New Boscolo Building

Computer rendered view of the New Boscolo Building in Budapest as envisaged by the architect.

Project Details

• Project Name: New Boscolo Building, Budapest
• Client: Boscolo Group
• Project Type: Mixed Use
• Location of site: Budapest
• Principal Designer: Massimo Iosa Ghini
• Design Team: Valeria Lombardo, Nicola Schiaffino
• Date of commencement of project: 2006

Computer rendered view of the external facade of the building.

The Building

The New Boscolo Building represents an important architectural project for the city of Budapest, comprising of 150 new apartments allocated on 7 floors, 4500 square meters of commercial space, a congress hall for 500 persons and many new hotel suites. In response, the architects explore innovative design and detailing to further add value to the project.

The architect breaks the external facade into different elements and layers to pronounce the variations in the functions housed within the building.

On the exterior, the residential section is visually defined by an inventive use of glass and metallic brises-soleil, which are set into motion by a system of pushed and pulled facade.

View of the Entrance gallery to the commercial spaces within the building.

View of the VIP lounge.

A metallic ribbon embraces the palace, providing for both- structural support and dynamic aesthetics, emerging hence as a prominent element in the design.

Computer rendered view of the building set amidst its urban context.

The facade of the hotel suites follows a different logic in response to the narrow street it flanks. Here the design is characterized by a metallic shell set into a rhythm of vertical waves allowing sidelong views. The shell, combined with wooden extrusions and the glass window of the congress hall, connotes this section of the building, exalting its perspective.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Computer rendered images: Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Varun M. Ajani