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House in Dunaujvaros

House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky
House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky

HOUSE IN DUNAUJVAROS

ZSK Architects

ARCHITECTS
ZSK Architects

PHOTGORAPHS
Tamas Bujnovszky

AREA
180.0 m²

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Dunaujvaros, Hungary

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Dunaujvaros, a small town in the middle of Hungary was the center of Hungarian steel industry in the past era. 

House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky
House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky

Although by now the smeltery grew down to its half, the town is still prospering due to the industrial tradition, the new services and factories.

The surrounding of the house - a newly built in residential area of Dunaujvaros’s suburb - is absolutely ordinary.

The numerous icecream coloured, puffed up new houses without any alluring characteristics, references and architectural guidance couldn’t facilitate the task of designing a new building here.

House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky
House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky

But formerly the site was an agricultural area with sparsely lying, whitewashed, tiled roofed farmhouses.

The new building tries to find the connection between the architectural tradition of the former agricultural area and the industrial past of the town.

The brick masonry - familiar both to traditional barns and factory buildings - and the whitewashed facades remind us of the old farmhouses. Sliding sun protection elements use the fine knowledge of the town’s metal workers’ trade.Sustainability is the other main organizing idea of this moderate house.

House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky
House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky

The green roofs, thick masonry and ventilation gap behind the reused brick cladding, the sliding expanded metal sun protection, the additional biomass fireplace with hot water circulation system and the invisible vacuum tube suncollectors on the rooftop all help to develop excellent energetics balance.

House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky
House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky
House in Dunaujvaros
© Tamas Bujnovszky


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