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| Wekerle Estate - Centennial year (1908 – 2008) |
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 The 'Hungarian Garden Suburb' was built to house more than 20,000 people (lower middle class public servants). It does not only provide residential units but has been planned to provide for all the needs of people settling there. Apart from shops and schools, adult education and cultural amenities were also provided. This estate for industrial and white collar workers occupies a unique place in the architectural history of Hungary. The idea of the housing estate was initiated by Prime Minister Sándor Wekerle. The winning design drew up a ring street system composed of diagonals. All these street led to a central square.Click here Google map of Wekerle Estate Longitude / Latitude: 47.4552 / 19.1272 The 'Hungarian Garden Suburb' was built to house more than 20,000 people (lower middle class public servants). It does not only provide residential units but has been planned to provide for all the needs of people settling there. Apart from shops and schools, adult education and cultural amenities were also provided. This estate for industrial and white collar workers occupies a unique place in the architectural history of Hungary. The idea of the housing estate was initiated by Prime Minister Sándor Wekerle. The winning design drew up a ring street system composed of diagonals. All these street led to a central square. The special lane system of the street resulted in stressed intersections street corners and triangular squares. These points marked the sub- centres where the public buildings were erected. The main square with the surrounding biuldings were nearly ready by 1912, however the entire project was completed by 1926.
Károly Kós (1883-1977) was a Transylvanian born Hungarian architect, etnographer, designer, writer and politician. He graduated from the Budapest Technical University. He started his studies as an engineer, but he finished as an architect. He took a study trip back to Transylvania, when he was an university student. The young architect worked in different architectural studios and took interest in the Transylvanian vernacular architecture. He has produced many significant buildings over his long career, including residential buildings, schools, churches and specail buildings (like the ones in the Zoo). Getting there: M3 (Blue line) to Határ út
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