Article source: BAHCS architects

The architectural programme of the Agora project – a center for the promotion of local innovation – is manifested in a building unifying four different functions, three of which are linked to science and research: Computer-science history exhibition, Informatorium (demonstration space of the latest information technology) and a demonstration laboratory presenting experiments in biophysics. Our client decided to add the youth center of the city to the programme as well in order to introduce the younger generation as the main target group to the world of science and technology.

Image Courtesy © Zsolt Frikker

• Architect: BAHCS architects
• Project: Agora Szeged
• Location: Szeged, Hungary
• Architects: András Báger, Csaba Helmle
  
• Fellow Architects: Gabriella Antal, Nóra Báger, Balázs Turai, Tamás Tóth
• Photography: Zsolt Frikker
• Software used: ArchiCAD
• Client: Municipality of Szeged, Hungary
• Total net floor area: 7240  m2
• Construction cost (landscape included): net 2 billion HUF
• Graphic design: Balázs Vékes
• Interior design: György Frank, Péter Fábián
• Landscape architecture: Gábor Szabó, Nóra Zámbó
• Electrical planning: Ferenc Németi, Bogár Péterné, István Csányi, János Somogyi
• Mechanical design: Zoárd Mangel, Zsolt Kovács, Attila Kerék
• Public utilities, road planning: Erzsébet Bombolya
• Structural design: Roland Ambrus, Tamás Méri
• Building structures: Péter Handa
• Contractor: KÉSZ Építő Zrt., László Szalados CEO, Péter Kondorosi project director, Gábor Urbán site manager
• Competition First Prize: February 2009
• Licensing plan: May 2009
• Construction plan: April 2010
• Opening: December 2012