The reception building of Palatinus Bath, built in the 1930s, is an iconic building of the Hungarian modern architecture.
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The reception building of Palatinus Bath, built in the 1930s, is an iconic building of the Hungarian modern architecture.
The main building designed by István Janáky functioned as a changing room during the summer months. Budapest Spas and Hot Springs Company intended to develop a year-round thermal bath within the listed monument.
The cash registers were behind the middle colonnade of the building , on three-three levels on both sides were the dressing rooms, formerly divided to ladies’ and men’s wings. Following the reconstruction, the north wing was rebuilt to its original function – summer changing rooms – while the new thermal bath occupied the south wing.
Behind the original façade, upgraded in terms of building physics, a new function, a two-story pool area, has been created.
The raster of the pillar frame was retained, regardless of whether it was standing in the pool or holding an intermediate slab.
The structure is the essence, the portal-like, covered open-air foyer, the vertical transportation nodes on both sides, and the horizontal axis open to the open-air bath, with the exterior circular stairs.
Awards: Pro Architectura Award 2018; Budapest Architectural Excellence Award, Honourable Mention, 2018; Award of the Media Architecture Prize, Jury’s Choice, 2017.
