Creators: Karasz Lili, Madácsi Flóra
Consultant: Baróthy Anna, Varga Dávid, Tömör Miklós
Mentor: Bársony Adrienn, Mezei Virág, Ries Abigél
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The drainage pipe at the Szent Gellért Spa, and the design element that is created around it serve as the central piece of the DRAINAGE project. This is the pipe that dumps the clean thermal waters into the Danube, and the unit seeks to beautify it and draw attention to it. The object designed for the end of this pipe serves not only as an aesthetic upgrade, but also has function: it acts as a bench to sit on, so you can comfortably access the thermal waters and wash your tired hands and feet. This is the only point in the city where you can access the clean, unused thermal water of the Gellért spa for free.
The DRAINAGE UNIT is a spatial object created from a single mold, which, by using a streamlined surface and many refracted angles, stands out from its surroundings (stairs, walls and right angles). The angular, refracted shape is smoothened by the arch of the inner construction: the polished forms and arches tame the angular, harsh style of the exterior.
The inside of the structure resembles the M4 metro stop at Szent Gellért tér, as it has the same streamlined mosaic coverage, symbolizing the water’s path and the constant ebb and flow of life. The colours reflect the spa, and are blue, green and yellow.
The tablet incorporated into the object gives information about the mineral components of the thermal waters below.
Creators: Varga Noémi Kinga, Tislér Tamara
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Mentor: Beliczay Zsófia, Zámori Zsófia
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The Szent Gellért spa drainage pipe brings clean thermal water into the Danube. The warm, clean water arrives from a pipe into the Danube at the Nina and Valdemar wharfs. The water first passes through a pool that reminds us of a Jacuzzi, where it swells, before slowly overflowing into the river.
The POOL project seeks to make this object more accessible and more comfortable, so that people using this public space will want to go in and maybe swim about a bit.
The POOL resembles the Zsolnay exterior layer of the Gellért spa. The medium with which we wish to reflect on its peculiar design are some 11x11x11 centimetre concrete thermal rocks. The blocks are decorated with mosaics and a metal ball, which, aside from being sparkly and inviting, also gives a good foot massage.
Thanks to this uniquely designed swimming pool, everybody who takes a walk on the Danube’s wharf can get a taste of the Gellért spa.
Creators: Pirót Ágnes, Hisnyay Heinzelmann Luca, Kovács Laura, Korózs Dóra, Blidár Tímea, Mészáros Kata
Consultant: Szilágyi Csilla
Mentor: Albert Alex, Jankovics Petra
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The DRAINAGE pipe is one of the coolest places to meet in Budapest. The scene at the Danube’s banks is made more interesting by the unique smart objects which transform the space into a user friendly area.
Sport is synonymous with relaxation for many people. Taking their needs into account, we have installed two workout benches into the DRAINAGE project. The objects make use of the user’s own body weight, so you can go and get a workout without any additional tools or appliances. Pictograms of the possible uses of the
equipment have been installed as well.
The WORKOUT BENCHES follow the shape of the surrounding stars, benches and crannies, making them an excellent place to sit as well.
Creators: Korózs Dóra, Blidár Tímea, Hisnyay Heinzelmann Luca, Kovács Laura, Mészáros Kata
Consultant: Szilágyi Csilla
Mentor: Albert Alex, Jankovics Petra, Pirót Ágnes
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The DRAINAGE pipe is one of the coolest places to meet in Budapest. The scene at the Danube’s banks is made more interesting by the unique smart objects which transform the space into a user friendly area.
Many young people frequent the DRAINAGE, where they enjoy the Danube and the wharfs nearby. Mobile phones usually make an appearance, and provide background music. This past time is what we hope to amplify with our Sound Thrower, which is a specially built bench that acts as an amplifier for phones.
The object is very simple, and takes a large funnel shaped cone as its basis, and exploits the auditory amplifying qualities of this shape. The object has two inverted funnels, and you place the phone in from above, and it amplifies the phone. The space is located next to a road that sees heavy traffic during the day, and thus the sound projector is warranted and will not disturb anybody..
The object is formatted to be compatible with every known mobile device currently in existence. The object is made of concrete, but the funnels and the phone space is reinforced with aluminium, which serves as a jalouise. Thanks to the aluminium, the object is self-cleansing in the rain, and it can help with the occasionally necessary manual cleaning.
Creators: Hisnyay Heinzelmann Luca, Kovács Laura, Korózs Dóra, Blidár Tímea, Mészáros Kata
Consultant: Szilágyi Csilla
Mentor: Albert Alex, Jankovics Petra, Pirót Ágnes
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The DRAINAGE pipe is one of the coolest places to meet in Budapest. The scene at the Danube’s banks is made more interesting by the unique smart objects which transform the space into a user friendly area.
The planned edifice would be a multi-functional bicycle storage unit and an informative map as well. The infographic is meant to help find your way in the area, and gives instructions on how to use the public space.
Many people come to the DRAINAGE with a bicycle, but the nearest bike storage is located further up on the wharf, or they fasten the bikes to the railings on the lower end of the wharf. These aren’t the safest solutions: there is a risk of theft, even if the bike is locked to something, and if it is fastened to the railings, then it can make it difficult to get to the drainage pipe. We intend to remedy this situation by building a concrete bicycle storage unit that is next to the road.
The protrusions on the outside of the building are part of the design, but they are also functional. The water cannot get to the wheel holders, but flows through the object because of the holes, and you can lock your bike to it via the protrusions.
Creators: Hisnyay Heinzelmann Luca, Kovács Laura, Korózs Dóra, Blidár Tímea, Mészáros Kata
Consultant: Szilágyi Csilla
Mentor: Albert Alex, Jankovics Petra, Pirót Ágnes
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The DRAINAGE pipe is one of the coolest places to meet in Budapest. The scene at the Danube’s banks is made more interesting by the unique smart objects which transform the space into a user friendly area.
The planned edifice would be a multi-functional bicycle storage unit and an informative map as well. The infographic is meant to help find your way in the area, and gives instructions on how to use the public space.
Many people come to the DRAINAGE with a bicycle, but the nearest bike storage is located further up on the wharf, or they fasten the bikes to the railings on the lower end of the wharf. These aren’t the safest solutions: there is a risk of theft, even if the bike is locked to something, and if it is fastened to the railings, then it can make it difficult to get to the drainage pipe. We intend to remedy this situation by building a concrete bicycle storage unit that is next to the road.
The protrusions on the outside of the building are part of the design, but they are also functional. The water cannot get to the wheel holders, but flows through the object because of the holes, and you can lock your bike to it via the protrusions.
Creators: Kocsmár Anita, Surányi Vanessza, Horák Debóra, Korkó Andrea, Tokai Szonja, Csermely Virág, Fehér Zoltán, Czilling Eszter, Goda György
Consultant: Polyák János
Mentor: Sztripszky Márk
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2017
2017
The mostly wooden jetsam that the Danube carries and leaves on its shores is a natural phenomenon. The shape of these local peculiarities serves as a design element in the DRAINAGE project. The seats made from the driftwood are a fusion of manmade and natural shapes in which the sterile geometric patterns coupled with the organic materials create a harmonious union. Wood and concrete are fused together with an interesting technique: the wood is shot through with groovy, screw like pieces that go into the concrete base of the seat. These objects serve as seats during low tide, and can be used as fishing tiers as well.
Creators: Ambrus Ákos, Balla Krisztina, Barta Zsanett, Bölöni Botond, Czigány Márkó, Csehák Fanni, Cséffay Alexandra, Drágán Dóra, Gonda Nóri, Halmai Krisztina, Herbszt Csilla, Horváth Lili, Illés Zsombor, Kulcsár Emese, Lee B. Péter, Lukács Anna, Meszes Márton, Milánkovich András, Nagy Stefánia, Pető Boglárka, Pirity Ádám, Puzsér Zsanna, Rácz Noémi, Simon Zsófia, Tóth Annamária, Tóth Zoltán András, Tormási Petra, Zalai Tamás, Z. Szabó Márton, Nagy Sára, Vilma Menkó Márta, Ősz-Varga Szabina, Demcsák Dóra, Vanda Bodnár, Henrietta Borik, Anna Buk, Antónia Máté, Szabolcs Hatházi, László és Antal Balázs, Oláh Nikolett, Göbölös Anett, Szabó Józsué Dániel, Vass Dorottya, Szűz Attila, Csobánczi Patrícia, Schmidt Márti, Sárközi Dominika, Gyarmati Dóra, Pipei Borbála, Balogh Enikő
Consultant: Szilágyi Csilla, Tömör Miklós, Varga Dávid
Mentor: Faddi Dalma, Hári Andrea, Lakatos Ábel, Marxreiter Adrienne, Szalai Csaba, Szeidl Dóra, Sztripszky Márk
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest, 2015
2016
The EFFLUENT project is a project by VALYO (A clever acronym playing on the Hungarian words for "city" and "river") in concordance with BETON Workshop. The thermal water exiting the Gellért thermal baths was previously spontaneously diverted into a makeshift jacuzzi with a pile of rocks. This outdoor jacuzzi was becoming more and more popular, and so 50 students decided to expand on it with some new functions. Our goal is to bring life to the completely abandoned Budapest wharf.
Creators: Dóra Medveczky
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Building location and time:
2011
2011
My idea was to create a light structure which looks and acts different from typical concrete structures. To make the three simple frames, I used a jalousie, but removing it from the frames was more difficult than I had anticipated. The finished frames were placed into each other, thus creating the finished work.
Creators: Bálint Tóth, Nóra Lajkó, Marcell Lukátsi
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Building location and time:
behing BME K bulinding, next to the bicycle rack, 2011
2011
The concrete lock is a poignant response to the constant bicycle theft that many of us living in Budapest have had to deal with. The eternally locked and bound bicycle functions as a public stationary bicycle. This is the ultimate in theft prevention.
Building location and time:
2011
2011
After pouring concrete into the flexible jalousie of the pillow, I waited for three hours for it to star setting. The experiment was supposed to be simple and safe, but the real world experience showed that airing the structure was very difficult. Two pillows were made, the first one was completely destroyed by the city council’s clean up staff, the second one was beaten into formlessness in two weeks by the public using the space.
Creators: Vera Krauth, Gyöngyi Barta, Zsófia Jauernik
Building location and time:
Erzsébet square, 2012
2012
An interactive sound making pavement on Erzsébet square. Skateboarding in the city is a way of life, and the parks fill with the sounds of this subculture: the rumbling of the rolling wheels, the slap of board during an Ollie or a flip. Every zone of the elements of the “skateboard techno” add a certain sound to the already forming cacophony of the city square.
The modules made for the already existing pavement are made up of seven different strips of sound. These elements are fitted to the distance between the two wheels of the skateboard, so when a board goes on them, they play two rhythms at the same time. So even if you are skating alone, you can play multiple leads at once. The different zones of the sheet are coded with popular and well known rhythms that are a part of the skating subculture, and can be mixed together randomly.
Creators: Dávid Tarcali
Building location and time:
2012
2012
This chair mixes industrial and natural textures and beckons to the passer by with its special shape and remarkable balance. The simplest pourable shape was taken as the basis of the chair. This was the isosceles triangle, and this imposing slab of concrete is contrasted with 5 raw tree branches, which supplement it. The organic form of the branches, and the Platonic bodies that inspired this chair fit remarkably well together aesthetically. This is the first (test) press of a six unit series.
Creators: Anna Horváth
Consultant: Nándor Nagy, Blokk
Building location and time:
2012
2012
This object unites concrete and rubber, and functions as a chair, the simplicity of its form being broken by the bands of rubber that are applied to it. The 4 centimetre concrete frame is wrought through with used bicycle wheels, and are affixed with knots, and the rubber also serves as the sitting surface and the back board. The furniture was on display at the Telep. The project was brought to life with the help of the Recycle Mission Hungary, who gave us their used bicycle wheels.
Creators: Bence Pásztor
Building location and time:
Akácfa street 51., 2012
2012
The love child of the jalousie stone, the dog purse and Bence Pásztor. The memory of the once popular dog themed purse of our childhood reflected as wall pavement is meant to explore the ideas of crowd funding, and putting that idea on to the streets of Budapest. The interactive concrete element is hidden in the greyness of concrete, and is sure to bring a smile to the faces of the pedestrians of Akácfa street.
Creators: Klaudia Csáki, Dániel Illés Pálfi
Consultant: Anna Baróthy
Building location and time:
2012
2012
Have you ever seen a concrete radio? If it can be made of wood or metal, than it can be made of concrete, too, and we did it. A radio in the pavement, a concrete radio. A simple Chinese mini-radio that is slightly modified and encased in concrete.
It is charged with a USB, the volume and frequency is put outside, so it can be adjusted at will. The idea was to create a public unit, and we realized that music is entirely missing from public spaces. So we decided to bring some sound into the streets. The Csibetone was built in place of a missing kerbstone.
Creators: Orsolya Hajdu, Kitti Halász, Ildikó Lakatos, Krisztina Bárdossy
Building location and time:
Jósika street, 2012
2012
The hole ridden, decaying frontage of the typical VIIth district homes are a given. We wish to react to this sight with our own methods: we mended, sowed and even embellished and decorated them. Out of concrete.
Creators: Ágnes Szekeres, Regina Nemecz
Building location and time:
corner of Király street - Kazinczy street, 2012
2012
Do you want to play, and it’s after 8, so the playground is closed? We have the solution! The tic-tac-toe of your childhood transformed into a public space, functions in rain, snow and sleet. Hacking public spaces with games is not an original idea of ours, but we do hope you will enjoy our version of it!
Creators: Ivett Pásztor, Zsolt Franczia, Márk Szőke, Csaba Viszoki
Building location and time:
2012
2012
The ConcreteMallow team wanted to reinvent the well-known Marshmallow Chair and dress it in new clothes. Our goal is to keep the iconic shape but use new materials (primarily concrete) and to experiment, reviving an old piece of furniture, and breathing new life into it.
Creators: Gergely Lőcsei
Consultant: Anna Baróthy
Building location and time:
2012
2012
A mobile internal concrete bench with a spongy sitting surface, which can be stacked to produce interesting forms and shapes. The y benches have a lot of modular potential when placed next to each other, and spark a need for creative sitting arrangements, thus inspiring a rethinking of the office environment.
Creators: Zoli Harmat-Szabó
Consultant: Anna Baróthy, Dr. Gábor Üveges, András Mengyán
Mentor: Zsófia Barakony
Building location and time:
2012
I was searching for a place to bring playfulness into the city. I found the hidden, disavowed and unclaimed world of inner city gutters.
This part of the city is completely under the radar, and is pushed to the periphery, and in desperate need of playfulness (with the help of water, the most playful element).
My first work was to mend a broken gutter illegally on the corner of Király and Kis Diófa streets with an experimental, improvised concrete statue. This was the birth of the first concrete gargoyle in public space, which comes to life when it rains. My act was intended to be a reparation of a micro-environment, but it also served as an experiment to see how a good natured but illegal intervention fares on public grounds.
It seems that, because of its neutrality, this piece has remained in this hidden layer of the city- hidden at least to most it seems…..
Creators: Mátyás Bitay
Consultant: Nándor Nagy, Blokk
Building location and time:
between Design Terminál and Akvárium, 2012
2012
The reinterpretation of ‘relief’ in concrete. The aim of the project was to fill in a broken segment of tiles. The location was a bench much loved by skaters. During the design phase, it was important to find materials, forms and designs that fit with the users of this bench, and with the extreme day to day usage implied in them.
Creators: Bianka Miklós
Building location and time:
2012
2012
The playful recalibration of the flat concrete surface of the outdoor tables found in parks and playgrounds, with the elements of the planning boards and battlefields of childhood. The durable and “timeless” concrete surface also hides a second function to these often neglected relics of the socialist aesthetic.
Creators: Dorina Oszetzky, Márton Kőműves, Eszter Salgó, Sára Weichinger
Mentor: Dóra Medveczky
Building location and time:
Király street 15. , 2013
2013
Our creation whishes to draw attention to a big lack in our community. The lack of a tree, the lack of green space, the lack of care that this city has.
The installation was placed in Király street, in a hole in the pavement left by an uprooted tree. We made a concrete map, with deper grooves represnetin the bigger streets and the Danube, and holes making the green areas in the city.
Our concept is that grass- that ever present plant full of vitality- and random weeds will start to grow through the holes, so the green spaces will be actually green, even on the map.
Creators: Szilvia Odry, Gergő Balogh, Szandra Perjési
Consultant: Anna Baróthy, Attila Balázs Nagy
Mentor: Gergő Tóth
Building location and time:
Király street 23. (Kazinczy street corner), 2013
2013
We mended a broken parking inhibitor on the corner of Kazinczy and Király street with a bit of background music.
Creators: Anna Rózsa, Dóra Jézsó, Eszter Major, Dorottya Reinitz
Consultant: Szövetség'39
Mentor: Bianka Miklós
Building location and time:
Király street. 36., Csányi street. 5., Klauzál street 7.
2013
To knock into memories, current problems, empty houses. These knockers made from general items try to draw attention to the lives that were once lived here, and to bring to the mind of the passer by all of the empty buildings.
Creators: Kristóf Tihanyi, Márton Benedek, Gergő Jedlicska
Consultant: Gergő Takács
Mentor: Éva Domján
Building location and time:
Wesselényi street 33. , 2013
2013
Our gas gargoyles are meant to draw attention to the air ducts running off the gas convectors in historical buildings, and the damage they cause on these monuments, and to replace the used up and battered air duct covers with gargoyles reminisce of gothic cathedrals.
Creators: Olga Péteri, Veronika Szabó, Erik Gulyás
Mentor: Tamás Mester
Building location and time:
Bacsó Béla street 13. , 2013
2013
The concrete cat shows us which houses are uninhabited. The cat going through the walled in doors brings to mind the fact that these buildings could be filled with families and their pets, instead of being left to rot, empty.
Creators: Norbert Alföldi, Gergő Kasza
Mentor: Gergely Kasza
Building location and time:
City Park, in the park near of Kertem, 2013
2013
The kissing bench is an old Anglo-Saxon sitting accommodation. In the olden days, would be couples could not sit next to each other because of the strict moral code of the time.
The so-called “kissing bench” was a solution to this problem, as it let the occupiers sit with their backs to each other, with a tiny wall separating them, much like the letter “s” viewed from above.
The man would sit on one curve, while the woman would sit on the other one. We modernized and reintroduced this shape, so you can sit next to each other or even facing each other, depending on how much you like the person you are sitting with.
Creators: Eszter Molnár, Krisztina Sárkány, Ábel Kurta, Gergő Vátyi
Mentor: Tamás Mester
Building location and time:
City Park, the table-bench area behind the 1956 memorial, 2013
2013
A desecrated rest area in the Városliget has been brought back to life with a prosthesis of sorts that functions as a lamp.
Our idea was to bring a traditionally at home item into a public space, thereby implying that public spaces should be used more, and that there are hidden possibilities yet unexplored in them.
Creators: Sebestyén Kádár, Péter-Róbert Szabó
Mentor: Dávid Bánsági
Building location and time:
corner of József boulevard and Krúdy Gyula street, 2013
2013
Following in the footsteps of Imre bácsi. We have rehabilitated the fountain that can be found between the 32esek Tere and the world famous Krúdy pub.
A famous saying of Imre bácsi is carved into the concrete: “If someone wants to work, they don’t need a job for it. And if you wanna make a living, you don’t need money.”- Szabó Péter Róbert, Kádár Sebestyén Énok, and of course Imre bácsi: http://index.indavideo.hu/video/A_nagykorut_Don_Quijoteja
Creators: Olga Péteri,Veronika Szabó, Erik Gulyás
Mentor: Tamás Mester
Building location and time:
Márton street 16. , 2013
2013
The concrete curtains are a play on the sense using the dichotomy of fine and unbreakable, of soft and hard. The curtains are eternal and immovable, and leaves what lies behind the curtain to our imagination. The concrete object cuts curiosity short, but leaves space for imagination.
Creators: Emese Bárdi, László Rentka, Viktor Kékesi, Áron Kovács
Consultant: Gergely Takács
Mentor: Gergő Lőcsei
Building location and time:
Bank of the Danube in Buda, on the eastern side of the Liberty bridge, 2013
2013
The two concrete stools are meant to highlight the banks of the Danube as an unused recreational space in Budapest. The stools themselves unequivocally spread the message: “come and sit here a while!”
Creators: Vera Krauth, Gyöngyvér Barta, Péter Kozák, István Szlanicsán
Building location and time:
BME garden, in the middle, 2013
2013
What can we do with the remains of our beloved old “red board” benches?
This year’s bench brings to life the remaining concrete units that used to serve as the sides of the iconic sitting accommodations without touching them.
The three colourful concrete blocks link up to the existing structures without touching them. Concrete is useful because these blocks cannot be stolen.
The back panels are kept in place with ropes, creating a floating feeling.
Creators: Lilla Turi, Eszter Vágvölgyi, Nikó Sztavropulosz
Building location and time:
in front of Bercsényi dormitory, Bercsényi street 28-30., 2013
2013
The “Play to Survive” theme gave birth to this piece, which intends to archive a 25x25 cm piece of childhood. Fun, creativity, encased of course, in concrete.
We wanted to link up two materials, concrete- symbolic of the outside asphalt world and LEGO- found on the floors of everyone’s childhood home.
Can be used instead of smoking, with coffee, and gices your hands something to do during a conversation. Take this future! You can bring on anything, play time remains eternal.
Creators: Zoli Harmat-Szabó
Consultant: Anna Baróthy, Dr. Gábor Üveges, András Mengyán
Mentor: Zsófia Barakony
Building location and time:
Király street 23. (corner of Kazinczy street), 2013
2013
I was searching for a place to bring playfulness into the city. I found the hidden, disavowed and unclaimed world of inner city gutters.
This part of the city is completely under the radar, and is pushed to the periphery, and in desperate need of playfulness (with the help of water, the most playful element).
My first work was to mend a broken gutter illegally on the corner of Király and Kis Diófa streets with an experimental, improvised concrete statue. This was the birth of the first concrete gargoyle in public space, which comes to life when it rains. My act was intended to be a reparation of a micro-environment, but it also served as an experiment to see how a good natured but illegal intervention fares on public grounds.
It seems that, because of its neutrality, this piece has remained in this hidden layer of the city- hidden at least to most it seems…..
Creators: Dániel Csomor
Building location and time:
Klauzál square (corner of Klauzál street), 2013
2013
The ear is a shocking intervention into public space, which seeks to bring to the mind’s eye the image of the all hearing custodian of the city houses. The object is shaped with the precision of a sculptor, and has a very surprising effect in the greyness of council housing.
Creators: Bognár Melinda, Dombrovszky Zsófia, Megyesi Gabriella, Nagy Diána, Vass Réka
Consultant: Pongor Soma
Mentor: Tarcali Dávid
Building location and time:
Leonardo-kert, 1083 Budapest Tömő u. 14
2014
Ditch is a project in cooperation with Leonardo gardens, which has the concept of communal work at its core, and seeks to take the needs of future users into account.
The rehabilitation of the Norton well at Tömő street was the initial goal of the participants. We dug a 2 meter long ditch that- aside from draining excess water- also gave an aesthetic experience to the passer by with its internal geometry. The Ditch makes sure that the area around the well is neat and tidy, and showcases concrete in a way that it is rarely seen or used. It can be sued as an example of how such collaborations can work, and open the possibility of further work with the Leonardo gardens.
Creators: Aleksić Júlia, Fehér Fanni, Koós Bence, Kovács Brigitta, Szász Levente
Consultant: Szabó Edit
Mentor: Repiszky Eszter, Németh Sára
Building location and time:
1086 Budapest Teleki László tér
2014
Our goal is to make furniture used for sitting that focuses on the needs of the blind or near sighted. The design process was heavily influenced by constantly consulting with blind people, and they pointed out aspects and particularities that were important for them. The current shape of the bench is determined by the meetings and consultations that we had. The 2+1 seats are divided into two by a unit in the idle inscribed with Braille. The writing is a landscape poem of János Pilinszky.
Concread is a venture that seeks to create a dialogue between the sighted and the blind, and can function as a kind of pilgrimage site. Changing the tablet that is inscribed from time to time may also be interesting, and can give a new kind of experience to those who use this bench. We have plans to make several benches that have Braille tablets that communicate with each other.
Creators: Kiss Anna, Krizsó Bernadett
Consultant: Besnyői Rita
Mentor: Major Eszter
Building location and time:
2014
The inner and outer are many times completely divorced from each other, each blossoming soul holds secrets. Our goal was to create a series of objects that reflects this train of thought. The most complex form is the sphere.
All secrets can fit inside of it. Our object is a medallion. The pieces in our collection are uniform in size, look similar and are the same height. Their inside is completely unique though, and contains wildly differing interiors. The function is similar to that of a tea ball, two half circles are held in place via a chain.
Creators: Gergely Hory, Péter Müllner
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Building location and time:
2011
2011
Nuclear accidents are catastrophic because radioactive material is released into the atmosphere. Carried by the wind, this fallout material may condense into solid matter or into precipitation or may get diluted in rainwater, resulting in radioactive contamination thousands of miles away. Radioactive particles are becoming a part of our daily life. A research conducted at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics tried to find a solution for handling toxic household waste accumulated in the wake of such an accident. A special waste container was developed that can be placed on public lands and has the appropriate shielding capability to allow for safe storage of waste releasing low and medium radiation. The shielding capability of the prototype was certified by dosimeter testing at the BUTE Institute of Nuclear Techniques. On April 22 and 23 in 2011, the object was put into operation for a trial run on public grounds in Budapest.
Creators: Nándor Nagy, Tamás Börzsei
Building location and time:
2011
2011
The most important aspect of the design phase of this project was luting and perforation, and to see how far these can be pushed by creating a sheet of concrete, which is very different from what we usually hold about concrete, and is light and inwrought. The resulting deck chair was placed on the Római part (a northern bank of the Danube), and was very light and airy thin sheet, which gives the illusion of floating above the waters, and was supported by many this metallic legs. The end result is nothing more than attempt that needs further refinement, and can be the basis of further experimentation in the future.
Creators: Gergely Lőcsei
Building location and time:
2011
2011
The happy and youthful effects of silicon couple with the industrial aspects and plasticity of concrete. The resulting chair has a screen-like sitting surface and is shaped like a bent sheet, providing a comfortable space to sit on. Make yourself comfortable!
Creators: Dávid Tarcali
Building location and time:
Erzsébet square, in the wall of Akvárium Klub stairs, 2011
2011
The goal of the project is to fill in the gaps, cracks, and otherwise damaged or neglected pavement with individually sized and created units that have graphic and artistic value, and are designed for the cracks they fill. Short stories lifted from the pages of a sketchbook come to life on the harsh, grey surfaces of the pavement and the walls.
Creators: Éva Michelisz, Pokol Júlia, Iszak Bálint
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Mentor: Daróczi Tímea
Building location and time:
mondatok (1073, Budapest Kertész utca 7 és 35), virágtemető (Blaha Lujza téri buszmegálló), gondolatok vámmentesek (Timi: 1093, Csarnok tér), buzi-e vagy? (VII. kerület 400-zal szemben)
2015
Éva Michelisz: The exposition of everyday sayings in a way that their placement enhances their message, grabbing the passer-by was our goal. To achieve this, I lifted parts of the lyrical content of the Hungarian movie “There is something strange and inexplicable”. These messages were used as stop gaps on crumbling facades and holes in the pavement.
Júlia Pokol: My goal was to bring attention to the otherwise empty and trash clogged concrete flower holders. A simple concrete slab with a few lines on it that expresses how easy it would be to change this situation, and has a spiritual message, a memoriam to the plants that died here. Although this a sad message, if the flower must die, at least we can raise awareness to its plight.
Tímea Daróczi: I decided to place one of Luther’s quotes in our fair city. The quote appears as a Dolby Digital logo. The 2.0 means stereo surround sound form the point of view of audio technology, but can mean reinterpretation in the context of Luther’s quote. The object isn’t just a message; it is a reaction to an urban problem. The object places a walking surface to a bench that is otherwise swamped in mud. The quote can start a dialogue between two people who sit down here, or it can be the grounds for a never ending solo reflection.
Anna Baróthy: This short sentence will be familiar to many different generations. Belga wrote a song called “Are you a faggot?” in 2004 to counter religious, sexual and race based discrimination with irony and a shocking lyrical approach. This nostalgic sentence disguised as a cat woman lights up at night, thus bringing a smile to some faces and shocking and disturbing others.
Creators: Csobolya Nóra, Miklós Bernadett
Consultant: Rejka Erika
Mentor: Dombrovszky Zsófia, Vass Réka
Building location and time:
Budapest,IX. Tavaszmező utca
2015
A street on the border of worlds, the façade squeezed by a wall ridden with bullet holes. The routine of urban life blinds the eye to these sights, and blurs the contour of separate objects into a shapeless mass. The purpose of a frame is to separate objects visually, to reinforce borders visually. They are not ostentatious, they give small details a chance by changing the surface of things. The everyday form gets reintroduced on the outer wall- why should the cracks in the wall not have their own frame? Concrete allows for accuracy, and does not change the quality of the façade.
Creators: Csobánczi Patrícia, Keresztes Bianka, Kolozs Péter, Székely Dávid, Sztripszky Márk
Consultant: Polyák János
Mentor: Árpás Renátó
Building location and time:
Budapest, Kazinczy u. 14, 1075, a Szimpla Kert homlokzata
2015
The concept was centred on the Szimplakert in Kazinczy street (a bar that serves as a hip and trendy meeting place with tons of tourists). We made repairs to the crumbling façade, and put a map made out of concrete on the dead window in front of the bar of the surrounding area, and installed some glass that reacts to noise on the street, a big issue with these kinds of bars.
Creators: Jézsó Dóri, Pap Rami, Patai Boglárka, Trauer Kamilla, Pócsik Lujza
Consultant: Varga Dávid
Mentor: Faddi Dalma és Szabó Péter Róbert
Building location and time:
Nina és Valdemar Langlet rakpart, 1111, Budapest
2015
The bottom rampart of the Szent Gellért square, called the Nina and Valdemar Langlet rampart widens a bit to go beyond the guard rails, and we wish to use this little protrusion to strengthen the bond between man and river. We put something here that will inspire everyone to go over and get closer to the Danube, to explore its banks and to start to use it with two or three friends. A podium, a place to sit separated form everything else, far from other entrances to the Danube, right next to the rampart, full of possibilities. It is a place to view and a place to hide, but what makes it unique to Budapest is the Danube. Our goal was to add character, something to make this protrusion into a “place”. A place that you want to use.
Creators: Antal Malvina, Iffiú Anna, Kovács Gyula, Nagy Eszter, Székely Dávid, Szöllős Enikó, Virág István
Consultant: Szabó “Pé” Péter
Mentor: Marxreiter Adrienne
Building location and time:
Kisüzem, Budapest Kis Diófa u. 2 1077,
2015
HERB IT UP! is a collaboration with a street food vendor, and is an interactive concrete pillar that is planted with herbs, and is meant to improve gastronomical experiences. The herbs were picked to go well with the food served, so the guest can pick some herbs and improve their food. The units were placed right next to the restaurant, and the pillar filled with green herbs invites you to action as soon as you see it. The bottom half of the pole is a half metre tall concrete block, which protects the units and elevates them to a comfortable height. HERB IT UP! provides a place on the street where it is good to eat.
Creators: Kiss Luca, Krisóf Dóra, Miskolczi Lilla, Novák Sándor, Pálla Márk, Sörényi Zsófia, Telek Zsófia
Consultant: Vadász Orsolya
Mentor: Ferdinándy Kinga
Building location and time:
Király utca, Székely Mihály utca sarok
2015
If you ride a bike in Budapest, you may have encountered the problem of not having anywhere to tie your bike to. The city is full of Demszky poles, why can’t they make it so you can tie your bike to them? Our team wanted to kill two birds with one stone: the one is the lack of bicycle parking, and the mono-functionality and completely useless and frivolous nature of the Demszky poles.
Creators: Czina Réka, Erdélyi Blanka, Gászpor Benedek, Muray Eszter, Szalapiszki Jutka, Szeidl Dóra
Consultant: Pongor Soma
Mentor: Koós Bence
Building location and time:
Városliget
2015
Seven instalments were born form this project, all of which were designed for the Városliget (Budapest’s biggest park). The concrete installations work as arm rests for the damaged benches in the park, and because of their surface, they add to the meaning of the benches.
The surfaces serve as palpable conveyers of information, and statues appear on the arm rests that can contain designs from natural motifs to structures built by modern tools as well. The goal of this exercise was to place the sense of touch before the sense of sight, because the team was interested in the use of public spaces by the visually impaired, and thus the creators wanted to install simple and safe objects with minimal impact on their surroundings, trying to provide an interesting experience all the while. During the research phase, the students and teachers of the School for the Blind provided help and guidelines.
Creators: Dóra Anna Latkóczy
Building location and time:
Budapest, Mikszát Kálmán square, 2011
2011
All of my personal belongings are important to me if they have ever been important to me, because so many stories, memories bind me to them. I feel the need to protect these valuables, and so thought of making a time capsule. A memory bank, in which my personal belongings- which evoke important memories for me-will be encased in concrete. The outer mould is a negative of my grandmother’s suitcase, which is heavily used. It was important for me to have the new item have all of the old wear marks on it. Why concrete? Because putting them in concrete both preserves these items, and forces me to let them go; the end result cannot be opened by me, I can never get them back. The suitcase is left somewhere, perhaps it will be found by someone. This is how the suitcase itself will become an important memory for me, in a place that I find important.
Creators: Eckhardt Bálint, Birtalan Szabolcs, Rácz Noémi, László Anna, Erdei Rebeka
Consultant: Szabó Edit
Mentor: Szabó Péter Róbert
Building location and time:
1086 Budapest Teleki László tér
2014
The council of the IXth district has given the responsibility of cleaning up the Teleki square to the Újirány Csoport (New Direction Group). Landscapers in collaboration with locals designed the space, and gave vital advice on what kind of playground equipment should be installed, what kind of benches and sitting accommodations should be instated, what kind of pavement should be used and they even designed the lighting system together.
In this project, we are proud to say that we designed this square for the people who live here. Based on the talks we had with locals, we were inspired to build an outdoor barbecue and hearth.
As there is rarely an event to use the barbecue in everyday city life, we decided to integrate the hearth into a park bench, and hide it, so that only the locals know that what the bench really hides.
This led to Süsü, a bench made up of multiple units, which symbolizes the communal nature of a bonfire. It is capable of fulfilling this function physically as well. The first unit, the head is the fire place, and the body, with tis wood covering provides a comfortable sitting space.
Creators: Kőrösi-Aradi Diána
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Mentor: Csomor Dániel
Building location and time:
2014
I wanted to do something with light, because we take it for granted that it exists, and we just assume that it will always be there, naturally, so we tend to forget what a miracle it really is. The idea was to create a lamp which works like the moon in the sky.
The moon reflects the light of the sun, and that is what is visible from Earth, and we experience this as luminescence. I wanted to invoke this idea in the making of my lamp, and decided to use phosphorescence as my way to accomplish it. My project is three pebble shaped objects which glow in the dark, and, with tis interesting texture, can create new experiences in internal space during the day.
Creators: Daróczi Tímea, Török Aliz, Csöndes Dániel, Karóczkai Ákos
Consultant: Bozsó Melinda
Mentor: Ferdinándy Kinga
Building location and time:
1072 Budapest Dob utca 34.
2014
The ’10 minute break’ project had as its goal to react to the fast paced and hectic city life and to bring attention to the unused, neglected spaces in a city. Our modular and easily stackable chairs help to create spaces, intersections, where the residents can gather, talk to one another, and take a break from the rat race of city life. The form of the furniture makes the connecting points obvious and creates a meeting point, and emphasizes interpersonal relationships as well. The white top units emphasize this, which create individual decorations, but unite into an overall whole.
Creators: Rádler Luca, Csendes Bernadett, Lévay Áron, Lőw Márton
Consultant: Szabó Edit
Mentor: Szabó Péter Róbert
Building location and time:
Szabadság híd Duna-part
2014
This project wishes to deal with the problem of trash accumulating in the Danube. We made a concrete unit, which serves as a “statue” that raises awareness to this problem, with its peculiar appearance and size, and the object also serves as a place to sit. The object was made from the trash we fished out of the river mixed with concrete. The trash did not travel, but was transformed into something useful where it was discarded. We wanted to emphasize how our environment can be transformed with simple ideas into rich, interesting and entertaining surroundings.
The object is bordered with polygons, and transforms into a chair or bench regardless of which side it’s on. As the trash is locked inside the concrete and is not visible, we tried to imply it with the surface of the object. We used the technique of sewing into concrete, and we covered certain sides with used bicycle tires. Aside from serving as a testament to what’s inside the object, the tires are useful, as they are less slippery and more comfortable to sit on than cold concrete. The contrast between the sewn and the smooth surfaces creates an exciting visual experience as well.
Creators: Bognár Ádám, Györgyi Csenge, Nagy Orsolya, Süveges Adél, Szeles Renáta
Consultant: Buczkó Bence
Mentor: Szabó „Pé” Péter
Building location and time:
2014
Our project is a concrete lamp shaped like a crystal, which can be turned to multiple sides, thus changes can easily be made to the direction and intensity of the light.
The outer surface is polished and is comprised of flat surfaces, while the hollow that houses the light source is a free formed, and is an uneven shaped hole. This contrast in forms was an attempt to show the diversity of uses that this material can be put to.
Creators: Csobolya Nóra
Consultant: Besnyői Rita
Mentor: Major Eszter
Building location and time:
2014
Accessories can really diversify your outfit, and can transform everyday pieces of clothing into unique and stylish fashion statements. The effect can be maximized if the jewellery and other accessories can be modified and changed. Our small concrete pearls can be transformed into any kind of accessory, and can provide an endless variety of functions and appearances. They can be strung up to make necklaces, wristbands or even hair pins.
The modular beads appear uniform form far away, differing only in colour, but upon closer inspection, it becomes obvious that they hold a secret, as the interior holds a picture or pattern. Each one is completely different, no two are the same. They can holda colour, picture or impression.
Creators: Fülöp Csenge, Kardos Emőke
Consultant: Buczkó Bence
Mentor: Szabó Péter Róbert
Building location and time:
Baross tér
2014
The recently renovated Baross square was reinvented with the ideals of cost efficiency and strict functionality as the prime motivators. The visitor feels absolutely no desire to stay here for a minute longer than necessary, and this is only strengthened by the complete lack of public benches or sitting accommodations.
Our goal was to supplement this square right outside of the train station, and to bring attention to the bleakness of the concrete cube sitting arrangements, and to make them a bit more interesting with moveable, stackable concrete cubes. Reflecting on the lack of anything green in the neighbourhood, the cubes are equipped with living plants, thus transforming the cubes into a critique of space.
Creators: Sinkovics Brigitta, Kovács Boglárka, Havanecz Márk, Páll Attila, Redele Márk
Consultant: Sztranyák Gergely DLA
Building location and time:
2014
Our goal was to explore the extremes of concrete’s applicability, creating a wearable, mobile piece of material. The concept was born through playing with opposites; soft-hard, fragile-durable, light- monolithic, living- inanimate, stiff- flexible.
Our work focused on the well-known knapsack of Hungarian folklore, which is usually comprised of a stiff pole, and a square shaped textile tied onto the end of it.
Our project sought to rethink this bag from a modern point of view, and to fashion it out of concrete. The concrete element is supplemented with a textile part designed by us, the two elements together create the bag. The two separate kinds of materials also allow for the collaboration of textile designers and concrete workers.
Creators: Borbás Réka, Pócza Viktória, Simon Endre
Consultant: Sztranyák Gergely
Building location and time:
Nemzeti Dohánybolt, Budapest, Dohány utca 1.
2014
Our concept was to reflect on a Hungarian phenomenon of this era. In 2013, National Tobacconists were opened, and they do not allow for anyone under 18 to enter. Our answer to the ensuing social problems: a child depository placed in front of the tobacco shops.
The object is made up of three small chairs. The pieces fit into each other like a puzzle, and can thus create an interesting space for the child left outside. The sitting surface is covered in negative half spheres, created by a draining sheet jalousie, making the chairs more interesting and playful. The two side pieces are anthracite grey, while the middle unit is white.
Creators: Kovács Lelle, Marxreiter Adrienn
Consultant: Szabó „Pé” Péter
Mentor: Bánsági Dávid
Building location and time:
Budai Vár / Erzsébet tér
2014
A concrete bench is usually hard and cold. Sometimes you may not even want to sit on it because of this fact. We have been working on the problem of soft concrete for over a year, and were able to come up with a bench that looks like the usual aridity of a concrete object, but upon using it, it turns out to be surprisingly soft.
These concrete cubes are equipped with springs beneath the surface, which hold all of the elements at the same height, but if sat on, they sink and succumb to the form of the person sitting on it.
We were surprised by how much fun it is to sit on the surface and to move about on it.
Creators: Albert Fatime, Gilicz Balázs, Péter Dóra, Tóth Bálint, Lukátsi Marcell, Lukátsi Márk
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Mentor: Tóth Bálint
Building location and time:
Pasta Manufaktura étterem Károly körút 11., Budapest
2014
The MUBIC is a bike related object that raises awareness, builds community, is super fun and can be used by anyone. If you get worn out form biking, you can jump in and eat a healthy dose of carbs at the Pasta Manufaktura nearby at Károly körút 11. The concrete object is located here as it is the product of co-design. The MUBIC is a mosaic word, built from music and bicycle, and the object is a bicycle, that produces music when ridden.
Our goal was to create a bicycle that is stationary, can withstand exposure to the elements, and can also withstand everyday use. These qualities are present in concrete, thanks to its unusual density and heaviness. We wanted to protect the electronic parts of this object as well like the speakers and the radio, so we hid these inside of the concrete block, thus creating an object where the possibility of destruction is minimized. The object is unlikely to tip over, either, as it is house din a 360 kilogramme concrete block.
Creators: Lucas Martins Cardoso, Gadolla Máté, Toldi Veronika
Consultant: Nagy Nándor, Csúsz István
Building location and time:
Zseb café (1025 Bp. Fazekas u. 25.)
2014
Our creation was ordered by a café, and fulfils the functions they wanted; you can use it to drink a coffee off of. Its decoration, the pictograms that are the buttons of the boom box on it are meant to illustrate just this: you come in, stop, unwind for a moment, while you drink your coffee, and then you go on your way. More than one unit can be joined together with boards, thus creating a dually expandable counter.
Creators: Kőműves Márton, Oszetzky Dorina, Salgó Eszter, Weichinger Sára
Consultant: Nagy Nándor
Building location and time:
2014
We wanted to make concrete chairs, where we pair concrete up with different materials. We wanted to see how concrete, this cold, arid and hard material can work together with materials with very different properties. We chose fleece and the rugs that are made out of them.
Wooly is a chair that is partially built by nature. After pouring the basic structure, we lift the jalousie and let wind and rain shape the wool on it, which results in a much more comfortable sitting surface. Then we though: what if the textile was somehow inside of the structure?
The Aladdin is a seat in which the rug goes through both sides of the structure, emerging as the cushion for the seat. This makes it very versatile, as it can be rolled up, laid out and picked up.
Creators: Sztilkovics Jovánka, Tsengwabeka Nicole
Consultant: Szabó Edit, Rejka Erika
Mentor: Kurta Ábel
Building location and time:
2014
Our goal was to create sitting furniture that, aside from fulfilling its function, is also playful and fun. Most concrete objects are difficult to move. We thought that creating an object that can be moved easily, through using only your body weight could be a fun and educational experience.
Thus we created a concrete object that wobbles, and is thus mobile. The name ‘bob’ implies its movement, as it can be moved up and down by exerting very little energy. The material it is made out of makes it look stable, but thanks to its angled outer shell it is mobile and can be moved about with ease.
Using Bob makes use of your balance, and the motion that it requires creates a soothing effect on the person occupying it.
Creators: Belkovits László, Hulesch Máté, Huszár Zsanett, Varsányi Erzsébet
Consultant: Szabó Bulcsú
Mentor: Lajkó Nóra, Krauth Veronika
Building location and time:
Gellérthegy
2014
A nice and funny solution to the problems posed by urban life is what we were looking for when we designed this concrete star map.
This concrete and glass object has LED lights in it that are solar powered, thus combining the concepts of night and day, light and dark, heaven and Earth, representing a new step in material culture. After installation, the Star map will be a part of the pavement of one of the more romantic corners of the Gellért hill.
During the day, kids can draw on the surface and connect the dots, and at night the grownups can watch the star map appear out of lights.
Creators: Horváth Attila, Ramasz Tamás
Consultant: Sztranyák Gergely
Building location and time:
2014
During the BETON workshop, we wanted to redesign everyday objects. The commercial and commonplace plastic objects were rethought in concrete, creating an experimental bunch of objects which represent a new quality of products.
The concept was to redesign objects into concrete that were subjected to a particularly large amount of use; like mobile phones, laptop coolers, radios, alarm clocks, etc. The resulting objects and their concrete shells were not only functional, but were meant to give the objects a new aesthetic level as well.
Aside from these objects, we also wanted to make office supplies as well, like pen holders or business card dispensers. We used raw and treated concrete surfaces, and paint mixed in with the concrete as our materials, adding fiberglass where necessary.
We designed these items with keeping the possibility for simple mass production in mind.
Creators: Péni Brigitta
Consultant: Besenyői Rita
Mentor: Madarász Bence
Building location and time:
2014
During my work it was my intent to elevate an existing object through the use of concrete. I wanted to take something old and worthless and make something new out of it.
Many houses have little memories, in the form of slides for projectors, hidden in their attic, and are a completely forgotten medium. I wanted to bring these little pictures back into the present, in the form of an accessory that can be worn daily.
The slides encased in concrete serve as a medallion. When worn, the small, dark picture is invisible, but when light shines on it, the secret of the medallion is revealed.
These After Images provide a gesture, something a little bit more than just an accessory.
Creators: Horváth Anna
Consultant: Nagy Nándor
Building location and time:
2014
The furniture I designed is a 4 centimetre thick concrete structure, in which the seat and the backrest is made of used bicycle tires. The tires are fastened to the object by being tied through holes. The chair sat in front of the Telep workshop for two years before it was vandalized and destroyed.
This specimen is a replica based on the original design.
Creators: Cserjés Petra, Gulyás Bálint, Ladjánszky István, Nagy Ádám, Soós Tamás, Végh Gyula
Consultant: Baróthy Anna
Building location and time:
Kalocsa, 2014
2014
Public space. Tradition. Concrete.
Kalocsa will be the site of our building camp called “Köz_tér_köz” (meaning “Public_space_public”).
Our task will be to realize, in cooperation with the local city council, the redesigning of two public spaces, under the auspices of the BME Architectural Institute’s two classes. A few of the students decided to design some public benches and pavement. Kalocsa has a concrete factory right nearby, allowing for experimentation, and using our knowledge gained from the BETON Workshop, we will have new units we can fill the spaces up with.
Our work does not end with the course, and the pavement for these spaces is currently in design phase. The pavement elements and the units that will fill up the space are part of a modular system, and are stackable and can be mass produced.
The units are made of concrete and make an orthogonal web, and our benches are made of rolled up pavement. The materials used and the motifs that decorate the concrete are what makes our project into a whole, a system, and the motifs are borrowed from the strong, living traditions of Kalocsa. We wanted to give a contemporary version of this organic, traditional ornamentation.
Creators: Faddi Dalma, Dormán Miklós, Pető Márton, Medvegy Péter
Consultant: Nagy Nándor
Mentor: Kis Dani
Building location and time:
1094 Budapest Boráros tér, 2014
2014
An alternative resting place for students, children, adults and the elderly, which defies tradition but is also highly functional.
The simple elements of the swing bring a playfulness into the public space, and changes the idea that people have about concrete. We put it out near Boráros square, in the area underneath the Petőfi bridge.
The swing will be equipped with lights, which turns on in the dark, signalling the importance of space.
This is literally a beacon of light, brinigng attention to the possibilities, values and the protected nature of this place.
Creators: Major Eszter
Building location and time:
2014
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In this year’s workshop I tried to find the form for the material. What would be ideal? What is good for concrete, and what is good for its owner? How far can we really go? What is too small or too big to be worn?
I tried looking for the extremes. This gave birth to two robust occasional pieces and three fit for everyday wear.
Creators: Jakab Zsófia , Horváth Attila
Building location and time:
Monge Stúdió, 2014
2014
Concrete as a wearable accessory, or the case of a music box?
Just a few years ago, this would have been unthinkable, but the evolution of concrete and the techniques used to work with it have bought this from the realm of possibility into the realms of reality, with the aid of the BETON workshop.
We wanted to work on the border of quiet elegance and the vitality of youth, both with the jewellery and with the designs for the radio, and we wanted maximize the beneficial qualities of concrete while minimizing the negative ones, while keeping the characteristics of the material.
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Creators: Iván Kata, Kiss Márta, Vass Csilla Mészáros, Dávid Hubert, Teixeira Costa
Consultant: Soós Károly
Building location and time:
Budapest, Jászai Mari tér, Corvin negyed, Ráday utca, Erzsébet tér, Deák tér, 2014
2014
This project can be thought of as a kind of acupuncture of the urban landscape, focusing on Budapest’s inner city. Our team wanted to add something to the decapitated “Demszky poles” (green poles added to Budapest’s streets under the tenure of major Demszky), something that will make the passerby stop and think, or just have a laugh. We decided to use our hands for this purpose.
Our purpose was to get people to interact with their urban surroundings. The meaning of the hands can be freely interpreted. They can point somewhere, they can reflect a mood, they can give something, spread information, or just greet the pedestrian on his or her way.
It was important for us to turn the poles into little statues. We did not choose the locations, they were determined by what was lacking.
Creators: Szabó Dénes
Consultant: Besnyői Rita
Mentor: Major Eszter
Building location and time:
2014
The first, original idea was to make a ring out of concrete that houses an eraser. This ring would prevent the eraser from becoming warm form the hand, and thus prevent smudging. Because of its size, the object would be an occasional item. The event where it would be worn would not be a night on the time, or going to the theatre, but instead a visit to the old drawing board. To the intended crowd of this work, the occasion of getting to draw would be important and worth dressing up for. The ring, which gives ideal hands something to do, would help in creating the work.
After the success of the first item, variations on the theme meant to house different tools were born: erasers, cutters, etc all found a home encased in concrete.
Creators: Bartha Lili, Efe Özyaba, Major Márton, Nagy Angéla, Pataki Boglárka
Consultant: Kukucska Gergely, Tömör Miklós, Tóth Gergő, Varga Dávid
Building location and time:
Széchenyi Lánchíd pesti hídfőjének északi oldala, 2014
2014
Our project was to create a well, which would be installed on the banks of the Danube cared for by the Valyó group (Város és folyó, or City and River in Hungarian), namely on the northern end of the Lánchíd. It was important for us to design a well that would be used on a daily basis.
The idea was to give everyone walking on the corso a chance to freshen up, or to wash their ice cream covered hands. The Valyo group had already installed certain elements and benches to the area, so it was important for us to match these furnishings stylistically.
When designing the well, we wanted to use an object that everyone knows and understands: we chose the oil barrel. These barrels are usually used as alternative fireplaces. We wanted to put a twist on things and our barrel holds water instead of fire.