More than two dozen proposals have been accepted by a panel of experts as part of the CheckINN Revitalizátor initiative to transform brownfield sites across Hungary. The project also involves the collaboration of Budapest’s prestigious design university, MOME. Specialists will select ten applicants and help develop their careers, while the two best proposals to revive once industrial or functional locations will each receive a prize of three million forints.
A
total of 26 proposals
are now being assessed as part of the CheckINN
Revitalizátor
initiative,
a nationwide search for the most imaginative and practical ways
to adapt and reuse specific locations that once had a functional
role.
In all, five were accepted in the territory/plot
category, 21 in the building
section. Student teams from universities such as ELTE, METU,
Corvinus, MOME and
the
Budapest University of Economics entered the competition.
In the first round, based on two-minute short films, ten tenders made it through, the sites including well-known Budapest locations such as the former Népgőz Baths, the loading bay at the Óbuda Gas Factory and the rust belt of Csepel island.
In the second round, the teams will be assisted by experts in tourism, architecture and design in developing a more detailed, 20-page concept. At the end, the two winners can use prize money of three million forints each to help kickstart their careers.
There are many examples around Budapest of successful brownfield transformations, including Millenáris Park and the Northern Vehicle Repair Facility, now a rehearsal space for the Opera House.
