Alongside the exhibition LIVING HUNGARIAN ARCHITECTURE – Borderless Nation-Building, on view at the Pesti Vigadó between September 25 and November 9, 2025, the Hungarian Academy of Arts, the Károly Kós Foundation, and the Mathias Corvinus Collegium are jointly organizing a conference. The conference Nation-Building – In the Footsteps of Imre Makovecz will focus on the enduring impact of Makovecz’s oeuvre and aims to evaluate the achievements of Hungarian organic architecture of the past fifteen years in a broader context.

PROGRAM

9:00 Opening address – Attila Turi, President of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
9:10 Presenting the oeuvre: Jonathan Glancey, curator of the Makovecz exhibition to be held at the Kunsthalle (Műcsarnok)
9:30 Processing and accessibility of the oeuvre: Pál Makovecz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Makovecz Foundation
9:50 Makovecz on the international stage: Lila Cohen (United States)
10:10 Veresegyház, Mézesvölgyi Primary School: Ferenc Cserháti, Mayor – László Zsigmond, architect

10:40 Coffee break

11:00 The Organic Modern: Aleksander Ostan (Slovenia)
11:30 Cluj-Napoca, Kaszoly, Adventure Park Visitor Center: Levente Szélyes, client – Csaba Müller, architect
12:00 Szigetszentmárton, Reformed Church: Gergely Kiss, pastor of the congregation – Sándor Czégány, architect

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Anthroposophical architecture today: Luigi Fiumara (Italy – Ukraine)
14:00 Gárdony, Életfácska Reformed Kindergarten, Istvánné Kelemen – architect: Bálint Terdik
14:30 Sacred Center of the Fiumei Road Cemetery: Gábor Móczár, Director General of the National Heritage Institute – László Kuli, architect

15:15 Coffee break

15:15 Göd, Búzaszem School: Szilárd Horváth, founder of the Búzaszem School – Ferenc Salamin, architect
15:45 Kaposmérő, Horse Archery Center: Lajos Kassai, horse archer – Ákos Sziklai, architect
16:15 Roundtable discussion on the current state and future prospects of the organic worldview: Lajos Kassai, Szilárd Horváth, László Zsigmond. Moderator: Gábor Erhardt, Head of the Architecture and Memory Workshop at MCC

17:00 Closing remarks – Ferenc Salamin, Head of the Architecture Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

Further information is available at: www.orszagepito.net

Organizers:
Károly Kós Foundation (KKA)
Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) – Architecture and Memory Workshop
Architecture Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA)

REGISTRATION:

Registration is available on the Hungarian site of the event, at the bottom of the page.