New Transport Museum, Budapest

Project summary

The new Transport Museum is being built at the former Északi Járműjavító in Budapest, turning a brownfield into a cultural landmark. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with M‑Teampannon, it preserves the historic Diesel Hall and adds a glass‑and‑steel extension merging exhibition and context. Highlights include rolling‑stock exhibits breaking through the façade, amphitheatre foyers, and public spaces connecting interior and city. Landscape design recalls transport history with tracks, plantings, and an evolving ecological park.

ABUD supported the project by providing LEED design stage consultancy and energy modeling, for acquiring the LEED v4 BD+C New Construction certification.

Awards & recognition

  • First prize in international architecture competition for the Transport Museum project (Diller Scofidio + Renfro with M‑Teampannon, 2019)
  • Media Építészeti Díj (Large‑Scale Projects Special Prize, Graphisoft digital planning award) awarded 2023–2024
Year

2019

(international competition with award in February 2019, since design + development into 2023)

Client

M‑Teampannon Ltd.

Gross area

~49 700 m² exhibition and public space

Partners & Lead Designers

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (New York, lead)

M‑Teampannon Kft. (local partner, Ybl‑prize winning architect Tamás Noll)

What We Did

LEED design stage consultancy and energy modeling

 

Read more about the project on M-Teampannon’s website

New Transport Museum

Image: M-Teampannon

New Transport Museum

Image: M-Teampannon

New Transport Museum

Image: M-Teampannon

New Transport Museum

Image: M-Teampannon