Blitz Conference on the Future of the Royal Palace

Blitz conference on the future of the Royal Palace

The Dialogue for the Castle Initiative is organizing a blitz conference to bring together stakeholders, Budapest residents, and experts to publicly discuss the controversial, costly, and ideological government plans for the reconstruction of the Royal Palace and the Castle District. Members of the National Hauszmann Plan Social Panel will be invited to the conference to have the opportunity to express their views in public.

The conference aims to discuss the following issues:

  - What reconstruction, alterations, and architectural additions are justified by archaeological, monument conservation, urbanistic, and architectural considerations?

 - What are the primary cultural functions that ensure an active community use of the Royal Palace and Castle? 

 - What adaptations are needed to ensure that the institutions currently operating there or new ones moving in can operate under optimal conditions?

 - What heritage, architectural, and historical considerations justify considering the ”Hauszmann Palace”, completed in 1905, as an authentic building to be reconstructed?

 - Should contemporary architectural solutions be retained and, if so, why?

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The launchers of the Initiative:

László Beke art historian, Éva Beleznay architect, Péter Buza urban historian, Barnabás Bencsik art historian, András Ferkai architect, Gábor Gyáni historian, Ernő Marosi art historian, Judit N. Kósa journalist, József Mélyi art historian, Anna Perczel architect, Iván Szelényi sociologist, Anna Wessely sociologist

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The video recording of this event is available on Blinken OSA’s YouTube channel.