Forest of Music, Budapest (in construction)
Sou Fujimoto- Typologies Museum Culture / Leisure
- Date 2014
- City Budapest
- Country Hungary
Inspired by the shelter a tree gives, the House of Hungarian Music is embedded in the dense vegetation of the City Park in Budapest. The building is included within the Liget Budapest Project, an ambitious cultural initiative to renovate this historic site, and that will include interventions such as the New National Gallery designed by SANAA.
An undulating disk, randomly perforated, goes up on slender pillars, freeing up the ground level to welcome visitors approaching from any direction. The perforations let natural light through and generate an atmosphere similar to the one created under the dense foliage of the forest. The program is not just a museum, but is a larger vision where the architecture itself is part of the experience. Visitors are free to wander about the building, as they would around a park, and feel how sound and light interact with the building. The spaces are distributed in three levels: an underground floor, which houses the music dome and larger exhibition halls; an intermediate open-plan space, where the boundaries between the interiors and the gardens fade away; and an elevated volume, connected with the sky by courtyards and skylights... [+]
Obra Work
Forest of Music
Cliente Client
The Museum of Fine Arts Budapest and The Városliget Zrt. 100% owned by the Hungarian State
Arquitectos Architects
Sou Fujimoto Architects; Sou Fujimoto (encargado principal in charge), Sou Fujimoto, Marie de France; Jane Luk, Marcello Galiotto, Nicolas Gustin, Nadine de Ripainse, César Márquez, María Biurrun, Piotr Pasierbiński —antiguos empleados former staff—, Roberto Sanz Asensio, Rugved Rane, Duc Ngo (equipo de proyecto project team)
Colaboradores Collaborators
Arup (estructura structural engineer), Nagata Acoustics (acústica acoustic engineer)
Superficie parcela Site area
10,608 m²
Superficie construida Built-up area
2,568 m²; 4,163 m² (including canopy)
Superficie total Total floor area
10,819 m²
Estructura Structure
Hormigón armado y retícula de acero Reinforced concrete and steel frame
Uso principal Principal use
Sala de música, museo Music Hall, Museum
Fotos Photos
Varosliget Zrt