RECONSTRUCTION OF THE `VÁROSLIGET´ ICE RINK Thoughts from a competition paper

Abstract

The building of the `Városliget´ (City Park) Ice Rink, mellowed by age, stands in one of Budapest´s most important tourist districts. The Capital has called a design competition for the renewal of it, to gain idea not only for the renewal of the building and the winter-time open air ice rink / summer-time boating lake area, but at the same time to create so far missing tourist infrastructure of the City Park and Heroes´ Square. We outlined an up-to-date solution as befitted this function, breaking away from former conservative development ideas. Our plan includes the construction of a new ice rink with bus- and car park underneath, and underground new building section in front of the main entrance (changing room in winter, multifunctional space in summer), and an underpass road section to give the Kós Károly Promenade back to pedestrians.