„I love this house because everything I might call a new idea – everything I have ever contributed to architecture – is expressed here without hindrance and in its entirety.”— said Imre Makovecz of the Erdei Cultural Centre in Visegrád.
From the perspective of Makovecz’s body of work, a great deal began in Visegrád. It is in his buildings in Visegrád that we first see those creature-like, utterly unique forms, which already mark a departure from his earlier solutions and through which he opens up his art to a world closely intertwined with sculpture. One building in particular stands out from all these; it truly gives the impression that a form of life that has never existed has grown out of the hill that is its home.
The house rises from the ground towards the sun. The pillars form a hemisphere; the sight is at once sacred and profane – we see both a being and a temple, atop which stands not a cross but a crown, which is, however, open to the sky.
„The Rise of the Midnight Sun” also plays a significant role in the interior. The signs of the zodiac have been inscribed on the 12 columns, and thanks to the building’s orientation, the axis of the main entrance faces the rising sun, meaning that the building also functions as a sundial within the interior.
The gates are flanked by carved wooden eagles, which blend seamlessly with the grass-covered side of the hilltop house to form a striking whole, and stand guard over those entering the corridor: they beckon one to show respect and observe silence.
Source: makovecz.hu
2025. 05. 13.
