Architects of the building complex:

István Mányi, Ybl award winning architect
Attila Gáti, architect
Szenes István, Ybl award winning interior designer
Gergely László, interior designer
Péter Török, landscape architect

The building received an award for construction in 2005, and another award for real estate development in 2006.

„A row of arcades bordered by a stone wall was built to serve as a visual boundary and to divide the space from the street, providing protection from external influences while, from the perspective of the inner garden, symbolizing the timelessness of the memorial wall. The emphasis is on evoking a sense of tranquility.

Within the conceptual framework that gave rise to the building, we explored analogies with nature. In the interplay of forces between the jagged, tilted blocks that strain against one another, the horizontal is not horizontal, nor is the vertical — perhaps even gravity does not exist here. The architectural elements convey that everything here was created in a space outside the realm of normality, just as the Holocaust is incomprehensible within the history of humanity.

The glass hall leading to the permanent exhibition is also constructed on tilted pillars. The inspiration comes from nature, from Tuscany, where a line of pine trees took on this shape as a result of the constant coastal storms. I see those who were murdered as symbols of the steadfast struggle for survival that has continued for thousands of years, and I would like to convey this through this work.

The rooftop garden is also of symbolic significance, floating like a vision above the horrors and already seeking a connection with life. Amid the diversity of meanings found in gardens, this is a memorial garden that speaks to everyone’s better self."

Architect István Mányi