They've decided to get one of their own, designed by the Japanese architect, Sou Fujimoto, who also did the Serpentine Gallery's pavilion in 2013.
I love the idea of a cosy corner of Budapest devoted to art and music and design. That's not what Budapest wanted though.
They want big, and modern, and big!
I can't find much info on the Liget Projekt in English, so I have translated (badly) a section about the plans from the website:
"The Budapest ‘Liget’ project is aimed at renewing and developing the entire City Park complex between 2014 and 2018. During the project, the green park area will be increased, and new cultural institutions and recreational opportunities are to be expanded. Thanks to this project, the City Park and its surroundings - currently known throughout Europe as a tourist and culture destination - will become a key cultural leisure park.
The museum quarter of 2018 consists of five new buildings and the City Park: the New National Gallery-Ludwig Museum, the Ethnographic Museum, the House of Hungarian Music, the Budapest Museum of Photography and the Hungarian Architecture Museum. Operating under the Budapest ‘Liget’ Project is a collection of cooperating institutions that mesh together to provide a diverse European ranking and a place in which to spend quality leisure time.
In addition to the construction of the museum quarter, a comprehensive renewal of the park will take place after the call for landscaping proposals in 2015. The park is a green site and the concrete roads that currently cross the park will disappear, leading to an open green park area - growing by 60-65%. The park’s new recreational facilities and new services will be developed: there are plans to include a floodlit running circuit and new sports fields, playgrounds and bike stations.
Under the project existing institutions, including the Circus, the Zoo, the Museum of Transport and the Vajdahunyad Castle, will also be developed. As part of the investment, the old run-down and derelict Szabolcs Street hospital will also be renewed, and the National Museum Storage and Restoration Centre will be built under the framework of brown-belt investment which is in line with current international trends. The merged institutions of the museum quarter institutions will be allow the reinstatement and opening up of new green areas."
More info and wild dreams found here: http://www.ligetbudapest.org/index.php
