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Revival and completion \u2013 Building renovations within the framework of the KRAFT program<\/p>\n
Sgraffito House<\/p>\n
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Probably everyone that has even once visited K\u0151szeg has heard of the Sgraffito House and has admired it. It is not by coincidence that it forms a major element of the historic reconstruction of Jurisics Square and that of the line of houses opposite to the Town Hall. Additionally, it is a remarkable example of the fa\u00e7ade decoration technique it is named after. The building is mostly known for its special decoration and its inscription. The quotation inscripted on the building\u2019s wall derives from the secret motto of G\u00e1bor Medve \u2013 a friend of protagonist Benedek Both (BB) in \u2019School at the Frontier\u2019 written by G\u00e9za Ottlik. The quotation comes originally from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans.<\/p>\n
Considering its 17th-20th century history, besides the attribute \u2018Sgraffito\u2019, many further names can be mentioned.\u00a0 It could be called the House of Surgeons as it was owned by several local barbers between the second half of the 1600s and the first decade of the 1800s (Bien, Salamon, Haasz, Baumann families).<\/p>\n
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Furthermore, it could be also called the House of Love as we know two owners from the 18th<\/sup> century, love life (debauchery) of whom caused indignation within the moral community of the town. One of the residents once living in the House was Andr\u00e1s Schlamatinger appointed as temporary mayor of the district in 1849 and he also functioned as servants\u2019 judge (iudex nobilium). From 1861 \u2013 for the first time in the history of the county \u2013 a civil person held the position of the first vice-isp\u00e1n of Vas county. After retirement, he held the prestigious position of director of the Savings Bank of K\u0151szeg. However, he proved to be very unpopular and he was insulted several times in the Main Square of the town in the 1830s.<\/p>\n From 1973 the Sgraffito House functioned as the \u201cYouth House\u201d where several events, concerts and dancing parties were organized. In its lower half, known as \u201cGarabonci\u00e1s\u201d, serving alcohol to young people was prohibited for a long time.<\/p>\n Its upstairs rooms operate now as the Library of iASK. As a result of renovation, elegant work stations have been installed for researchers in the attic of the building ensuring respect for monument protection regulations and at the same time meeting the most demanding contemporary requirements.<\/p>\n The economic and aesthetic design can be exemplary as far as similar historic buildings gaining new functions are concerned. Within the framework of the current reconstruction, the vaulted passage also gained a new form of common use by the restaurant downstairs and the Institute. Thus, the historical development of the building together with the prospective conversion of the loft located above the passage will be more feasible.<\/p>\n One of the major challenges for monument restorers was to restore the well-known sgraffito technique. They faced the so-called classic problem of \u201crestoration of restoration\u201d.\u00a0 This action must be taken from time to time, which can be attributed to the specific trait of the sgraffito technique and its poor resistance to conditions. The edges produced when \u201ccarving\u201d the upper layer of the coatings of differing colors are less resistant to the freeze-thaw cycle (that might occur even more than once during a winter day) that is very common in our climate. Renovation works were completed and the classic sgraffito technique \u2013 previously documented and presented in a degraded condition during restoration process \u2013 was recreated while preserving the \u201coriginal\u201d decoration elements and patterns. Thus, the original surfaces underneath the uniformly designed fa\u00e7ade were preserved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sgraffito House:<\/p>\n Investor: Local government of K\u0151szeg<\/p>\n Architectural planning: Katalin Sz. Sop\u00e1r<\/p>\n Interior design: G\u00e1bor Gyurkovics \u2013 interior designer, Falco Sopron B\u00fator Kft. \u2013 interior design contractor<\/p>\n General construction: Sz\u00e1rnyas\u00e9p Kft.<\/p>\n Cultural heritage authority: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Jan Bodovics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Building renovations within the framework of the KRAFT program. Probably everyone that has even once visited K\u0151szeg has heard of the Sgraffito House and has admired it. It is not by coincidence that it forms a major element of the historic reconstruction of Jurisics Square and that of the line of houses opposite to the Town Hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,109,67,38,1,238,107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/archive.iask.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/konyvtar-1024x333.jpg\")
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