Until the early 20th century, the slopes of the Buda side of the capital (Budapest), that is, the hillside of the area called Óbuda used to be lined by vine rows. From the second half of the century on, viticulture started to wane and the vine rows were replaced by small plots and weekend properties proliferating there and, from the 1990s on, a growing number of detached houses were built there. The only reminder of the former vineyards is the typical ?belt-shaped? plots: the narrow, long plots have often been divided into two, an upper part next to the street delimiting the plot and a lower one back in the plot.

© Tamás Bujnovszky

Architects: Tóth Project Architect Office

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Architects In Charge: László Tóth, László Papp, Frigyes Schalling, Péter Schmidt
Area: 451.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Tamás Bujnovszky

© Tamás Bujnovszky

From the architect. Until the early 20th century, the slopes of the Buda side of the capital (Budapest), that is, the hillside of the area called Óbuda used to be lined by vine rows. From the second half of the century on, viticulture started to wane and the vine rows were replaced by small plots and weekend properties proliferating there and, from the 1990s on, a growing number of detached houses were built there. The only reminder of the former vineyards is the typical ?belt-shaped? plots: the narrow, long plots have ...