Architects: SKARDELLI György, PANTÓ Gergely
The plant of the Japanese corporation, manufacturing automotive parts, has been built as a green field investment. The plant, developed in several phases, consists of a large production hall, an adjoining office building and several smaller service buildings, it has a large parking area and a public bus stop. The buildings of the complex have similar architectural style and use of materials.
The Japanese DENSO corporation is one of the leading automotive parts manufacturer in the world. The plant has been built on the outskirts of the city, in the Sóstó Industrial Zone, as a green field investment. Development took place in several phases, the Japanese contractor commissioned KÖZTI to design phase I. and phase III. Electronic air intake and fuel injection systems for diesel vehicles are manufactured in the plant. Some of the components are produced locally by die casting and fine machining, other components arrive at the plant ready made. Precision assembly, calibration, testing and packing also takes place in the production hall.
When designing phase I. of the development, the phase II. extension of the production hall also had to be considered in the layout of the buildings, roads, parking places and utilities. Phase I. consisted of a large production hall, an office building connected to its northern side, a separate utility building and a guard house. The production hall is divided into two parts, there is a high part, equipped partially with an overhead crane, for manufacturing the cast components, and a lower part for fine machining and assembly. Storerooms, quality control and packing units, changing rooms, social and service areas are also located in the low part. Besides an open plan office, a dining hall with a kitchen to warm up delivered food, meeting rooms, guest rooms, a library and service rooms are accommodated in the office wing. The technological water treatment plant is located in a separate building next to the production hall. The plant building has been built with reinforced concrete structure. It has white sheet metal cladding, ribbed on the production hall facades and smooth on the office wing.
Phase III. of the development has been built adjoining the existing phase II. plant, and also in front of it, so a huge, almost 240×240 m rectangle has been created. The production hall and the office wing have been further enlarged, a cooling plant has been installed in a building next to the production hall, and a separate new building has been built for testing the products. The parking area has also been significantly enlarged, bicycle shelters and a new bus stop with a shelter have been built. The design of the new development has been adjusted to the previous phases, creating a uniform appearance.
Location: Székesfehérvár, Holland fasor 14. Built: phase I. 1998, phase III. 2004 Architects: SKARDELLI György, PANTÓ Gergely Associate architects: DUDÁS István, GÁSPÁR László, KÁDAS Eszter, LÁZÁR Ferenc Landscape architect: HAVASSY Gabriella Area: phase I. 27.000 m2, phase III. 22.000 m2
