A World's Fair in Italy: Turin 1911

Györgyi, Dénes


Name:	Györgyi, Dénes
Gender:	Male
Birth:	April 25, 1886 Budapest (Hungary)
Death:	November 25, 1962 Balatonalmádi (Hungary)
Description:	Dénes Györgyi studied architecture at the Budapest Joseph Technical University, where he met fellow architect Kàroli Kós. With Kós, he founded the “Young Ones,” a group of young architects including Béla Jánszky and Dezső Zrumeczky. Inspired by the New Gothic language of Morris and Ruskin and by Scandinavian National Romanticism, the group explicitly evoked Hungarian Medieval traditions and folk spirit in their works. In 1910, Györgyi collaborated with Kós in the construction of the Városmajor Street Elementary School in Budapest, which included a daycare center, a school, and a pre-school. After Turin 1911, Györgyi participated in several other international expositions and created pavilions for the international exhibition in Barcelona (1929), the Brussels International Exposition (1935), and Paris’ Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937).
Structures:	Pavilion of Hungary Hungary is so modern in aesthetic expression and so jealous of its national traditions. The pavilion is the most striking in the International exhibition: austere in its exterior, beautiful and bizarre inside, this building of noble proportions and harmonious coloring ... is reminiscent of India and Persia ... and inspired by antique Hungarian motifs. (Melani, 289) Named “King’s Attila Tent-Palace,” the Hungarian Pavilion was unanimously considered the “Pearl of the Exposition” and praised for its ability to evoke a sense of motion in a perfectly geometric structure. The designers’ aim was to give visual expression to the power of the Hungarian military tradition, underscore its relevance to the present, and celebrate the strong and determinate nature of the Hungarian nation and its people. Made of wood, the Pavilion of Hungary combined the Romantic vision of the Tent-Palace of ancient king Attila with the Modernist inspiration of its stern cubic blocks. Harmoniously fused in the pavilion, Romantic echoes and Modernist traits are the defining elements of Hungarian functionalism. The building is a mirror of the lively social and cultural situation of the Hungarian nation, and particularly Budapest, during the first decade of the twentieth century. The Pavilion of Hungary was located on the left bank of the river Po, next to the Main entrance on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Orto Botanico (botanical gardens). It was designed by Hungarian architects Emil Tőry, Móric (Maurice) Pogány, and Dénes Györgyi. An eclectic building, combining Art Nouveau elements with the features of National Romanticism, it covered 6000 square meters, and was considered "the pearl of the exposition." Le Eposizioni di Roma e di Torino nel 1911 descritte ed illustrate (volume 4, January 1911, 31) described the building under construction as "una costruzione eminentemente caratteristica, con decorazioni cromatiche in maiolica" (a remarkably characteristic building with colorful maiolica decorations"). The Mostra Forestale Ungherese was located next to the Pavilion. Interpretive Essays National Romanticism and the Hungarian Pavilion The Hungarian Pavilion: Exterior The Hungarian Pavilion: Interior
Places:	Balatonalmádi (Hungary) Balatonalmádi is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary, situated on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. Budapest (Hungary) Budapest is the actual capital city of Hungary. Among Budapest''s important museums and cultural institutions are the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hungarian National Museum, the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, the Hungarian State Opera House the and National Széchényi Library. The central area of the city along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has many notable monuments, including the Hungarian Parliament, Buda Castle, Fisherman''s Bastion, and Gresham Palace.
Photographs:	Dénes Györgyi ritratto \| Dénes Györgyi portrait