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A Fizikai épület - The Physics Building Kalmár Miklós
and students' laboratories. The ground floor contained the rooms of the Departments of Atomic Physics, ELectrotechnics, Physics, Physical Chemistry, Agricultural Chemistry Technology and the Physics Institution, as well as students' laboratories. The first storey included areas and rooms of the Departments of Atomic Physics, Chemistry Technology, Experimental Physics, Physical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Physics, students' laboratories and auditoriums. The second storey was shared bythe Departments of Physics, Chemistry Technology and students' laboratories. This list illustrates how versatile configurations evolved along the vertical and horizontal circulation systems housed in the building. A DÉLKELETI ELŐADÓ VASBETON TERVE I DETAILS OF THE R-C ROOF ABOVE THE SOUTH-EASTERN AUDITORIUM In the latter half of the 20th century the internal circulation system of the F Building was remodelled, just like that of the Ch Building. As a rule, the original - more comfortable, widervaulted - corridors were divided into tiny offices and work stations. As a windowless inner passage was divided off the co-ordinated sequence of wide-span rooms, the building was transformed as one with a central corridor. As a result, the original generous circulation system with lateral corridors could not be preserved, as opposed to the K Building. Regarding its facade appearance, the F Building is more articulated functionally than the Ch Building, but features much simpler architectural details. As opposed to the Ch Building, which is an integral mass-like pavilion in the Neo-Renaissance style rich in forms, the F Building is closer to the more rational turn-of-the-century architectural responses. Czigler was criticised for the appearance of the two (Ch and F) Buildings he designed: being low structures, they seemed slightly compressed. Plauszmann, however, stood up for Czigler, saying that the architect had indeed used smaller interior heights and lower ground-floor, but otherwise kept the appropriate ratio. The need to add a third storey to the existing structure came up on more than one occasion through the decades, but architects kept rejecting this idea, probably because of the classical proportions. Despite all these challenges accompanying both design work and construction, the Physics Building has preserved its original values of its exterior. The preservation, rediscovery and, in some instances, the restoration of its interior highlights is a duty of its would-be users in the future.
