Agape

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Publication: Scientific Students’ Associations (SSA) 2020 Barna Berzsák Levente Szabó DLA TDK (SSA) II. Prize OMDK (National Conference of Scientific Students’ Associations ) Special Prize https://tdk.bme.hu/EPK/DownloadPaper/Agape

The proposal for the re-use of the Ferenchalmi chapel belonging to the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta was to create a community space that can provide room for the social workers of the association to host team-building events. Due to the history of the chapel and the association’s religious character, we decided to keep its original function as a church, adding new functional layers to it. The focal point of our plan was not on designing a detailed building, but on the process by which the building could be constructed. We imagined the renewal to be executed in three stages that are all low-cost, simple to make, community-built and sustainable. The centre of the community space will be a summer kitchen, which could be used for summer camps built by community members, with additional rooms and a gallery.