Regeneration of Museum and cultural quarter in Debrecen, Hungary Oulu, Brownfield Day László Buzás Hajdú-Bihar County Council, Hungary 15 Sept. 2010.

Regeneration of Museum and cultural quarter in Debrecen,

Hungary

Oulu, Brownfield Day

László Buzás

Hajdú-Bihar County Council, Hungary

15 Sept. 2010

Where we are

The Museum and cultural quarterin historical city centre of Debrecen, 2004

The original museum and cultural quarter

Before regeneration in 2004

▪ centre was built in 1979 in social

realism

▪ closed in 1999

▪ decision was made in 2004 to

regenerate the whole area and

build a new museum and

cultural quarter in the historic

city center

Kölcsey Culture Centre

Déri Museum

▪ Part of national heritage

▪ built in 1930

Work in process

The new Museum and cultural quarter, 2007

Kölcsey Cultural Centre

Kölcsey Cultural Centre

Planned functionsPlanned functions

- Conference centre

- Exhibition centre

- 4-star hotel with a restaurant

- Underground car park

A local building company qualified as a co-investor and construction company.

The centre is owned by municipality.

Volume of investmentVolume of investment

- Land € 2,642,105

- Conference centre € 18,245,614

- Hotel € 8,070,175

- Auditorium (750 sgm-780 seats)

- Section rooms (80 sqm-80 seats)

- Ball room (300 sqm-260 seats)

- Exhibition room (310 sqm-260 seats)

- Foyers (3414 sqm on 3 levels)

Kölcsey Cultural Centre

EventsEvents

- City Ball

- International medical conferences

- International jazz festival

- Concerts of international stars (Jan Garbarek, Chick Corea)

MODEM Exhibition Centre

MODEM Exhibition Centre

MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art

- 4650 sqm on 3 levels, with over 3000 sqm exhibition space.

- One of the largest and most up-to-date modern and contemporary art centre of the country and its greater region opened its gates in the autumn of 2006.

- MODEM possesses the geopolitical position, size and architectural capabilities to be the centre for modern and contemporary international art life in Central Europe.

The three-storey gallery spreads on 4650 square metres from which more than 3000 square metres serve as exhibition areas. The country’s biggest open

space exhibition hall lies on 1300 square metres on the second floor, where special installations are built for each exhibition.

Besides the expositions, dance and music events, art historical, literary and philosophical lectures and museum-pedagogy workshops are also

held within the walls of MODEM.

Hotel Lycium

Hotel Lycium

• 4-star hotel for 192 guests with 88 double rooms and 4 apartments

• Restaurant for 200 guests• Business centre with 4 meeting

rooms each for 20-30 people• Wellness centre

Déri Museum

• Built in 1930

• Current conditions do not meet requirements of 21th century

• Necessity to renovate and modernize with new functions

• Volume of investment:

2,105,263 €

Déri Museum

• Temporarily closed for 1 year in Aug 2010

• Exhibitions: local history, ornithology, archeology, paintings

• World famous Munkácsy’s trilogy

Cultural events in Debrecen

- Béla Bartók International

Choir Festival

- International Military

Music Band Festival

- Jazz festival

- Flower carnival

www.kolcseykozpont.huwww.modemart.huwww.hotellycium.hu

www.derimuz.hu

László Buzás

Hajdú-Bihar County Council, Hungary

[email protected]

Thank you for your attention!