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UNIQA Budapest : Hungary Offices Building

Hungarian Offices Development - design by Ferdinand and Ferdinand Architects

30 Jul 2010 UNIQA Budapest Architect: Ferdinand and Ferdinand Architects Photographs: Istvan Oravecz UNIQA VITAL BUSINESS CENTER BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Architekt: Ferdinand and Ferdinand Architects The new head office is located close to the previous one at the junction of two important traffic arteries in District XIII, Lehel út and Róbert Károly körút. The office building constructed by property developer Raiffeisen Evolution in 22 months, named the Vital Business Centre, has net usable floor space of 18,000 square metres. "That means it is of a similar size to the Austrian foreign ministry,". images from architects The nine-storey building houses all of UNIQA’s divisions, while 40% of the usable floor space will be let to other companies. Companies renting the space so far include a pharmacy and a diagnostics centre. While designing the building the architect was guided by the principle of transparency. "Transparency is one of the cornerstones of UNIQA’s business philosophy, and is conveyed in the Vital Business Centre by many glass surfaces and expansive rooms," Lighting up the night A distinctive feature of the building is its LED facade, allowing colourful images and messages to be displayed on the street-facing side of the office building every evening. Although the idea is not new, it is unique in its scale: with some 80,000 pixels the Vital Business Centre currently boasts Europe’s largest LED facade. images from architects Design intentions The new head office is located close to the previous one at the junction of two important traffic arteries in District XIII, Lehel út and Róbert Károly körút. The office building constructed by property developer Raiffeisen Evolution in 22 months, named the Vital Business Centre, has net usable floor space of 18,000 square metres. That means it is of a similar size to the Austrian foreign ministry,. The nine-storey building houses all of UNIQA’s divisions, while 40% of the usable floor space will be let to other companies. Companies renting the space so far include a pharmacy and a diagnostics centre. Árpád Ferdinánd explained that while designing the building he was guided by the principle of transparency. Transparency is one of the cornerstones of UNIQA’s business philosophy, and is conveyed in the Vital Business Centre by many glass surfaces and expansive rooms, the architect said. Lighting up the night A distinctive feature of the building is its LED facade, allowing colourful images and messages to be displayed on the street-facing side of the office building every evening. Although the idea is not new, it is unique in its scale: with some 80,000 pixels the Vital Business Centre currently boasts Europe’s largest LED facade. UNIQA Budapest Offices - Building Information Client: UNIQA-INVEST Location: Budapest, Hungary Total Area: 32,500 m2 Project team: Arpad Ferdinand, Csaba Ferdinand Structure: Zsolt Balogh Electrical: Yurosignal Landscape design: Kati Zentai General contractor: RE project development Design phase: 2007-08 Construction Phase: 2007-09 Number of stories: 11 Site size: 10,500 m2 Site type: urban Building area: 32,600 m2 Budget total: 38,000,000 USD Project team Arpad Ferdinand Csaba Ferdinand

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