ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION – II. PRIZE
The planned collection centre is a rectangular building stretched tightly across the site, organized around a central atrium. Enclosed storage areas are positioned along the outer façade, while offices and laboratories requiring natural light are concentrated along the atrium, in direct functional connection with each other. This layout results in a solid, monolithic exterior appearance, while the workplaces open inward toward the atrium — conceived as an “Eden garden.” The building massing emerges directly from the site configuration; spatial form and functional organization constitute a single, interdependent unit. The architectural character is inspired by the carving of a massive meteorite — one of the most extraordinary natural formations to reach Earth. Wherever the compact volume is cut into, glass surfaces appear, providing natural daylight to the functions behind them. Just as a meteorite’s irregular, burnt outer crust conceals a remarkably pure, metallic, crystalline interior, the building’s exterior envelope is composed of raw-textured metal panels in earthy metallic tones, forming an irregular surface generated by a triangular geometry with varying peak projections. In contrast, the incisions in the mass reveal smooth, shimmering planar glass surfaces functioning as a climate façade.
Year of design: 2026 Architects: TIMA Zoltán, BORBÉLY András, ÖCSI Gabriella, BORZSÁK Veronika, TÓTH Balázs, SARNYAI Anna, BÁRÁNY Barót Bálint Area: 44 000 m2
