Liget Budapest project will create a cultural-recreational
urban space that could attract one million more visitors to the country every year. Pri-
marily the number of those coming to Budapest for a 3-4 days city tour (city break) may
increase.
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2.7.3 THE PRESENT MUSEUM
SYSTEM OF BUDAPEST
Budapest is the museum centre of the country. Almost all the museums of a national
scope can be found here. Among them number one is the Hungarian National Muse-
um founded in 1802. Almost every specialized institution has branched o from this
museum, for example the Museum of Applied Arts in 1872, the Museum of Fine Arts
in 1896, and the Hungarian Natural History Museum in 1933. In some cases these lat-
ter museums were further divided: the Hungarian National Gallery separated from the
Museum of Fine Arts in 1957, although the two museums were organizationally reunit-
ed in 2012.
In regard to the artistic life of Budapest, the Museum of Fine Arts is the leading and
most visited museum in the city, the exhibitions of which have been enjoying signif-
icant interest from Hungary and from abroad for many years. For example, the Van
Gogh exhibition open between 1 December, 2006 and 1 April, 2007 attracted nearly
half a million visitors, thus it was the 15th most visited exhibition in the world in that
year and at the same time the most visited museum exhibition ever in Hungary.
The privately managed or privately founded, but publicly owned institutions compose
an organic part of the museum network of Budapest. The Hungarian Jewish Museum
and Archives and the Ecclesiological art collection of the Matthias Church of Buda
that are popular mainly due to the buildings where they are housed, or the Kogart Art
collection in one of the villas on Andrssy Road leading to the City Park, and also the
House of Terror established in 2002 in memory of the victims of the 20th century dic-
tatorships belong to this category.
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3.1 THE NEW NATIONAL GALLERY
AND LUDWIG MUSEUM MUSEUM
OF CONTEMPORARY ART
3.1.1 NEW NATIONAL GALLERY
Key Sentences
The New National Gallery provides a comprehensive overview of European culture and
the Central European and Hungarian national identities through outstanding European
artefacts of the modern age and the richest collection of Hungarian ne art.
The Museum building conveys the image of a dynamic and open, future-oriented institu-
tion that preserves with respect and interprets the artefacts assigned to it by the nation.
Mission statement
The New National Gallery as the most important public collection of its kind has been
collecting, preserving and displaying the relics of the European and Hungarian history
of art from the beginning of the 19th century up to the present day. The museum pre-
sents the artefacts to visitors at a high professional level, with a good scientic back-
ground and in an international context in a way that allows for an independent analysis
of the Hungarian processes. The period covered by the permanent exhibition of the
New National Gallery spans from 1800 to 1950. In addition to maintaining the cultural
heritage, it is the mission of the New National Gallery to be widely available to the visi-
tors based on the open Museum and the Museum for everyone principles. Its task is
to become a venue for the development of a national identity, a tourist destination and
the primary basis of learning and knowledge transfer.
The Museum is at the same time an art historian scientic research point where basic
research work on the artefacts, and contextualization of the objects takes place, thus
the institution is the basis of art historian and museological methodological renewal.
The results of the research work are made available, livable and likeable for the various
layers of society in the form of exhibitions and publications. The New National Gallery
is an institution open to the latest trends in international contemporary art as well as to
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intellectual ones while contemporary social and art dialogue is pursued in the museum
in the form of an independent workshop, the GAIA lab. The Museum has close profes-
sional ties with the international Museums of the world and takes part proactively in
domestic and international art, art historian and museological discussions.
Through its museum pedagogical activity the New National Gallery plays an impor-
tant role in the visual education of young people and supports the implementation of
school and out-of-school educational programmes of the institutions of public edu-
cation. Through attending to the diversied needs of the various social layers and by
facilitating complete access to digital contents the Museum orientates and educates
its visitors. Disadvantaged people, the physically disabled and handicapped are treat-
ed as priority visitor groups in order to contribute to their social integration through
the organization of special programmes. Through the cooperation with the dierent
elds of art, and by providing a place for theatre, as well as musical and literature pro-
grammes the museum inspires the authors of the various arts for creative dialogue and
contributes to raising the level and quality of public culture.
3.1.2 LUDWIG MUSEUM
Key sentences
The Ludwig Museum Museum of Contemporary Art houses the latest contemporary
culture; it is a member of the international Ludwig network and the leading contempo-
rary art museum of Hungary.
The Museum has been collecting and presenting the works of Hungarian and interna-
tional ne art since the 1950s until the present day and is an important methodological
centre of the museums scientic and education work.
Its building is a worthy place in the rst rank of contemporary artworks collected here
and it uses the global language of contemporary architecture.
Mission statement
The Ludwig Museum Museum of Contemporary Art is the leading present age and
contemporary art institution of Hungary. Its international collection was founded by
the collectors, Peter and Irene Ludwig, and the Hungarian government elevated it to
the level of a number one contemporary art exhibition site and methodological centre
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of the country. In its new building shared with the New National Gallery, it will be the
exhibition venue of the history and most prominent artists of the Hungarian and inter-
national ne art specialized in the period from 1950 to now.
The principal function of the museum is to collect, conserve and look afer the mate-
rials and to research the art works, relics, documents and sources coming within the
scope of collection, as well as to present the objects and research works at exhibitions
and in other forms. A priority function is to present Hungarian art alongside interna-
tional parallels and to place contemporary Hungarian art in its international context.
The Ludwig Museum Museum of Contemporary Art as the methodological centre of
the presentation of contemporary art has a unique function in the Hungarian system of
museums. It contributes to the social acceptance of contemporary art by the training
of curators, by carrying out museum pedagogical and museological research work, by
organizing residence programmes and associate art programmes, and in addition helps
to facilitate an understanding of the complexity of the visual culture of our age.
3.2 MUSEUM OF ETHNOGRAPHY
Key sentences
The Museum of Ethnography is the museum of people and their communities.
The Museum is one of the earliest ethnographic institutions of Europe operating since
1872 and it is a social museum proud of its collection of outstanding value, and is also
open to the future and to renewal; its building will be designed in this spirit.
The Museum of Ethnography is a place where all members of society return with pleas-
ure because it mirrors themselves and their roots.
Mission statement
As one of the earliest ethnographic museums in Europe the Museum of Ethnography has
been collecting, archiving, protecting, researching and transmitting the traditional and
modern cultural memories of Hungarian and European communities, as well as those
beyond Europe since 1872. This is a collection of objects, photos, texts, sounds and ideas
that constitutes a rich and wide-ranging resource for the discovery of the world.
The Museum of Ethnography as a social museum is the reective site of research and
display of the past and present object culture and social phenomena. It is the leading
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Hungarian institution of ethnographic science, of European ethnology and cultural
anthropology, and the scientic workshop of the Museum.
Owing to its collection and knowledge base the Museum is a starting point for other
sciences and arts in understanding, accepting and respecting cultural memory, cultur-
al diversity and changing identities. The harmony of knowledge, adventure and experi-
ence allows the formulation of common and individual interpretations and approaches.
3.3 HUNGARIAN MUSEUM
OF ARCHITECTURE
AND FOTOMUZEUM BUDAPEST
3.3.1 HUNGARIAN MUSEUM
OF ARCHITECTURE
Key sentences
The Hungarian Museum of Architecture is the house of traditions and innovation. It
is a research centre, exhibition venue and social forum with relevant programmes for
the users and designers of the buildings, considering architecture a public matter and
embracing its whole spectrum from the at to the city.
Mission statement
As an international research centre the Hungarian Museum of Architecture is the num-
ber one and richest source of the architectural, building industrial and urban history of
the Carpathian Basin. With its professional work it actively contributes to the compre-
hensive and inter-disciplinary analysis of the history, present and future of architec-
ture. By placing the architectural product into a regional and global context it contrib-
utes to the understanding of the changes in the built environment and of the evolution
of the architectural scope of responsibilities. It supports the cooperation between
domestic professional organizations, and plays a role in the maintenance and populari-
zation of the institutional system of architecture.
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The basic principle of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture is that architecture is a
public matter from the rst ideas through the building process to usage. Therefore it
regards its target group as all those who are interested in architecture and aims to rep-
resent them; it plays a mediator role between the recipients and actors of architecture.
It serves as a public forum for citizens discussing matters concerning domestic spaces
and public buildings as places for everyday life and the city itself, but at the same time
reects the problem-focused architectural thinking that appears in the solution not
only of architectural tasks alone and makes it comprehensible for those who are not
familiar with architecture.
It was more than a hundred years ago that Hungarian architects mentioned the need
for an independent museum of architecture. The creation of the new building of the
Hungarian Museum of Architecture will realize this idea and the new building will
attain an emblematic role in the fullment of the mission of the institution.
3.3.2 FOTOMUZEUM BUDAPEST
Key sentences
The FotoMuzeum Budapest is one of the most signicant photographic collection,
exhibition site and research centre of Central Europe.
The exhibitions and programmes of the museum introduce world famous classical art-
ists and also young pioneers and deal with the historical aspects of this art as much as
with the analogue and digital technologies.
The FotoMuzeum Budapest teaches us how to look and see the world through the eyes
of the geniuses of the lens.
Mission statement
The FotoMuzeum Budapest is the most signicant photographic collection of the Hun-
garian museum structure organized for the presentation and research of the multi-fac-
eted history of photography and to demonstrate the embeddedness of photography
in contemporary art. The organization of the collection started in 1957 and it has been
steadily growing since the foundation of the collection established on the initiative of
the professional community.
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The FotoMuzeum Budapest deals with the scientic, artistic and technical approach of
photography: it looks at it from an historical perspective but also reects on the pres-
ent. The museum interprets photography as a global medium that has neither geo-
graphical nor cultural borders. It focuses on the trends that determine photo history
and contemporary art as well as on the research and presentation of the border areas:
ne art, lm, animation, media art and in a wider context the approach of photography
in regard to literature and music.
As an archive, the FotoMuzeum Budapest deals with the collecting of Hungarian or
Hungary-related (Andr Kertsz, Lszl Moholy-Nagy, Brassa, Martin Munkcsi, Rob-
ert Capa and Paul Almasy) and Central and Eastern European photographs, and with
their processing and presentation in the museum. The collection is at the same time
open to applied photography (press, fashion, advertising and architectural photos)
and to the various elds of amateur photography, as well as to the research and accu-
rate presentation of the history of the techniques of analogous and digital photography
combining these aspects in its collection and exhibitions.
Based on its own collection the permanent exhibition of the FotoMuzeum Budapest
continuously makes the history of Hungarian photography and of universal photo tech-
niques available and accessible. (In addition to the already mentioned iconic names,
remarkable authors of Hungarian photo history can also be seen in the permanent
exhibition: Angelo, Rudolf Balogh, Kroly Escher, Tams Fner, Gbor Kerekes, Pter
Korniss, Jzsef Pcsi, Pl Rosti). Besides the large-scale exhibitions, the temporary
exhibitions focus on current topics, on monographic and thematic issues and on work-
shop exhibitions presenting particular problems.
The FotoMuzeum Budapest is an exhibition venue, archive and research centre that
emphasizes the critical approach and undertakes an important social role in the inten-
sication of visual education and development of an approach.
3.4 HOUSE OF HUNGARIAN MUSIC
Key sentences
The objective is to establish a mixed prole institution in Hungary (which up to now
has been lacking) which through its permanent exhibition presents the full spectrum
of the history of Hungarian music in a fun way and where temporary exhibitions and
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musical and music-related programmes are organized with solid music pedagogical
and music andragogical activities. It is important to note, however, that the House of
Hungarian Music is not a memorial house, not an applied art collection and not a con-
cert hall, but rather an educational centre providing all-round experience with a strong
museum and music pedagogical focus. The HHM should meet the strictest music
professional requirements and at the same time should oer attractive programmes
for people who love music or those who only seldom experience music. In addition it
should also serve as a venue for family programmes.
Mission statement
The House of Hungarian Music is the latest musical centre in Budapest as well as an
interactive experience centre presenting the world of sounds. It is focused on the expe-
riential and interactive exhibition of the whole span of Hungarian music history with
uniquely complex functions among the museums of Hungary; it is not only an exhi-
bition centre, but also an institution oering wide-ranging experiences and perform-
ing educational functions. The traditions of Hungarian musical history, folk music and
music pedagogy, the complexity of contemporary musical culture and the need to
make it known support the establishment of the house.
The House of Hungarian Music serves the widest possible audience interested in music
with its permanent exhibition and with temporary exhibitions linked to the most var-
ied segments of the world of music as well as with its continuous provision of ad hoc
programmes. The educational and information provision functions impressively and
representatively present the historical past and present of Hungary, its outstanding per-
sonalities and their oeuvre. It is a kind of sound exhibition that presents its visitors with
the experience of creating sound compositions: using special installations and technical
solutions it allows visitors to feel the very beginnings of music, the physiology of sensing
sounds and naturally, last but not least, it can also be used as a concert or dance hall.
The House of Hungarian Music is a unique work of art: its external and internal visual
appearance reecting the function of the institution metaphorically should be
music turned into a building in the sense of the 21st century. It provides a tranquil ven-
ue for various activities connected to sound and music with special regard to educa-
tional functions and concert programmes. It is a dominant new programme venue of
the City Park that takes into account the surrounding park and its users while facilitat-
ing the presentation of works of other arts linked to music.
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4.1 SUSTAINABILITY
in regard to the buildings to be designed the consideration and taking into account of
all aspects of sustainability is the denite intention of the Promoter. It is required from
the Entrants to implement green solutions in the building with a comprehensive and
holistic approach.
4.1.1 ENERGY PERFORMANCE
The submitted entries should meet the specications to be introduced in 2020 relat-
ing to almost zero-energy buildings. The required values of overall heat transfer coe-
cients will develop according to the following based on the Hungarian regulations and
it is strongly suggested that they be taken nto consideration (Hungarian Chamber of
Engineers, 2011).
Building structure U (W/m
2
K)
External wall 0.22
Flat roof 0.15
Attic oor 0.15
Slab above unheated cellar 0.25
Glazed doors and windows (wood, PVC) 1.0
Glazed doors and windows (metal) 1.3
External door 1.3
In the case of the almost zero-energy buildings the required value of the overall ener-
gy performance (heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water production, lighting) is 85 kWh/
m2a, while the maximum allowed volumetric heat transfer coecient is the following
(University of Debrecen Building Engineering and Facility Engineer Department: System
of requirements of the nearly zero-energy buildings using renewable energies, 2012).
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A/V 0,3 q
m
= 0,12 W/m
3
K
0,3 A/V 1,0 q
m
= 0,051 + 0,23 (A/V) W/m
3
K
A/V 1,0 q
m
= 0,281 W/m
3
K
Afer the closing of the architectural competition a comprehensive energy concept
will be developed for the area of the Park thus the main point during the competition
is the reduction of the buildings energy consumption. During the development of the
energy concept of the submitted entries please take into account that it is planned to
connect every building of the project to the future district heating system. Since right
now there is no information about the planned energy production and distribution sys-
tem the Entrants shall assume traditional, natural gas fuelled combined heat and pow-
er plant (CHP) as an energy source (primary energy conversion factor is 0,75). In the
buildings only energy production units using renewable energy sources can be installed
(including heat pump systems). The architectural concept and the submitted compe-
tition entry should consider and include the space requirements of the proposed
technologies.
The complex building energy concept to be submitted in the rst stage shall be devel-
oped according to the above. The Promoter will clarify the criteria of the dynamic build-
ing simulation required in the second stage before the beginning of the second stage.
4.1.2 HEALTH AND COMFORT
The establishment of good working conditions for the sta working in the building is
also an important requirement. The integration of the natural systems (natural ventila-
tion, natural lighting) is one of the basic requirements of good indoor comfort.
The oor plan design of the building should allow for the installation of as many work-
stations as possible within a 7 metre distance from an external wall with windows and/
or glazed doors. To provide an external view for the occupants, where workstations are
located there shall be no external obstacles (e.g. other building) within a 10 metre dis-
tance from the faade with windows.
The indoor thermal environment of premises designed for extended stay shall meet
specications of category B described in Annex A of EN 15251:2007. The location of
doors and windows and the good architectural design and ventilation concept should
make possible the cross ventilation of these spaces using natural ventilation. The
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exterior doors and windows should be a min. at 20 metre distance from any pollution
sources (road, parking places, air exhausts, etc.).
The indoor lighting values shall meet specications of standard EN 12464-1:2011, while
outdoor lighting values shall correspond to standard EN 12464-2:2014.
All exterior glass surfaces of premises designed for extended stay should have a shad-
ing system that can be an integral part of the architectural concept of the building.
4.1.3 WATER MANAGEMENT
Entries oering solutions for the utilization of rainwater and/or graywater shall be giv-
en preference.
Another important aspect is the minimisation of the rainwater discharge of the
planned project. The Jury will make a positive assessment if the competition entry
oers a Sustainable Urban Drainage System solution that reduces the rainwater dis-
charge. These solutions can be located outside the design area, but should be close to
and an integrated part of the planned facility.
4.1.4 ECOLOGY
The entries shall pay great attention to the protection of the ecological values and sys-
tem of the City Park; the protection of the existing trees is one of the most important
assessment criteria of the competition.
The Promoters explicit intention is to increase the ecological value and biologi-
cal activity of the park. Vrosliget Zrt. is committed to implementing the renewal of
the green areas of the park in line with the above (i.e. increasing the ecological value
of the whole area) compensating for any local decrease of the green area during the
competition.
In order to avoid light pollution only light sources lighting upwards (directed or ade-
quately shielded) can be installed on the planned building and in its environs.
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4.1.5 MATERIAL USE
The authors of the submitted entries should aim to achieve energy and resource e-
ciency not only in the operation of the building, but also in the selection of the build-
ing materials. The Promoter gives preference to entries that use building materials
produced by a production process with a low environmental impact and low energy
requirement.
In the second stage of the competition the Promoter reserves the right to demand
that the Entrants prove the environmental impact and life cycle costs of the proposed
building materials by submitting a life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle cost anal-
ysis (LCCA). The details of the required assessments will be outlined no later than the
opening of the second stage.
4.1.6 GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
The Promoter plans to assess the buildings subject to this competition according to the
BREEAM design and assessment method for sustainable buildings. The targeted rating
level is Excellent.
4.2 BUILDING INFORMATION
MODELING
The use of the BIM system in the competition is not mandatory. However, the Promot-
er draws the Entrants attention to the fact that every participant in the design, con-
struction and operation processes of the proposed buildings will be required to con-
nect to the BIM system used by the Promoter. The system used by the Promoter will be
dened later.
Based on the above the use of an Open BIM (IFC) format is suggested already in the
competition phase.
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4.3 BUILDING REGULTIONS
The building regulation of the City Park will be prepared by the Municipality of Buda-
pest by 30 June, 2014 as specied by the Act on City Park. Accordingly, within the
framework of the Liget Budapest International Design Competition the content of this
Competition Programme or the information indicated on the basic maps issued to the
design competition shall prevail.
4.3.1 REGULTIONS OF HEIGHT
The permitted max. building height is: 25 metres
Option the max. permitted height of architectural mark: 40 metres
It is permitted to design an architectural mark of the above-mentioned height only
in the New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum competition and the Museum of
Ethnography competition. As to the other design competitions all building elements
should meet the maximum building height requirements.
4.3.2 OTHER REGULTIONS
Besides the height regulation there is no other limitation to be taken into account by
the Entrants. Nevertheless, the Promoter draws the attention of the Entrants to the fact
that the extent of coverage and the economic land use are also among the assessment
criteria of the Jury.
The Entrants can only design buildings within the design area of the given design com-
petition. The Entrant may present a proposal for the landscaping of the immediate envi-
rons of the area but the cutting down of trees is not permitted outside the design area.
The given number of parking places and bicycle storage areas belonging to the build-
ing should also be planned. The visitors parking places will be established within 500
metres of the building in underground facilities, but they are not part of the design
competition.
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5.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
5.1.1 PROMOTER
The Liget Budapest International Design Competition is jointly promoted by the fol-
lowing organisations.
Museum of Fine Arts Budapest, 1146 Budapest, Dzsa Gyrgy t 41.
Vrosliget Zrt., 1146 Budapest, Dzsa Gyrgy t 41.
5.1.2 COMPETITION MANAGER
buda-jlak Zrt.
1033 Budapest, Hvzi t 3/A
5.1.3 CONTACT
Contact and exchange of information between the Entrants and the Promoter will in
every case be made on the website of the design competition anonymously, solely by
using the identication code. Please nd the address of the competition website below.
www.ligetbudapest.org
5.1.4 FORM AND TYPE OF THE
DESIGN COMPETITION
Form of the design competition is: open, two stage, international design competition.
Type of the competition: anonymous.
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5.1.5 DEADLINES
The deadlines for the two-stage international design competition are the following.
Stage I.
Start of registration _____________________________________________________________________________27. 02. 2014
Deadline for submitting questions _____________________________________________________13. 03. 2014
Deadline for posting the answers _______________________________________________________26. 03. 2014
Submission deadline (Stage I) ______________________________________________________ 27. 05. 2014 14:00
Invitation for Stage II ___________________________________________________________________________08. 07. 2014
Proposed launch of Stage II ________________________________________________________________August 2014
Date of the announcement of the results ____________________________________________19. 12. 2014
The schedule and additional dates of the competition can be found on the website.
5.1.6 CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
The design competition is open to legal persons, or to legal subjects without legal per-
sonality (Entrant) according to the following. By submitting an entry the Entrant
accepts the Competition Programme as mandatory,
declares that none of the cases of conicts of interest specied by the relevant
Hungarian law and regulation are valid for him (see section 5.3),
respects the regulations of the International Unions of Architects (UIA) regarding
conicts of interest,
declares that he or she have not committed a breach of law regarding professional
activity for which they were found guilty in the last ve years
declares that among the submitters of the entry there is at least one person with
an architect or architect and engineering degree who ocially has the right to prac-
tice as an architect in his/her own country or in the country where he/she works,
declares that in addition to the general architectural knowledge the Entrant also
has expertise in museum technology, landscaping and sustainability,
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accepts that the Promoter is only able to sign a contract with the winners if their
design permission is accredited by the Hungarian Chamber of Architects, further-
more accepts that the accreditation is the responsibility of the Entrant (www.mek.hu),
accepts that the Jury has the right to render the competition programme more
specic in Stage II,
accepts that one Entrant can submit only one entry for each competition. The
co-authors and the co-workers of the authors (in keeping with the relevant ethical
norms) can contribute to several entries,
authorizes the Promoter to le the entry in the archives of the Hungarian Muse-
um of Architecture, and use it in line with section 5.3.
declares that he or she undertakes the design task
conrms that they will respect the rules of anonymity especially regarding the
second stage of the competition.

5.1.7 LNGUAGE
The language of the competition is exclusively English, including the published docu-
mentations, the questions, the answers and all elements of the entries to be submitted.
For information purposes certain competition documents are also available in
Hungarian.
5.1.8 EXCLUSION
The Jury excludes an Entrant from the design competition in the following cases:
the Entrant failed to register on the website of the design competition
the entry was received afer deadline
the entry breaches the rules of anonymity
the entry does not meet the content requirements
the entry submitted is not in English language
the entry does not meet the conditions of participation
The Jury may exclude an incomplete entry and those not meeting the formal require-
ments if it makes the evaluation of the entry impossible.
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5.1.9 ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENTATION
Afer registration the complete documentation can be downloaded free of charge from
the website of the competition. The downloaded documents can solely be used during
the competition only for the purposes of preparing an entry.
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5.2 THE JURY
5.2.1 MEMBERS
Position Name / position
1 Chairman
Lszl Ban, governmental commissioner, director,
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
2 Co-chairman Wim Pijbes, director, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, architect
3 Member
Paula Cadima, professor at AA London School
of Architecture, architect
4 Member
Gyrgy Fekete, president, Hungarian Academy of Arts,
interior designer
5 Member Sndor Finta, Chief Architect of Budapest
6 Member
Edwin Heathcote architecture critic, Financial Times,
architect
7 Member
Henri Loyrette, member of Conseil dtat (France),
former director, Musee du Louvre
8 Member Ervin Nagy, Chief Architect of the State
9 Member
Lszl Gyrgy Sros, president, Association of Hungarian
Architects, architect
10 Member
Martha Thome, executive director, Pritzker Architecture
Prize, architect
Alternate member
Imre Blint, president, Budapest Chamber of Architects,
architect
Alternate member
Zoltn Cselovszki, president, Gyula Forster National
Centre for Cultural Heritage Management, architect
Alternate member Gyrgy Fazakas, architect
Alternate member
Tams Pernyi, professor at Budapest University
of Technology and Economics, architect
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The Union Internationale des Architetes (UIA) will delegate a member and an alter-
nate member to be its representatives on the Jury.
The Jurys work is assisted by expert committees of various composition according to
the given competition. Their composition will be nalised and made available at a lat-
er point on the website of the design competition.
5.2.2 WORK OF THE JURY
The Jury makes its decisions with a simple majority of votes; minutes are continuously
taken about its activities.
The work of the Jury is not public.
The Jury compiles a written closing report on the conclusions and submits it to the
Promoter, who will publish the information on the results and successful closing or the
failure of the design competition based on the closing report of the Jury.
The decision of the Jury is nal, the Promoter cannot dier from it and appeals will not
be accepted.
5. 3 REGULTIONS
The design competition is conducted according to the following regulations:
Relevant regulations of the Hungarian law - Act CVIII of 2011 on Public Procurement
and Government Decree 305/2011 on the rules pertaining to design contests (the Eng-
lish translations are available only for the Entrants information here: http://www.koz-
beszerzes.hu/nyelvi-verziok/hungarian-act-on-public-procurement/)
Design competition rules of the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA)
This Competition Programme.
In line with the regulations in force and the UIA guidelines the Promoter may use the
award-winning designs, wholly or in part, for exhibition, reproduction and promotion-
al purposes. The Promoter and UIA reserve the right to reproduce the images of the
designs, crediting the Author and respecting the copyright, for exhibition and promo-
tional purposes without further compensating the Author.
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In Stage II. the Promoter reserves the right to rene the Competition Programme with
the consent of the Jury taking into account the equality of opportunities and the rec-
ommendations of the Jury.
The submitted entries will not be insured.
5.4 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Entrants downloading the design competition documentation afer registration may
turn to the Promoter with their questions concerning the competition documentation
and the competition until the date indicated in point 5.1.5.
Questions prior to the deadline will be answered and the Promoter will publish all the
questions and answers on the competition website. Afer the date specied in point
5.1.5, the answers given to questions will become part of the documentation.
The Promoter will make available the schedule of the second stage and the deadline
for questions and answers in due time on the competition website.
5.5 FORMAL REQUIREMENTS
5.5.1 COMPETITION MAIL
The entries shall be submitted in a white, sealed postal envelope of C3 (324x458 mm)
standard by post or by express post according to section 5.7. The envelope shall be
identied only with the address sheet in original form downloaded from the compe-
tition website upon entering the competition. Besides the wording specied on the
address sheet (including the identication code) the Entrant cannot display other writ-
ing, or marking on the envelope.
5.5.2 ELECTRONIC DATA
The competition mail shall contain a CD, DVD, or pendrive. Only the three les indi-
cated below can be located on the device. The les should be named as follows:
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Design drawings bound in A1 .pdf landscape format,
150 dpi resolution; le name: 1.pdf
Description, portrait A4 .pdf format; le name: 2.pdf
Completed space list (.xls or .xlsx); le name: 3.xlsx
The A1 sheets containing the design drawings shall be indicated with a number and
title given by the Entrant strictly keeping the policy of anonymity.
The maximum size of the whole submitted material may not exceed 500 MB.
All background information (author, last modied by, etc.) should be removed from the
les submitted. This is completely the Entrants responsibility and the failure to do so
might result in the exclusion of the Entrant.
5.5.3 PRINTED MATERIALS
The entry shall be submitted in the electronic format detailed above and also in print-
ed form. The printed material shall also be included in the competition mail according
to the following:
the view of the A1 landscape format design drawings reduced to A3 size in min.
150 dpi resolution
Description, A4 portrait format edited to A3 landscape format two A4 portrait
sheets shall be displayed on one A3 landscape sheet
Tables, A4 portrait format, in the same way as in case of the description, edited to
A3 landscape format
The material shall be submitted in a single copy according to the following.
colour printing
min. 180 grams paper
laced with white metal or plastic spiral
white, hard back board
water clear foil front cover
site plan on the rst page.
It is mandatory for the printed material to be submitted in a single copy. However, two
further copies identical to the original can optionally be submitted to assist the work of
the Jury. The number of copies does not aect the evaluation of the entry.
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The Submission Checklist included among the documents for downloading on the
website and to be submitted on a separate sheet in the competition mail can provide
assistance to the Entrant in regard to the correct compilation of the materials.
Separate, specially compiled competition material shall be submitted for each compe-
tition. The entry can only contain the design of buildings relating to the given competi-
tion and cannot contain any references to other entries of the Entrant that might have
been submitted to the other competitions of Liget Budapest. Please nd the submis-
sion process in section 5.7.
5.5.4 ANONYMITY
The design competition is anonymous. The competition mail, the printed documen-
tation and electronic device cannot contain any wording, sign, name, company name,
identifying element that may breach condentiality. It is not permitted to put any sig-
nature, code, emblem referring to the authors on the package containing the entry or
the various parts of the work; or to mark them in any other way that breaches conden-
tiality. The entry cannot contain any reference to the authors or to their place of work.
Any element breaching condentiality as described above should not be present in the
les submitted on the electronic device or in their background information. It is the
Entrants responsibility to verify this.
The identication code can only be indicated on the outer side of the envelope con-
taining the competition material (competition mail) as detailed in point 5.7. The identi-
cation code cannot be included in any submitted material.
Any entry breaching the condentiality rules will be excluded by the Jury.
5.6 CONTENT REQUIREMENTS
In order to participate in the design competition the minimum the following work
parts must be submitted. The entries that do not contain all the work parts listed below
will be excluded without assessment.
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The Submission Checklist included among the documents for downloading on the
website and to be submitted on a separate sheet can provide assistance to the Entrant
to correctly compile the materials.
The units shall be quoted in SI system in the entry.
5.6.1 FIRST STAGE
5.6.1.1 DESIGN DRAWINGS
MAX. 12 SHEETS
Site plan 1:500
A minimum of the following shall be indicated on the drawing.
roof surface with deep shadow of optional angle
hard landscaping and green areas
entrances
transportation systems
parking
bicycle and pedestrian routes
Floor plans 1:200
The oor plan of every dierent level should be shown without furniture. Regardless
the drawing scale of 1:200 the level of details shall be of 1:500. The function of each
room should be indicated by a colour code on the drawings. The same colour code can
be used for groups of rooms.
Sections 1:200
A sucient number of sections necessary for the understanding of the building, but
min. two pieces.
Elevations 1:500
All building elevations showing the building mass and its relation to the surrounding
buildings.
Elevation (partial) 1:100
Partial elevation showing the material use of the main faade.
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Perspective views
Two internal and four external perspective views. A minimum two of the four external
perspectives shall be pasted in the mandatory photos the mandatory and optional
photos can be downloaded from the competition website.
Explanatory drawings, info graphics
A minimum of the following should be submitted:
drawing showing the visitors route inside the building
drawing showing the route of the artefacts
drawing showing the water management and energy concept of the building,
including the passive and natural systems
The following only applies for the competition of the New National Gallery and Lud-
wig Museum and for the competition of the House of Hungarian Music:
drawing showing the contour of the building and the existing trees, clearly high-
lighting those to be cut down within the buildings contour and their total value in
HUF (based on the tree list provided in the competition appendices). In relation
to this criterion the Promoter draws attention to the commitments and guarantees
detailed in section 4.1.4. in terms of the increase in the ecological value and protec-
tion of the greenery in the City Park.
5.6.1.2 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
MAX. 12,000 CHARACTERS
WITH SPACES
The submitted technical description shall cover the following.
the authors vision
architectural concept
site relations
operation and technology
supporting structure
sustainability
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5.6.1.3 TABLES
Space list, containing the given and design oor areas of the groups of premises and
the land use analysis the .xlsx le to be submitted can be downloaded from the com-
petition website.
5.6.1.4 SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
The completed Submission Checklist shall also be submitted together with the printed
competition material the document to complete can be downloaded from the com-
petition website.
5.6.2 SECOND STAGE
The Promoter shall later specify the detailed content and formal requirements of the
documents to be submitted in the second stage. The following list is only for informa-
tion purposes.
5.6.2.1 DESIGN DRAWINGS
Site plan 1:500
Floor plans 1:200
The oor plans with furniture for all dierent levels are required (except for exhibition spac-
es and storages). Regardless the drawing scale of 1:200 the level of details shall be of 1:100.
Sections 1:200
The sections should take into account the space requirement of the designed support-
ing structure.
Elevations 1:200
Perspective views
Explanatory gures, info graphics
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5.6.2.2 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
Besides the issues detailed under the requirements for the first stage the techni-
cal description should contain a description of the selected supporting structur-
al solutions and the construction and operational cost of the building. Furthermore,
the Entrants plans for the design process and the collective work in the BIM system
should also be described.
5.6.2.3 OTHER MATERIALS
In addition to the tables to be submitted in the rst stage, the following tables are likely
to be required.
results of the dynamic building simulation indicating the sofware used
Life-Cycle Assessment and/or Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (their format and details
will be specied later)
5.7 SUBMISSION PROCESS
The Entrants must register on the website of Liget Budapest in order to submit an entry.
Afer the registration the Entrants can enter each of the competitions with a dier-
ent identication code on the competition website. The Entrant must print a dier-
ent address sheet (containing the identication code) for each competition. Only one
entry can be submitted with one identication code. The identication codes are only
valid for the given competition, they cannot be exchanged between the competitions.
Only one entry can be submitted for a design competition by the same Entrant and
one entry can provide only one solution. The co-authors and the collaborators of the
authors can take part in several entries (in keeping with the relevant ethical norms).
The entries can be submitted following the simple steps below.
Registration on the website.
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Afer registration downloading of the address sheet to be printed or glued on the
envelope of the competition material. The address sheet should contain only the
sender, the identication code and the address (which are pre-set).
Sending by post or by express post of the competition material meeting the for-
mal requirements described in point 5.5 by the deadline to the address indicated
on the address sheet.
Entries can only be submitted by post or express post according to the content of point
5.5 in keeping with the condentiality rules, to the follwing address.

Szpmvszeti Mzeum
Expedcis porta
Dzsa Gyrgy t 41.
Budapest
H-1146
Hungary

Entries received afer the submission deadline will be eliminated by the Jury from the
competition without opening the envelope.
5.8 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
The Jury will assess the received entries according to the ve groups of criteria below:
Dialogue with the environment
Architecture and building mass
Technology and function
Sustainability
Costs
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5.8.1 DIALOGUE WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT
Integration into the cityscape
Dialogue with nearby buildings
Dialogue with the Park
Access to the building
Orientation
Parking and transportation system
Bicycle and pedestrian routes
5.8.2 ARCHITECTURE AND
MASS FORMATION
General architectural impression of the building, mass proportions
Unique, innovative external and internal appearance, character of the building
Space relations of the building
Architectural quality of spaces
5.8.3 TECHNOLOGY AND FUNCTION
Visitors experience
Museum technology solutions
Functional contacts
Transportation systems
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5.8.4 SUSTAINABILITY
Energy eciency
Health and comfort
Water management
Environmental impact of building materials
Innovation
Ecology
5.8.5 COSTS
Predicted cost of building implementation
Predicted cost of building maintenance
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5.9 PRIZES
Liget Budapest Prizes
Stage 1 invitation fee
New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum Contemporary
Art Museum
25000 eur
Museum of Ethnography 20000 eur
Hungarian Museum of Architecture and FotoMuzeum Budapest 20000 eur
House of Hungarian Music 15000 eur
Stage 2 prizes
New National Gallery and Ludwig Museum Contemporary Art Museum
1st prize 65000 eur
2nd prize 35000 eur
3rd prize 25000 eur
Museum of Ethnography
1st prize 50000 eur
2nd prize 25000 eur
3rd prize 20000 eur
Hungarian Museum of Architecture and FotoMuzem Budapest
1st prize 50000 eur
2nd prize 25000 eur
3rd prize 20000 eur
House of Hungarian Music
1st prize 50000 eur
2nd prize 25000 eur
3rd prize 20000 eur
Total Prizes 870000 eur
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The Jury assesses the entries according to the assessment criteria outlined in section
5.8. Afer the assessment in the rst stage the Jury will invite a maximum of six Entrants
to the second stage in each competition. If in a given competition less than six Entrants
are invited, the Jury may use the remaining amount of invitation money to award men-
tions for Entrants who did not go on from the rst stage.
The prizes and the purchases are gross amounts including VAT and are subject to
taxation.
The Jury will distribute the whole amount earmarked for prizes except when the com-
petition is declared unsuccessful. If the results of the design competition are not regard-
ed as appropriate for utilization, the Jury may reduce the prize money.
5.10 POST-COMPETITION PROCESSES
5.10.1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS
Based on the decision of the Jury the Promoter will inform the Entrants who entered
the second stage of the competition in keeping with the condentiality rules by the date
specied in point 5.1.5.
The public announcement of the competition results will take place afer the closing of
Stage II. All information about the date and place of the public announcement will be
published in due time on the website.
5.10.2 ENTRIES NOT AWARDED
The entries not awarded will be kept by the Promoter and led in the archives of the
Hungarian Museum of Architecture because of the cultural aspect of the competition.
The Promoter has no intention to learn the identity of the authors of the entries not
awarded. If the author in case of not winning a prize wishes to explicitly forbid the
learning of his or her identity, an anonymous statement not breaching the rules of con-
dentiality can be submitted on a separate sheet of paper in the competition mail.
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5.10.3 COMPETITION BY NEGOTIATION
Following the design competition the Promoter will conduct a negotiated proce-
dure without prior publication of a contract notice (public procurement process) in
the Hungarian language according to the Hungarian legal regulations, the subject of
which is the preparation of the designs of the relevant buildings in line with the pro-
jects schedule, including the delivery of designs most likely in 2016.
5.11 ANNEXES
More detailed information can be found on the website on the system and Annexes of
the Liget Budapest International Design Competition and on the downloadable doc-
uments of the four dierent design competitions. The following list of Annexes only
includes information on materials issued to the dierent design competitions. The
exact list of Annexes of the dierent competitions as well as the documents for down-
load are available afer registration on the competition website.
5.11.1 ANNEXES OF CONTENT
REQUIREMENTS
Submission Checklist
Overview map of the site
Ordnance surveys
Digital photos for visual designs
Space lists
Term sheet
The term sheet issued as an Annex for the design competition is not mandatory and is
for information purposes only.
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5.11.2 TECHNICAL
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
Geodetic surveys and tree registers
Geology reports
Technological and functional scheme
General photos about the City Park
Other maps (e.g. public utility)
5.12 REFERENCES
During the preparation of the documentation submitted for the design competition, in
matters not regulated by the Competition Programme and its Annexes the specica-
tion of the relevant standards and best practices prevail. In museum technological and
sustainability issues the publications listed below provide further guidance.
Manual of Museum Planning edited by Barry Lord, Gail Dexter Lord and Lindsey
Martin, third edition, 2012
BREEAM International New Construction Technical Manual, SD5075 0.0:2013,
issue date: 01.06.2013.
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