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Hotel Oktogon – Restoration of the Haggenmacher Palace
Hotel Oktogon – Restoration of the Haggenmacher Palace
52, Andrássy út, VI. kerület, Budapest, Hungary
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Hotel Oktogon – Restoration of the Haggenmacher Palace
52, Andrássy út, VI. kerület, Budapest, Hungary
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
Andrássy Avenue, the host to the Haggenmacher Palace, is the remnant of a golden age. Its development around the 1870s-80s not only coincided with Budapest growing into a modern metropolis, but it was a catalyst to the successes of this process. Andrássy Avenue brought the elegance of the Parisian Champs-Elysees to a dusty and noisy city. Soon opulent palaces, dignified institutions, and lavish villas lined one of Budapest’s most symbolic avenues. The nascence and future transformations of Andrássy Avenue all accurately signify what visions shape the city.
The Haggenmacher Palace stands on the corner of Andrassy Avenue and Eötvös street. The neo-renaissance masonry building was originally designed and built by Henrik Schmahl in 1886. The events of the 20th century left it in a squalid state and with the building being under historic preservation, it proved to be too big of a burden for the local government, so it was sold along with other valuable buildings on Andrássy Avenue in the beginning of the 2000s. Since the 2010s, these once glamorous palaces have been refurbished into hotels, catering to the growing desire of tourists to visit a city that still carries architectural reminders of a pre-war golden age. During the reconstruction of the Haggenmacher Palace and the interiorization of its courtyard with a glass enclosure, a superior quality 3-star hotel was born.
The intention behind the interior refurbishing of this exceptional building was to lend a sophisticated contemporary quality to all new elements brought into the palace while simultaneously respecting the historically significant spaces they are placed within. The new hotel function suits the existing architectural articulation of the building quite well. The relatively dense organizational grid of the existing façade and the conversion of the attic into useful spaces made it possible for 121 hotel rooms to be developed within the historic palace. The reconstruction and renovation was guided by a holistic design mentality. The courtyard’s interiorization makes the massing of the building more compact, which is preferential in terms of thermal loss. The lobby and the seating area of the adjacent breakfast bar were placed underneath the lightweight glass enclosure, which is either utilized for solar gains in the winter or covered with a mobile shading system to minimize excess heating in the summer. This central, symbolic atrium space has an exciting, dynamic quality, thus making the historic palace much better suited for functioning as a hotel.With the contemporization of the Haggenmacher Palace, its importance was once again cemented as a symbolic contributor to character of Andrássy Avenue.
Lead Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Botond Benedek, Diána Chvalla, Noémi Petró, Kriszta T. Major
Contributors: Gergely Bognár, Bernadett Bóday-Bagó, Yining Long, Jakab Urbán, Bence Várhidi, Nikolett Zsidai
Interior Architecture: Archikon Architects- Noémi Petró
Este’r Partners – Eszter Radnóczy, Hajnalka Zellei
Structural Engineers: Szigma Stúdió Kft.- Sándor Pintér, Zoltán Gergye, Margó Pintér
Building Engineers: Körös Consult Kft.- Zoltán Gróza, Zoltán Maszlik, Sándor Reho Electrical Engineers: LightUp Kft., Szabolcs Fehér, Péter György
Heritage Experts: Dr. Attila Déry, Ilona Tahi-Tóth
Painting Restoration: Zsuzsanna Herling, Tibor Csaba Kiss
Wood Restoration: Dr. Kinga Enikő Papp, Zsolt Kóbor, Péter Zágoni Stone and Sculpture Restoration: Attila Kovács
Client: CD Hungary Kft. Contractor: Market Zrt.
Photographer: Balázs Koch
Photographer’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balazskoch/
The Haggenmacher Palace stands on the corner of Andrassy Avenue and Eötvös street. The neo-renaissance masonry building was originally designed and built by Henrik Schmahl in 1886. The events of the 20th century left it in a squalid state and with the building being under historic preservation, it proved to be too big of a burden for the local government, so it was sold along with other valuable buildings on Andrássy Avenue in the beginning of the 2000s. Since the 2010s, these once glamorous palaces have been refurbished into hotels, catering to the growing desire of tourists to visit a city that still carries architectural reminders of a pre-war golden age. During the reconstruction of the Haggenmacher Palace and the interiorization of its courtyard with a glass enclosure, a superior quality 3-star hotel was born.
The intention behind the interior refurbishing of this exceptional building was to lend a sophisticated contemporary quality to all new elements brought into the palace while simultaneously respecting the historically significant spaces they are placed within. The new hotel function suits the existing architectural articulation of the building quite well. The relatively dense organizational grid of the existing façade and the conversion of the attic into useful spaces made it possible for 121 hotel rooms to be developed within the historic palace. The reconstruction and renovation was guided by a holistic design mentality. The courtyard’s interiorization makes the massing of the building more compact, which is preferential in terms of thermal loss. The lobby and the seating area of the adjacent breakfast bar were placed underneath the lightweight glass enclosure, which is either utilized for solar gains in the winter or covered with a mobile shading system to minimize excess heating in the summer. This central, symbolic atrium space has an exciting, dynamic quality, thus making the historic palace much better suited for functioning as a hotel.With the contemporization of the Haggenmacher Palace, its importance was once again cemented as a symbolic contributor to character of Andrássy Avenue.
Lead Architects: Csaba Nagy, Károly Pólus, Botond Benedek, Diána Chvalla, Noémi Petró, Kriszta T. Major
Contributors: Gergely Bognár, Bernadett Bóday-Bagó, Yining Long, Jakab Urbán, Bence Várhidi, Nikolett Zsidai
Interior Architecture: Archikon Architects- Noémi Petró
Este’r Partners – Eszter Radnóczy, Hajnalka Zellei
Structural Engineers: Szigma Stúdió Kft.- Sándor Pintér, Zoltán Gergye, Margó Pintér
Building Engineers: Körös Consult Kft.- Zoltán Gróza, Zoltán Maszlik, Sándor Reho Electrical Engineers: LightUp Kft., Szabolcs Fehér, Péter György
Heritage Experts: Dr. Attila Déry, Ilona Tahi-Tóth
Painting Restoration: Zsuzsanna Herling, Tibor Csaba Kiss
Wood Restoration: Dr. Kinga Enikő Papp, Zsolt Kóbor, Péter Zágoni Stone and Sculpture Restoration: Attila Kovács
Client: CD Hungary Kft. Contractor: Market Zrt.
Photographer: Balázs Koch
Photographer’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/balazskoch/
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