Szeglet community space

Old pharmacy turned into a workshop space

The former Borostyán Pharmacy on Albertfalva street in Budapest has been abandoned for many years. When the Salva Vita Foundation found this property, they dared to dream big and purchased this peculiar building with a ribbed concrete facade. They wanted to use their grant money to create a community workshop and a space to educate and employ people with disabilities. They entrusted Nanavízió to turn this delapidated reinforced concrete building into an effective and pleasant community workspace on a very tight budget. The creative group behind Szeglet Community Space are the members of the Salva Vita Foundation and five young enterpreneurs, who bring their skills and vision into the project. They each bring something unique to the Szeglet house: a vegan open kitchen and vegetable processing plant, a textile workshop, a recycling workshop and a photo studio.

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Concept and construction plans: Nóra Pajer, Noémi Soltész / 2018-2019
Team: Beatrix Guld, Bálint Somogyi
Location: Budapest, 11th district
Size: 420 m2
Photo: Norbert Juhász and Máté Czabán
Press: Community (color) dynamics. Szeglet community space by Nanavízió / Építészfórum
Award: Coworking Space of the Year Award, 2020