INTERLACED TRAMWAY NETWORK

 

The greatest investment for Budapest in 2015 was the establishment of the Interlaced Tramway Network of Buda. The aim of the project was to create a traffic link between Northern and Southern Buda that has been missing for decades. Instead of Tram 17, there are altogether three tram routes operating along Bécsi Street and Frankel Leó Street: Tram 19, 41 and 61. Two tracks are constructed next to each other under Margaret Bridge as if they were interlaced the- hence the name of the investment.

The tramway adjoins several squares which were also renewed and reconstructed within the framework of this project. The design area includes the square bordered by Bem Embankment, the southern part of Germanus Gyula Park, parts of Frankel Leó Street and Török Street. The project also covered the complex spatial design for Zsigmond Square and the area between Zsigmond Square and Nagyszombat Street.

The reconstruction of all these public spaces provided a possibility to determine a uniform image, which we aim to serve as a basis for similar traffic investments in Budapest in the future. With the Interlaced Tramway Network of Buda implemented, Buda has not only been equipped with an efficient transport network but a number of renewed public squares as well.

2014-2015

Open space design final construction drawing

Client: Centre for Budapest Transport

Lead designer: Főmterv Zrt.

Visualization: János Kiss (VR Works)

Size: 30 000 m2

Estimated cost: 520 000 000 HUF

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The Flame of Revolution monument

 

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

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