On December 15, the Hungarian Chamber of Architects (MÉK) and the
Hungarian Association of Architects (MÉSZ) presented their joint diploma awards.
The MÉK–MÉSZ Diploma Award is one of the most important professional recognitions independent of universities, evaluating the work of outstanding designers graduating in the field of landscape architecture.
Grand Prize Winners – 2025
Architecture Category – Grand Prize
Marcell Jánosa
Széchenyi István University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Building Design
Supervisor: József Fodróczy
Thesis title: Revitalization of the 90-year-old Oladi lookout tower and its surroundings
Monument Protection Section – Diploma Award
Bence Temesvári
BME Faculty of Architecture, Department of Public Building Design
Supervisor: Péter Fejérdy DLA
Thesis title: Center on the Edge of the Village – Gerla, Wenckheim Castle
Department of Spatial and Urban Planning – Diploma Award
Vivien Sztabina
MATE Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art
MSc in Urban Planning
Supervisor: Judit G. Korompay DLA
Thesis title: The rebirth of Esztergom on the banks of the Little Danube
Landscape Architecture and Chief Landscape Architect Section – Grand Prize
Árpád Zsolt Bartha
MATE Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art
Department of Garden and Open Space Design
Supervisor: Balázs Almási PhD, DLA habil.
Thesis title: Open Space Design Plan for the Passageway of the Ruins Garden in Sepsiszentgyörgy
About the thesis…
Árpád Zsolt Bartha’s thesis deals with an area of downtown Sepsiszentgyörgy that was functionally uncertain, largely used as a parking lot, and had difficulty finding its place in the urban fabric. The situation of the area is particularly complex: historical layers, institutional environment, urban structural transitions, and intense conflicts of use are all present at the same time.
The greatest strength of the plan is that it provides a high-quality, professionally coherent, and sensitive response to these complex challenges. Rather than forcing new elements, it reinterprets the existing urban character to create a space that fits naturally into the surrounding urban fabric.
The thesis was written at the Department of Garden and Open Space Design of the Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art at the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences (MATE).
As a supervisor, this recognition is particularly important to me, as the MÉK–MÉSZ Diploma Award is not an internal institutional evaluation, but an independent, high-level professional assessment.
Congratulations to all the winners and participants!