d+a | Issue 115 • Apr/May 2020

79 the existing building and developing harmonious new components. Their solution was to connect a new level of concrete structures directly to the original brick exterior walls, using them as integrated parts to reinforce the load- bearing structures. A FORCED PAUSE, 2008 When the global financial crisis struck in 2008, the half-finished project was abandoned with a concrete skeleton, and the old mill once again lay dormant. After seven years, new clients were ready to implement the second phase, with the expertise to integrate renewable energy systems that conform to the nearly zero-energy building requirements in the European Union. Yet, the main vision of T2.a Architects had not changed. “During a strange but inspiring seven years of decay, we had time to think about the relationship between the old and new,” reflects Turányi. The new third floor, which lay unfinished in raw concrete, was intended to have an anthracite metal façade. This was reconceptualised as homogeneous purple clinker brick, forming an asymmetrical roof line that is graceful and understated. “We really wanted to strengthen the connection between the new and the original parts, not just structurally, but in the materiality as well,” says Turányi. SECOND PHASE, 2016 Developed as a rental housing project, Jazz Loft comprises of 42 units and three commercial-retail spaces, with varied layouts for two-room (40m²), three-room É Hévizi út Hunor utca Vörösvári út SITE PLAN JAZZ LOFT LOCATION Budapest, Hungary / COMPLETION 2019 / SITE AREA 8,350m 2 / BUILDING AREA 3,750m 2 / GROSS FLOOR AREA 6,250m 2 / ARCHITECT T2.a Architects / LEAD ARCHITECTS Gabor Turányi, Bence Turányi / DEVELOPER Merkapt Ltd. / CONTRACTOR Merkapt Ltd.