VACANT CITY Experiments in inclusive urban transformation Netherlands Hungary
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Published by KÉK – HUNGARIAN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE CENTRE, BUDAPEST 2015 Edited by LEVENTE POLYÁK &JÚLIA ORAVECZ Interviews by JÚLIA ORAVECZ, JUDIT SCHANZ & LEVENTE POLYÁK Translation and proofreading: EMESE POLYÁK
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Graphic design: ÁDÁM ALBERT &JM isbn 978 963 12 3322 3 A project funded by the With additional support from: ERSTE STIFTUNG, WUS AUSTRIA, NORWAY GRANTS, MUNICIPALITY OF BUDAPEST, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS Special thanks to Művelődési Szint, Kesztyűgyár Community Centre, Roeleveld-Sikkes Architects, Prezi hq, Art Quarter Budapest, Gólya Presszó, Kaptár Community Office, Eutropian Research & Planning
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COLOPHON TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION DISCOURSE raaaf Arna Mackic Lakatlan kék HISTORY Failed Architecture René Boer and Mark Minkjan Transmodern Dániel Kovács TEMPORARY USE anna Vastgoed + Cultuur Willemijn de Boer Nyitva! kék AGGREGATION Space&Matter Marthijn Pool and Tjeerd Haccou Community Living DEVELOPMENT Stipo Hans Karssenberg Land+Civilization Compositions Merve Bedir Müszi Community & Art Level Júlia Bársony CREATION skar Yvonne Wieringa Eleven Blokk Art Foundation Péter Mátyási CULTIVATION Eetbare Rotterdam Paul de Graaf Community Gardens Monika Kertész POLICY Office-space Intermediary Paul Oudeman Paul Krugerlaan Manish Dixit The Municipality of Budapest Sándor Finta HUNGARIAN SUMMARY / MAGYAR ÖSSZEFOGLALÓ EVENTS
Between 2012 and 2015, the kék – Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre invited to Budapest a dozen Dutch practitioners, whose work is organized around the reuse of vacant buildings and areas. By presenting these practices, connecting them to their Budapest counterparts and creating situations of formal and informal exchange, kék opened new spaces for thought in the Hungarian architecture, planning and development culture and in civil society. Vacant City is the result of these encounters, assembling the key thoughts and experiences of the program’s 3 years.
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The economic crisis brought about a new paradigm in architecture and planning. Instead of serving large-scale investments and targeting fictional customers, the new development logic gives preference to the reuse of existing buildings and spaces by helping them to gradually adapt to new functions and accommodate new users. Dutch practitioners were at the forefront of experimenting with new approaches to vacant properties and community-led urban regeneration. By pioneering innovation in design, policy and management to address the problem of vacancy, they established models that inspired like-minded initiatives across the world.