Locality: 9300 Csorna, Hungary
Client: Premonstratensian Abbey of Csorna
Area: 618 m²
Year: 2017 – 2019
The Premonstratensian Abbey of Csorna is an outstanding monument and one of the most important public buildings in Hungary. One of its wings houses the valuable local history collection of the City Museum. As part of the project, the public areas of the presbytery, which is increasingly visited by outsiders, were renovated and several historical rooms were restored. On the ground floor, all the surfaces of the vestibule of the church have been renewed and enriched with lighting worthy of its function. Next to it, in a previously unused space, we added a small café and a ticket office. The space also serves as a tourist information point. In the left wing on the ground floor, the area of the Csornai Museum was completely renovated, and the exhibition and service areas were also modernised. We designed light, functional and unobtrusive built-in and mobile furniture for the simple, cleanly designed baroque spaces.
In the white room, the visitor wanders among the irregular and randomly arranged installations and learns about the basics of the Order in an informal way. The history of the building, the architectural features of the Order and the economic activities are presented on the symmetrically arranged table displays in the blue room. The Golden Room focuses on the Order’s intellectual pillars and spirituality, through installations that condense into a regular core and contain important artefacts.
architecture, | |
interior design, | |
installations: | Csaba Balogh, Ágnes Deigner, Levente Sirokai, Péter Sónicz |
architectural associate: | Krisztina Ancza, Zsófia Domborovszky, Kata Iván, Soma Pádár, Herta Pászli, Lilla Pusztai, Dániel Szitka, Ági Vértesy |
structural engineering: | Zoltán V.Nagy | Lapidárium Mérnöki Kft. |
mechanical engineering: | Attila Lucz | HVArC Mérnöki Iroda Kft. |
electrical engineering: | Judit Balázs | Artvill Mérnökiroda Kft. |
curators: | Natália Morva-Simon, Zsolt Virág | Magyar Kastélyprogram Kft. |
graphics: | Emese Kontár, Annamária Rádi | Pazirik Kft. |
photography: | Krisztina Ancza, Levente Sirokai |