The development of the built environment is our shared passion in DANU’s management. In this, a designer’s perspective capable of thinking at different scales, a broad, practical technical and economic expertise, and a technological approach seeking innovation in the past and in the future are equally important.
Building and architecture is one of the greatest intellectual challenges, through which we can actively shape the present and future world and address the most important and pressing issues. We are proud to work together to achieve this.
With our clients and fellow engineers, we can work together as a team to deliver truly high quality work, and it is of paramount importance to us that we design with the resources of this team as sustainably as we design with the resources of our land. As architects at DANU, we believe that with such a basic setup, it is possible to create unique, lovable and timeless buildings!
We classify our projects into three complementary categories that guide our creativity towards sustainability and durability: “re-use”, “for-forever” and “quick-win” are architectural principles formulated on the basis of our experiences and previous design work.
Every investment starts with a thorough understanding of the site and the building, the first step of which is always a survey. However, a digital replica of reality not only ensures that the design tasks are well-founded, but can also provide ready-made solutions for process management and operation.
Our team of skilled professionals is dedicated to both accurately assessing the physical environment and developing the state-of-the-art technologies currently available. We are constantly opening up to new applications for survey technologies, such as building tracking, heritage and conservation, film and other creative industries. We specialise in the efficient processing of large building inventories.
Urbanism is where the human, environmental and technological worlds come together, so knowledge from many disciplines is needed for all tasks. We believe that urban planning is one of the most important research areas of the future and we share a common interest in building sustainable, healthy and successful communities for future generations.
This is why the Urbanist division of DANU is a multidisciplinary team. We provide analysis, advice and planning at the scale of investments, public spaces, neighbourhoods, municipalities and regions. We have extensive experience in the design and implementation of brownfield redevelopment projects, cultural institution development, smart city solutions, urban public spaces and regional scale strategies.
BIM is the key to the digitalisation of the construction industry. Building Information Management helps to make investments more time and cost efficient, collaboration more transparent, information more integrated and the implementation process more predictable. The use of BIM and proptech tools is not an option, but an indispensable feature of modern and responsible investment.
We want to create the best possible building for future users. To achieve an excellent result, we also need the right tools, so that the project is predictable and predictable, so that everyone involved – the client, the designers, the contractor and even the operator – can make the right decisions and the resulting building really serves its intended purpose.
Eszter is a certified architect and urbanist trained at BME. After university she joined ADI Studio in 2017, where she worked as a designer on several projects. The studio's data-based, city-scale and strategy oriented approach turned her interest towards urban planning. Since 2021 she has led the company's urban planning division, and from 2024 she is a partner and managing director of DANU. She has been active in community and professional public life since her youth, being a founder of BME Architect Club advanced studies college, a volunteer of KÉK Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre from 2007 and its director since 2021. One of her main areas of interest is the creation of livable regions in Central Europe, especially through connecting top-down and bottom-up initiatives in urban development, for which she also participates in international expert communities.
Samu March. is a chartered architect, urbanist, graduated from BME and New Jersey Institute of Technology. As an architect, consultant and strategic planner, he has worked with cities, institutions and market players over the past two decades, and has organized, led and curated numerous development programs, professional events, research and exhibitions in Hungary and Europe.v It deals with architecture not only as a practice but also as a form of knowledge. He is a regular lecturer and course leader at national and international universities. He was a founding member of the Centre for Contemporary Architecture in 2005 and is currently its professional director.
A tulajdonos ingatlanfejlesztő csoport megbízásából építész csapatunk tervezte az egykori parádsasvári üveggyár funkcióváltását, bővítését és a gyárudvar revitalizációját.
A késztermék raktárban 57 stúdió lakás és apartman kerül kialakításra, a huta csarnok a lakófunkciót kiszolgáló fedett parkolóként funkcionál. A lakások kialakítása során elsődleges szempont volt a meglévő épületszerkezetek megtartása és a különböző építési korok építészeti eszközökkel történő elkülönítése. A felújítás az egykori kazánház, késztermék raktár és az újonnan épített épület tömegeket építészeti eszközökkel különböztetjük meg.
Az ipari használat során a Parádi-Tarna patak fedett csatornában folyt át a telken, ezt a revitalizáció során visszaállítjuk. Ezzel a patak utolsó parádsasvári szakasza is csatlakozhat a településen belüli sétaútvonalba.
A tiszaszigeti Szent Antal Katolikus Általános Iskola bővítésére kaptunk megbízást, egy kívülről is jól használható új sportcsarnokot kellett tervezni. A korlátozott anyagi források miatt egy egyszerű és racionális bővítést gondoltunk végig generál tervezőként, az utcák vonalaira reflektáló kis szögtöréssel, a meglévő iskolaépülethez történő csatlakozással és a nyílások rendszerével vált egyedivé a kialakítása. A ragasztott fa tartószerkezet és fa burkolati rendszer egy emberbarát környezetet alakított volna ki, de a források hiánya miatt végül a terv helyett egy szendvicspaneles különálló tornacsarnok doboz valósult meg, nem pedig irodánk terve.
Szőkedencs önkormányzatának történeti magtárát a lehető legtöbb eredeti szerkezet megőrzésével újítottuk fel. A közösségi funkciókat befogadó teret ma fesztiválok, kiállítások és falunapok alkalmával használják, ennek érdekében főleg a nyílászárók, vizesblokkok és közlekedési rendszerek lettek újra gondolva. A magtár belső fa födémrendszerét megtartottuk, a külsőn viszont két fő szempontot kellett egyszerre figyelembe venni: a magtár mindig is vakolt falú volt de az évtizedes elhanyagoltság miatt a vakolat nagy része lemállott, és feltárult a szép textúrájú tégla falazat. Úgy döntöttünk, hogy az idők során létrejött köztes állapotot konzerváljuk, így a még megmaradt vakolat részeket konzerváltuk, míg a látszó tégla részeket impregnáltuk, ezáltal egyedi korlenyomatokat őrző megjelenéssel született újjá a magtár.
The 250-room hotel planned for a downtown vacant lot had to meet high expectations: this project was intended to launch the property developer's new business division, so everything had to proceed seamlessly. In response to this challenge, the designers utilized BIM methodology with our help, which included creating the project’s BIM Execution Plan, providing Archicad consulting, conducting model audits, and clash detection.
The iconic building of Budapest, the Puskás Arena is one of the largest multifunctional arenas in Central Europe, rebuilt on the site of the former Népstadion, and successfully recreated by the general designer Közti to reflect the stylistic features of the original building.
This was the first public project in Hungary where BIM was part of the design tender. Our office staff supported the BIM-based implementation of the project from several aspects: preparation of the BIM Implementation Plan, collision checks, extraction and verification of quantities from the model, data collection from the model and plans to set up the digital building management system.
The 250-room hotel planned for a downtown vacant lot had to meet high expectations: this project was intended to launch the property developer's new business division, so everything had to proceed seamlessly. In response to this challenge, the designers utilized BIM methodology with our help, which included creating the project’s BIM Execution Plan, providing Archicad consulting, conducting model audits, and clash detection.
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