11/05/2026
RÁKOSRENDEZŐ MASTERPLAN
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We proposed a vision for the former Rákosrendező railway area, transforming it into an advanced sponge city laboratory that integrates nature and architecture. The concept moves away from the traditional garden city to create a resilient urban landscape, with green-permeable buildings and climate-adapted public spaces.
The urban strategy is to concentrate new construction on the edges, in continuity with the existing city, leaving the center free for a large linear park. Two “green clearings” will be created within a new ring-shaped pedestrian and cycle path system, which will act as a permeable threshold between the built environment and nature. The residential blocks will be open and have multiple courtyards with green terraces and hanging gardens, with taller volumes towards the railway and lower ones towards the existing city for harmonious integration.
The heart of the project is the ring system, a continuous pedestrian and cycle infrastructure that crosses the railway line. These rings are designed as “places” that generate identity and connections, offering a unique Budapest experience.
size:
244 hectares
year:
2026
type:
comprehensive urban development masterplan competition (pre-qualification, brownfield site redevelopment)
urban design and landscape architecture:
S.B.ARCH. STUDIO BARGONE ARCHITETTI - Sbarch Bargone Architetti Associati
(Federico Bargone, Enrico Auletta, Francesco Bartolucci, Massimo Baldini, Stefano Volpe, Martina Gabriele, Ciro Mascolo, Alessandro Caterino, Cristian Stigliano, Eleonora Caimmi, Simona Pompili, Elvis Andon, Hamed Yousefnejad Miandehi, Valeria Scognamiglio, Ozlem Cevet, Giulia Lemmi, Orlando Faonio, Veronica Ancora, Marco Tumino, Slageana Panici, Oana Balaj, Doris Florea, Eliza Radu)
GUBAHÁMORI
(Sándor Guba, Péter Hámori, Dávid Kulcsár)
RJZS Architects
(András Beke)
urban development expert:
Gábor Csaba Soóki-Tóth MRICS
mobility planning expert:
Dr. Dávid Földes
urban services and climate systems consultant:
ADES Engineering
(Elisabetta Spinozzi)
