Danubio Budapest Building / T2.a Architects
The architects. Designed by T2a Architects and completed recently on the site of a former river gravel pit on the banks of the Danube in Budapest, the Danubio residential building responds to the unique urban and natural environment, partially overriding the rules of Budapest real estate developers, and realizes a concept that treats sustainability not only as a slogan but also revives many pre-existing but now forgotten architectural solutions and recreates them in a modern, timeless form.
The site is located north of downtown Budapest on the southern side of the FOKA Bay, a former industrial area and harbor, which was created around the 1960s as a result of gravel mining and named after the former operator and abandoned in the 1990s. The aim of the invitation to tender launched by the developer in 2016 was to draw up a complex development plan for a residential building with around 360 apartments and its surroundings, to be built on a unique industrial “brown site” to revitalize with a direct connection to the Danube and a panoramic view.
