Angel statues and wall bars
by Földes and Co. as Architects - Fri, 11 November 2011
The 152 years old high school hasn’t got a gymnasium for hundred years. The physical education cours were hold in the temporarily transformed assembly hall where angel statues and wall bars varied each other on the wall. These unworthy circumstances were solved by the opening of the new gymnasium.
The historical brick building of the highschool was built in 1859 in neogothic style. There hasn’t been a gymnasium in the main building for more than 100 years. As building site, the neighbouring slope of the castle hill was picked out. The building consists of four functional units; of the gymnasium, the service routes, the changing rooms and the medical rooms. The gymnasium was hidden under the ground. On the top a roof garden was constructed with glass skylights. This way, the gymnasium under ground-level is sunny and full of light. The two storey service route connecting the gymnasium and opening out in trapezoid shape is the spectators’ terrace, as well.
The changing rooms, offices and the staircase opening from the service route are situated under such an urban high pitched roof, which is an elemental continuation of the closed masses of the neighbouring houses facing the street. The entrance from the street can be found on the first floor and from the courtyard one arrives to the second floor. The medical room is situated in the wing to the right from the courtyard-entrance. This part of the building forms a space-wall for the piazetta in front of the entrance of the courtyard.
Because of the gradient of the castle-slope and the closeness of the neighbouring houses, the plans of the civil-engineering were created very thoroughly. Interlocking piles, drainage system and a network of monolite concrete foundations ensure the stability of the neighbouring buildings, and the smooth movement of the ground-water. The load-bearing system of the house is monolite concrete.
The outer cladding of the building is hand-made Röben brick. Inside, similarly to the old main building, also the brick surface is the most dominant. Here we used clinkers with deep grouting. The ceilings are concrete surfaces. The walls of the changing rooms, offices and the classrooms of special subjects are plastered. The piling of the roof is made of anthracite-grey pressed ceramic tiles. The doors and windows are made of natural wood. The sport-floor of the gymnasium is from Sweden. The flexibility of the Tarkett floor protects the joints of the students.
The lion door handle of the historical main building designed by János Petschnig has become a symbol throughout the past one and a half century. The touch and the form of this handle can be found in all of the student-hands attending this school. József Nagy craftsman made a copy of this handle; it was put to the street-entrance-door of the gymnasium. With this gesture we wanted to express the will to form a unity and relation between the old and the new buildings - constructed with a long time interval - of the Toldy Highschool.
The historical brick building of the highschool was built in 1859 in neogothic style. There hasn’t been a gymnasium in the main building for more than 100 years. As building site, the neighbouring slope of the castle hill was picked out. The building consists of four functional units; of the gymnasium, the service routes, the changing rooms and the medical rooms. The gymnasium was hidden under the ground. On the top a roof garden was constructed with glass skylights. This way, the gymnasium under ground-level is sunny and full of light. The two storey service route connecting the gymnasium and opening out in trapezoid shape is the spectators’ terrace, as well.
The changing rooms, offices and the staircase opening from the service route are situated under such an urban high pitched roof, which is an elemental continuation of the closed masses of the neighbouring houses facing the street. The entrance from the street can be found on the first floor and from the courtyard one arrives to the second floor. The medical room is situated in the wing to the right from the courtyard-entrance. This part of the building forms a space-wall for the piazetta in front of the entrance of the courtyard.
Because of the gradient of the castle-slope and the closeness of the neighbouring houses, the plans of the civil-engineering were created very thoroughly. Interlocking piles, drainage system and a network of monolite concrete foundations ensure the stability of the neighbouring buildings, and the smooth movement of the ground-water. The load-bearing system of the house is monolite concrete.
The outer cladding of the building is hand-made Röben brick. Inside, similarly to the old main building, also the brick surface is the most dominant. Here we used clinkers with deep grouting. The ceilings are concrete surfaces. The walls of the changing rooms, offices and the classrooms of special subjects are plastered. The piling of the roof is made of anthracite-grey pressed ceramic tiles. The doors and windows are made of natural wood. The sport-floor of the gymnasium is from Sweden. The flexibility of the Tarkett floor protects the joints of the students.
The lion door handle of the historical main building designed by János Petschnig has become a symbol throughout the past one and a half century. The touch and the form of this handle can be found in all of the student-hands attending this school. József Nagy craftsman made a copy of this handle; it was put to the street-entrance-door of the gymnasium. With this gesture we wanted to express the will to form a unity and relation between the old and the new buildings - constructed with a long time interval - of the Toldy Highschool.
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November 11, 2011 | Földes and Co. added the project Gymnasium of Toldy Ferenc High School