Buildings of former BM Hospital on Bajza Street demolished

March 20, 2021 at 6:00 PM

The buildings' demolition on the plot on the corner of Bajza Street and Városligeti Avenue is in full swing. The building complex was closed in 2007. New buildings for the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monument Protection Documentation Centre will be constructed on the plot.

The buildings at 9–13 Városligeti Avenue have stood empty for fourteen years. The earliest structure of the complex, the former Fasor Sanatorium at 9 Városligeti Avenue, was built in 1887 following Zsigmond Quittner's plans. János Glück also designed a sanatorium building for no. 11 in 1887, while the Grünwald Sanatorium opened at no. 13 in 1893. The Walter Villa, designed by József Fischer at 10 Bajza Street and completed in 1936, only became part of the hospital complex after nationalisation in 1949

The building of the Fasor Sanatorium in 1925 (Photo: FSZEK Budapest Collection)

The building complex was expanded later. In 1949 it became the Ottó Korvin Hospital and provided health care for law enforcement agencies. By 1951, it had been developed into a 200-bed hospital with internal medicine, surgery, and gynaecology departments. It was later merged with the Honvéd Clinic next to the hospital. From 1984 it was known as the Specialist Clinic and Central Hospital for the Ministry of the Interior's Institutions. The institution was closed in 2007, and the buildings on the huge plot have been vacant ever since.

After several unrealized ideas for the utilization of the buildings, a final decision was reached in 2017. The Hungarian Museum of Architecture, maintained by the Hungarian Academy of Arts, will move into the former BM Hospital complex and be expanded into the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monument Protection Documentation Centre.

The BM Korvin Ottó Hospital in 1970, 9–13 Városligeti (Gorky) Avenue (Photo: Fortepan/No.: 74329)

The complex was transferred to the Hungarian Academy of Arts in 2018. Plans stated that the complex would be remodelled and made suitable for the immense task of maintaining and exhibiting collections connected to the historical monuments of Hungary.

However, nothing happened to the buildings for years. Recently, machines appeared in the area, and the demolition of the buildings in the complex built after 1945 began. However, it is unknown exactly what kind of building(s) will be built to replace the demolished structures.

Cover photo: Former BM hospital, the building has been demolished (Photo: Google Streetview)

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