NATIONAL ARCHIVES STORE - National Széchényi Library

NATIONAL ARCHIVES STORE

Function:

 Repository for archives

Year:

2018 – 2019

Gross floor area:

11 000 m2

Location:

Piliscsaba, Hungary

National Széchényi Library

The archives store of the National Széchényi Library was built at Piliscsaba in the area of the Iosephinum.

This is the repository of written Hungarian national heritage. The mass of the building forms a book.

The dominant item on the façade is a closure of leaf form, which refers to the forest-leafwood processing-paper-book process, shows the affinity with the forest that guards the solitary building, and its lace-work represents the passing of time and the ageing of materials and paper.