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The Inner-City Passage System in Budapest and the Post-Socialist Transformation of the Cityscape: Three Projects in the Framework of Late-Socialist Phantasmagories

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The paper investigates three projects of the Hungarian state design firm BUVÁTI: the Inner-City Shopping Centre, the Fontana department store and the Kígyó Passage, interpreting these works as mock-ups of capitalism, where a socialist society could practice and act out consumerism. Designed and built to converge towards a part-imagined West, these phantasmagorical visions of capitalism […]

Source: Architektúra & urbanizmus

DOI: 10.31577/archandurb.2025.59.1-2.2

Author: Gyöngyvér R. Győrffy

Institution: Technische Universität Berlin

Language: English

Topic: Architecture, Modernity, and Design

Subfield: Architecture

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $215