Vágóhíd Street is located in the ’rust belt’ of Budapest. Local urban fabric has gone through many organic changes that transformed the route primarily serving industrial activities into a vehicle-oriented bypass to a dense residential area – leaving the street with many identities.
Following the inquiry of local inhabitants our multidisciplinary team came up with a solution that celebrates the coexistence of these many identities. While keeping the collector road role but reducing through traffic and kerbside parking the street was able to accomodate a linear greenery with 111 new trees, an accessible sidewalk with intermittent social hubs and a separate safe cycle path with all necessary service elements.
We believe that this redistribution of the urban space (cross section) that truly reflects the inhabitants needs’ is the best way to create a cherished neighborhood, while we did not underestimate the power of aesthetics either - selecting harmonizing street furniture set and a coherent planting plan was also a priority.
The layout of the street gone through many changes to became a residental area but keeping many elements of the previous functions it still remains heterogen.
