Hagymaház, Cultural center and theatre in Makó, Hungary.
Hagymaház is a cultural centre and theatre on Posta utca in central Makó, built in 1998 to Imre Makovecz's designs on the site of the 1936 modernist onion producers' hall. The organic building has four towers and stands out among the town's buildings; it holds a theatre hall and event spaces.
The onion growers' association of Makó and its region had the first Hagymaház built in 1936 on the Posta utca as a headquarters and sales hall, designed by Csapó Heim József. From 1945 it hosted cultural and political events, and in October 1949 it reopened with an exclusively cultural role, inaugurated by a guest performance of the Szeged State Theatre. The building deteriorated by the 1980s, and in 1998 Imre Makovecz's new four-towered structure replaced it on the same plot.
The name comes from the onion growers' association that built the first hall in 1936; the onion market hall itself never opened as planned. Since October 1949 the building has served only cultural purposes, opened with a guest performance by the Szeged State Theatre and named after the poet József Attila.
The Hagymaház stands on Posta utca in Makó's city centre, near the former Návay Lajos school. The 1998 building was contracted to be finished by 20 August 1998, with a budget of 293 million forints, 210 million of it state-funded. The theatre hall and outdoor stage host separate programmes, so check which space a given event uses.
The 1998 building was designed by Imre Makovecz, whose collaboration with Makó began with this commission after the city won a 1996 government tender to replace its unsafe cultural venue. The Ferroép Zrt. led construction, with several Makó subcontractors, to a deadline of 20 August 1998.
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