The existing and the new building were provided with identical geometry to form a single composition unit. While the height of the DEM is fulfilled in a pierced grid structure, the Super Computer Centre building reaches the same height through a decisive north closure wall. The two buildings respond to each other’s basic structural principles in a refined way. The two “cubes” use their joint strength to define a decisive spatial direction on the campus, giving it further spatial dynamics.
The building was created using reserved, cost-effective, simple materials. A relief was added to the main façade to present the building’s functions.
Super computer centre, Debrecen, Hungary
Program: university building
Architects: Napur Architect (Marcel Ferencz Habil)
Structure: Ferenc Pap
Engineering: Géza Porosz
Electricity: Provill Kft.
Contractors: Nadép Kft., Banktrade Banktechnika Kft., Inter-Computer-Informatika Számítástechnikai Kft.
Total cost: 650,000,000 €
Area: 400 sqm
Completion: July 2015