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Photos: This is what the new Hungarian Transport Museum will look like
Hungarian cities carry not only a rich history but also a contemporary message expressed through the language of architecture, said the State Secretary for Architecture at the Ministry of Construction and Transport (ÉKM) on Friday in Debrecen, during the award ceremony for the architectural design competition of the new Transport Museum.
Creators of future
Regő Lánszki, the national chief architect, added that unveiling the results of the museum’s architectural competition also celebrates a fresh national urban development vision—one that breaks away from the reflex that all major institutions must be located in Budapest.
They are celebrating an approach “that finally sees the country as a whole, not in terms of a centre versus periphery divide, but as a connected network of cities,” the secretary emphasised according to the Hungarian News Agency.
He explained this concept is not a local exception but a nationwide shift. It recognises that regional cities are not just guardians of their past but creators of their future, and alongside preservation, there is a need for bold new urban symbols and iconic buildings.
New Hungarian Transport Museum near Debrecen
The invited architectural competition for the Hungarian Transport Museum, which will be built in Debrecen, was won by the design submitted by DAW Építész Stúdió Kft., announced at the ceremony.
Regarding the winning design, Regő Lánszki commented that the building will be “at once contemporary and restrained, capable of being modern without alienating, continuing the landscape rather than overshadowing it, (…) creating a new emblem that blends into its surroundings while remaining recognisable from afar, and not merely a museum, but the first visible statement of this new national mindset.”
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“This building will not only become a new symbol for Debrecen but will also serve as the opening statement of this new national outlook,” he said, noting that this message will resonate beyond Budapest—in Bratislava (Pozsony), Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), Bucharest, Warsaw, Copenhagen, and Athens.
Lánszki pointed out that the Hungarian Technical and Transport Museum—along with the Natural Science Museum—will not be local institutions, but attractions drawing both Hungarians and international visitors to spend days in Debrecen.
