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Title	Hungary
Creator.Persons	Makovecz, Imre, 1935-
Description	Many architects sought to encapsulate the aspirations of their countries in a High-tech pavilion "… to appear before the International community as a modern efficient country…" [official literature on the Spanish pavilion]. Some newly independent Eastern European countries sought their national roots, an understandable aim but with inherent dangers. Hungary's pavilion is a triumphant manifestation of such a search. The pavilion draws on the personal yet pan-European language of architecture that Makovecz has created since his student days in 1956. The hand-crafted timber, unworked tree trunks, scaly tiles and sculpted symbols have become the syntax of his work. The body of this structure rises like a slate-plated armadillo to a hill-top crowned by the 7 towers of a country church. They contain 40 bells to commemorate the Hungarian victory over the Turks in the Battle of Belgrade in 1456. This pre-Columbian defense of the west is the theme of the interior, where the base of the towers become huge faces of helmeted Magyar warriors, scowling eastwards. The great ribs over the interior conjure up the security of a medieval timber-framed hall. In the lighter western hall a dead oak 'an ancient symbol of life', extended its branches into the vaults above and its roots beneath the glass floor into a white hemisphere below
Subject.Persons	Makovecz, Imre, 1935-
Subject.Events	Exposicion Universal de 1992 (Seville, Spain)
Subject	Exhibition buildings Exhibitions
Location	Spain -- Seville
Title.Series	Expo '92, Seville
Collection Title	Architecture and Urban Planning (1800-present)
Publisher.Location	Oxford, England
Publisher	Icarus UK
Date.Published	c1993
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Full resolution	Volume7\48951863_01.jpg http://0-contentdm.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/fullres/Architecture_1800-_3/Volume7\48951863_01.jpg

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