Faurest, Kristin: Ten spaces - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)

Kós Károly tér

Howard — would, with their semi-rural atmosphere, ease the shock of those who had come from villages to the big city. Ultimately more than 40 types of building were used, instead of the planned 16.

The estate management’s gardening department helped residents in greening their own gardens as well as the estate's common areas. The sandy soil was particularly favourable to fruit trees, and residents received four per flat, as well as currant bushes. According to one report, in 1917 the harvest was so great that on the average it brought in four times the families’ annual rent.

Because the essence of the whole development was raising the quality of life of the economically-disadvantaged, the main square was of particular importance. Károly Kós won the commission to design it. Kós (1883-1977), of Transylvanian Saxon origin, is deservedly one of the country's most

■ Cycling away {rom Kós Károly tér from Dezső Zrumeczky's magnificent entrance gates, i960

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