The Rovás Gallery in Košice (Alžbetina 42.) is located in the heart of the city, just a block away from the Košice ring boulevard. The gallery, founded by the artist Ottó Szabó, has recently become increasingly open to architectural themes. Our exhibition was therefore also part of the Košice Spring Architecture Days program series initiated by Péter Pásztor, alongside exhibitions such as the “Vadász” architects or the exhibition of the works of “Imre Makovecz”.
Hungarian and Slovak guests, such as the main Architect of Košice Petr Kropp, the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Košice University of Technology, Richard Kitta or the Forster Gyula Award-winning architect Ján Krcho (János), were also present at the opening of the exhibition.
The guided tour through the exhibition was both in Hungarian and in Slovak. Máté Tamáska said that even the local historians did not know much about the existence of the Košice Boulevard before the project. Only old maps and street names reminded its existents. However, despite the fact that a significant part of the houses on the ring boulevard have been demolished and the route has lost its role in the urban structure, it is still today a significant cultural heritage. An example of this is the street Moyzesova running in the immediate vicinity of the Rovás Gallery, which has almost completely preserved its original design. The promenade is running in the middle, the public representative public buildings shows the word of the turn of the century.
You can find a short film about the opening (in Hungarian):
Reports (EN, SK):