Armuth Miklós - Lőrinczi Zsuzsa (szerk.): A Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem Történeti Campusa (Budapest, 2023)

A Fizikai épület - The Physics Building Kalmár Miklós

principles of palatial facades and access to the building remained the same: from the direction of Budafoki Street. The cour d'honneur design courtyard included an entrance in the prominently recessed axis of symmetry of the U-shaped plaza, whilst the other two opened up the lateral wings of the U shape ground-plan, which permitted to realize the design scheme in its revised, extended form. Although the building now almost exceeded the scale of the pavilion typology, the architect insisted on retaining street access. Czigler was requested to accelerate design work in spring, 1904. Another reason for further revisions was to link the Department of Electrotechnics and the laboratory of mechanical engineering which was to house large engines. Ferenc Wittmann (lecturer of Technical Physics, later on academian) asserted his claim forthe areas promised for

A BUDAFOKI ÚT FELŐLI HOMLOKZAT. ARCHÍV FELVÉTEL, 1908

AN ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FACADE OVERLOOKING BUDAFOKI STREET, 1908

the purposes of the Department of Technical Physics back in 1897 as it had already 150 students enrolled at the time of construction. Because of the advanced state of design work Czigler could only offer the areas of the basement for them.

The style and architectural appearance of the F Building was originally concieved by Győző Czigler. However, this scheme had to be modified to some extent because of the lengthy design phase, the revisions made during construction, and eventually the death of the architect. As Czigler died on March 28th, 1905, design work was taken over by members of his own team of architects, Ede Dvorák, János Rusz, János Tauer, Tibor Medek and Endre Hack, as well as by architect-lecturers from the University of Technology, who had previously participated in the project, namely Alajos Hauszmann and Samu Pecz. At Hauszmann's request an entrance from the rear garden was integrated in the central axis of the building, opposite the entrance from the courtyard. As a result, the ground floor was traversable.