<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents two examples of contemporary private religious spaces against the background of the small-town architecture of the typical, largely unknown town of Szécsény, Hungary, using projects by the Hungarian architect Csanády Gábor Mátyás, DLA, as an example. It discusses the ideas that defined the adaptive reuse of a former school, located in an existing complex adjacent to a monastery of the Order of St. Francis, which was converted into a social care home, and a chapel in the architect’s own house.</p></abstract>

This article presents two examples of contemporary private religious spaces against the background of the small-town architecture of the typical, largely unknown town of Szécsény, Hungary, using projects by the Hungarian architect Csanády Gábor Mátyás, DLA, as an example. It discusses the ideas that defined the adaptive reuse of a former school, located in an existing complex adjacent to a monastery of the Order of St. Francis, which was converted into a social care home, and a chapel in the architect’s own house.

Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary

Institute of City and Regional Design, Faculty of Architecture

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This article presents two examples of contemporary private religious spaces against the background of the small-town architecture of the typical, largely...

Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary

Publié en ligne: 18 avr. 2020

Pages: -

Reçu: 09 janv. 2020

Accepté: 08 avr. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020008

Mots clés
private religious space, school building adaptation, social care home, Szécsény

© 2020 Bogusław Podhalański, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Private religious space in Hungary based on an adaptation of a school to a social care home in Szécsény, Hungary

Publié en ligne: 18 avr. 2020

Pages: -

Reçu: 09 janv. 2020

Accepté: 08 avr. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2020008

Mots clésprivate religious space, school building adaptation, social care home, Szécsény

© 2020 Bogusław Podhalański, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
private religious space, school building adaptation, social care home, Szécsény