Árasztó-part 2024
This year, for the fourth consecutive season, the Árasztó-part on the Danube bank in Albertfalva welcomed those looking to relax with two new sunshades. The Árasztó-part experienced two floods this year, and in September we removed all the movable furniture from the area, which many of you helped with. Similarly to previous years, we have […]
Hengermalom 2024
The former roller mill, which had been lying dormant for nearly twenty years, was purchased in 2021 by Beltex, a real estate development and management company. Építész Stúdió had previously worked on comprehensive historical research and utilization preparation materials for the site, and also created a concept plan showcasing the possibilities. Valyo’s commission focused on […]
RAKPART~2024
In the summer of 2024, we created a temporary rest park and public space on the Pest lower embankment between Chain Bridge and Elizabeth Bridge, on Jane Haining rakpart, bringing people closer to urban spaces and the river. The RAKPART project was born in the spirit of the urban planning movement called placemaking. Placemaking aims […]
Perfectly suitable for bathing?!
River Swimming Pools and Danube Baths: Feasibility in Budapest In Budapest, you can’t swim in the Danube, aside from two exceptions: the free Római Open-Air Beach and the paid Kopaszi-gát Beach. To better endure Budapest’s summer heat waves, city residents need access to as many free bathing areas as possible from late spring to early […]
QUAY~2023
RAKPART~2023 is about community, about our river – about us.
Valyo Viaduct
A unique space hidden beneath Tram Line 2 For several kilometres beneath Tram Line 2, locked doors conceal an extraordinary series of spaces stretching between the Chain Bridge and the Elisabeth Bridge. These vast rooms, closed off for decades, are now gradually being reclaimed. Valyo Viaduct: In 2022, as part of the Budapest Placemaking Days, […]
PONTIpoly
Within the framework of the DANUrB+ programme, we built a pontoon bridge out of canoes on the Ipoly river over the Slovak-Hungarian border together with students of the BME Department of Urban Studies. In July 2021, a symbolic project reflecting on the situation during the Covid19 pandemic and the transformation of human relations was carried […]
Árasztó-part 2021
Placemaking, new place in Újbuda We opened a previously completely abandoned space on the river bank in Albertfalva, on a fully experimental basis. Parallel to the cycle path running along the flood protection dike at the height of the lower quays, it is a several kilometre long deserted stretch of land used mainly by fishermen, […]
River Baths in Budapest
Swimming in the Danube in the past and the future – Public art installation and programme series in the framework of Flaszter I. Budapest Biennale of Contemporary Public Art. In the autumn of 2023, we participated in Flaszter I. Budapest Biennale of Contemporary Public Art. with our project “River Baths in Budapest”, where we placed […]
Árasztó-part 2022
Placemaking in Újbuda