The Flame of the Revolution monument was completed on October 23, 1996 from black granite, designed by Mária Lugossy. A monolithic gas pipeline and a burning head provide flame that flares up the flue gas throughout the year, between November 23rd and November 4th it flares up in intervals. The installation stood on Kossuth Square in Budapest for many years, until the square’s reconstruction brought about the dismantling of the sculpture as well. Our client designated Nagy Imre Square in District II. to be the monument’s new location.
As part of our landscape design concept, the monument stands parallel to Fő Street, thus turning towards passing people on the street, while its positioning is also perpendicular to the center axis of the avant-corps of Fogház. The square we designed for the sculpture is covered with light-colored limestone paving, which serves as a venue for events and memorial gatherings. We installed limestone bands between the sidewalk and the memorial space to mark the transition, also incorporating ribbons of lawn and a bespoke wooden bench. For an aesthetically pleasing result, the renewal of asphalt is also required in one section of the sidewalk.
We planted groundcover, flowering perennials and ornamental grasses that enclose the square from three sides. Two additional trees were also planted to increase decorative value and shadow surfaces. In order to avoid visual conflicts, the existing dog run area and the car parks are barricaded by a half meter hedge.
South to the monument we imagined a larger, meadow-like lawn, where ginkgo saplings were replanted into a raster system. Even though the area is already covered by lawn, the renewal of soil, and the construction of an automated irrigation system are indispensable to create a worthy environment for the monument.
2016
Open space design
- construction plan
Client: Hungarian National Assembly
Size: 426 m2
