Armuth Miklós - Lőrinczi Zsuzsa (szerk.): A Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Történeti Campusa (Budapest, 2023)
Az egyetem kert és a kerítés - The University Garden and the Fence Zsembery Ákos
2 2 2 two-wing gate is flanked by two pedestrian entrances. The majority of these gates are still used in their original places. To facilitate easier access to the buildings, another four pedestrian entrances were built along the fence. On the side facing the River Danube, there are two main gates which were entirely carved from stone, just like the fence posts between them. The other ornate fence posts feature a stone plinth and capital, whilst the plinth of the columns and the intervals are clad in pressed brick similar to those applied on the buildings' facades. Massive fence posts stand on the corners turning at 45 degree angle. The base is braced by pillars perpendicular to the tierce-points of the intervals of the posts, and are topped with curved iron struts which prop the panels of the fence at right angles. Gas lamps on the posts of the gates used to light the area. The iron panels of the fence still feature their original pattern, their majority being the original ones. The line of the free-standing fence was originally broken only in front of the central projection of the K Building, at a section retraced in a curve to accentuate the main entrance to the Campus. The wings of the F Building, however, were extended with two stairwells by Hauszmann during the construction stage, which also disrupted the integrity of the fence creating a front garden of its own, much in the same way as in the case of the Ch Building. A CAMPUS KERÍTÉSE I THE FENCE OF THE CAMPUS After its completion the fence system remained unchanged for a long time, and even after World War II only minor changes affected it. Such an occasion was the construction of the new reception building by Alfréd Bard on in 1948, which is still used as the main entrance of the Campus from the direction of today's Csiky Street on Budafoki Road, and presently functions as an electroreception building as well. Its facework integrates it with the fence, evoking the lines of the section at the portico of the Central Building. Reconstruction plans of 1950 responding to the damages done during the war document that besides this, the layout of the fence was only more significantly modified at the F Building.
