Professors and students from our faculty will participate in the World Expo, which will be hosted by Osaka. The event called UNI.CO.RE will be held on April 28, 2025, with two programs in the Hungarian Pavilion.

The aim of the UNI.CO.RE symposium is to present Japanese-Hungarian university research and collaborations reflecting on the message of the Expo in connection with the themes of "Co-creating Cultures for the Future, Historical heritage, local community revitalisation", with the participation of teachers and students from Obuda University and Osaka University.

The Symposium is divided in the following three main sections:

In the "UNI" panel, the joint and wider international cooperation projects of the architecture faculties of the two universities and their results will be discussed.

One of the components of the “CO” panel is the “I-CO”, namely the individual and the community, information technology and communication, innovation and cooperation, object and urban, part and whole. As well as the community planning of the city of the future, along innovative urbanistic principles and greenfield sustainable development experiments. The other is the "E-CO"(ecology, economics, ergonomics) the application of a sustainable, ecological approach, the introduction of the related technologies, structures and materials and their integration into the plans, and their implementation in a sober, economical form.

The "RE" panel analyses projects created in the areas of architectural paradigm-shifting experiments and research (RE_SEARCH) and (adaptive) revitalization of built heritage (RE_USE).

Symposium will be moderated by Dr. Viktória Sugár, the Vice-Rector for Sustainability and Strategic Developments at Obuda University, whose main research interests are the rehabilitation of historic districts, sustainable architecture and climate-neutral urban development.

Senior lecturer will be Prof. Michihiro Kita, Professor of Architectural and Urban Design of Osaka University, Board Member of Graduate School of Engineering, Senior Advisor to the President, and Board Member of Osaka University Press, joined by Prof. Dr. Györgyi Csontos DLA Ybl and Pro Architektura Award-winning architect, professor at the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture of Obuda University.

Participants:
Dr. Miwa Sugita, special-appointed associate professor at Osaka University
Dr. Emiko Itami, associate professor at the Graduate School of Engineering
Osaka University
Dr. Takashi AOKI, researcher of the Urban planning & Design
Dr. Dukwoo Kim, architect
Dr. Alaa Alsherfawi Aljazaerly, interdisciplinary urban researcher
Marcell Bálint Nánási, architect, doctoral student at Obuda University
Hanna Szenner, MSc student in architecture
Students of Osaka University

The other segment of the event will be the international presentation of the book titled Historical Tenements of Pest: Styles, Patterns, Evolution by the two authors.

Dr. Viktória Sugár and Prof. Michihiro Kita, have a joint research relationship of more than 15 years, within the framework of which architecture students from Osaka University have visited Budapest several times, where they held joint workshops, surveys and exhibitions on the architectural and cultural heritage of Inner-Erzsébetváros together with students of the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture. The further development of the topic and the complex energetic rehabilitation of the aforementioned area became the topic of Viktória Sugár's doctoral dissertation, which she defended at Osaka University in 2020. The typology-based research of apartment buildings and the idea of publishing the book were born at this time.

The tenement houses, constructed in large numbers around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, not only provided homes for the people who settled here but also stand as a testament to the city's evolution, reflecting both the architectural ideals and social conditions of the time. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the architectural and historical significance of tenement buildings, highlighting their key characteristics and values worth preserving.

The book aims to provide a valuable and professional overview in a richly illustrated format to identify the values of tenement buildings, their conservation, and potential future modernization. It can serve as both a handbook and a textbook for architects, decision-makers, investors, and all those who feel a responsibility for preserving Budapest’s distinctive built heritage.

The programme is funded by the Ministry of Construction and Transport.