Linking old and new by surgical strategy
Irish architects have realised the first phase of their spatial campus masterplan for the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

Photo: Tamás Bujnovszky

Photo: Tamás Bujnovszky
In 2011 the CEU started a selection process for an architectural team to redevelop their existing campus on the Pest side of the Hungarian capital. In total 79 local and international architectural practices applied for the design works which was won in the second phase by the Irish architects O’Donnell + Tuomey (ODT). Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey both studied architecture at the University College Dublin and have worked together as O’Donnell + Tuomey for 30 years. They were the 2015 recipients of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. To realise the project in Budapest, ODT worked together with the Hungarian firm Teampannon who was represented by Maté Hidasnémeti as the project architect.
The complete article is published in Autumn 2018 issue of Piranesi No. 40/Vol. 26.
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Project Data
Architect (local)
Teampannon
Project manager
Central European University Development Office
Structural Engineer
Kenese
Mechanical engineer
Temesvári Tervező
Electrical engineer
Kelevill FZ
Fire consultant
Takács-Tetra
Acoustic consultant
Aqrate Akusztikai Mérnök Iroda
Landscape architect
Gardenworks
Quantity surveyor
Tomlin
Kitchen
Kende Gastro Zrt
Ecologist
Róbert Vidéki
Security
IJA Consultants
Audiovisual systems
Animative
Signage
Remion
Gross Internal Floor Area: 15,638m2
Design: 2011-2014
Completion: October 2016