Great Hungarian Plain House, Hungary Farmstead Conversion, Architecture Images
House in the Great Hungarian Plain
New Rural Residence in Algy?, Hungary ? design by András Varsányi, Péter Pozsár, Norbert Vas
9 Jun 2018
House in the Great Hungarian Plain
Design: András Varsányi, Péter Pozsár, Norbert Vas, Architects
Location: Algy?, Hungary
Award-winning architecture modernizes the traditional Hungarian farmstead
Photos: Tamas Bujnovszky

Hungarian architects build on the past with this inventive design for a house built in the Great Hungarian Plain, working the important values of folk lifestyles into the structure for a modern rethinking of a familiar concept.

Modern design can often fly in the face of the traditional values of the past. In some cases it can aim to improve by ignoring the needs and concerns that we once had, but this architectural design in Hungary shows that – for home structures, at least – those same values are just as important now as they ever were. Having won the audience?s vote at the Media Architecture Awards, it’s clear this is a value that modern homeowners are considering.
In the small village of Algy? in the Great Hungarian Plain, this project took the classic cross-section and layout of a traditional Hungarian farmstead and reconstructed it with a modern eye, replacing an old farm house that previously stood on the site.

With the surrounding area suffering from depopulation due to global and national changes in t...