Armuth Miklós - Lőrinczi Zsuzsa (szerk.): A Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Történeti Campusa (Budapest, 2023)
A Fizikai épület - The Physics Building Kalmár Miklós
ÖNTÖTTVAS OSZLOPFŐ I CAST-IRON COLUMN 1906, the shafts were founded by the end of the summer. Because of the advanced state of the project the lower engine-hall structures were only subsequently adjusted to their existing technological environment. Each of the elevators were suited to accommodate two people and 600 kg load. Although they were technical specialties then, later on they had to be replaced and eventually terminated. Illustrative of the contraversial era, highstandard technology was combined with cast-iron capitals, wrought-iron rails, revivalist historicising details and matching doors and windows designed in style within the building. As some of the rooms had to be darkened for projection, a posterior decision was made to install internal shutters with well-designed highstandard casing and shutter boxes. These needs, however, occurred rather too late during the construction stage, and required unexpected extra costs. In spite of this, the interior furnishing and equipment was highstandard and ergonomically conceived. From these aspects, the design of the banks of seats in the auditoriums have passed the test of time. During the interwar period only minor revisions and remodellings affected the building. After the demolition of the outdated battery plants, a transformer plant was built right next to the building in 1926 and in 1936. Just like other parts of the Campus, the F Building was also damaged seriously during World War II. The demolition was extensive, affecting the facades, the interior structures and equipment. By the 1950s part of the courtyard was developed as the single-storey slab of the Department of Atomic Physics (FA) Building was built. In 1951 a generator house was erected to extend the end of the southern side of the building. Just like the other buildings of the Campus, the F Building had also featured large laboratory spaces and offices which were divided into smaller units. In 1958 the Department of Physical Chemistry was transferred into the building. In 1962 the laboratories in the basement on the northern side were remodelled. Simultaneously, the floor-plan configuration of the Department of Electrotechnics and that of the second-storey Department of Chemistry Technology were revised. In 1966 the Department of Agricultural Chemistry Technology and the furniture depot beneath the auditorium were rebuilt. A survey made in 1986 documented the organisational configuration and distribution of spaces in the building. The basement then housed the Departments of Atomic Physics, Electrotechnics, Chemistry Technology, Experimental Physics, Physics, Physical Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, as well as rooms of the Department of Chemical Engineering
