"The interior courtyards of the Hungária Spa (the pool courtyard and the restaurant terrace courtyard) are deep shaded spaces that evoke the atmosphere of a forest clearing with the dense shade planting. At night, this woodland environment takes on the image of an enchanted forest, where various artificial formations and creatures come to life with the help of night lighting. Conceptually, the focal point of the garden is a fairy-tale tree, bathed in purple light at night, whose spurs also emerge from the ground cover in other areas of the garden. In addition, small fireflies, also purple, are dotted at different heights to add to the fairytale-like quality of the garden. The basic idea is to replace the usual prefabricated lamps with individually designed "luminous sculptures", which are a conceptual expression of the garden and provide lighting for the garden. This idea is particularly important, as it aims to bring together custom-made, artistic elements and landscape architecture, which, in connection with the Hungária Baths, evokes the Art Nouveau period - not in form, of course, but in spirit. On the roof terrace, which is connected to the wellness area, a homogeneous planting of ornamental grasses forms the foreground of the roofs." - New Direction Group

Continental Hotel Budapest ****superior
Hungária fürdő, Bp., VII. Dohány utca 42.-44.

general designer: Petúr Stúdió - Péter Hegedűs, Nirmana - Péter Vékony
Újirány Group - UILA Ltd. - Árpád Kovács, Katalin Lukács, Dorottya Thurnay, Dominika Tihanyi

unique garden lighting:
Medence Csoport – Tóbiás Terebessy