A Hungarian photographer from Targu-Mures starts building his family house in 1904. The secession building has an unexpected position on the large plot along the Gheorghe Doja street. Apart from any construction in the vicinity it is pulled back from the street to the high ground. The resulting empty slope becomes a park, organized around a meandering stone-paved alley. The house and the surrounding park are known as Csonka Villa and are included on the list of Romania’s historical monuments. A Romanian family buys the degraded plot and transforms it into a hotel business. The new construction is positioned in the back of the plot. With it’s simple lines and architecture it becomes a background for the restored historical house. The hotel rooms alined on one side offer the building an elongated silhouette. The inner courtyard is animated by the transparent corridors present on every level and by the presence of the old house.