The architecture of Hungarian schools as a tool for forming the national identity. 1909-1927

Abstract

School architecture in Hungary is seen as an important tool in the formation of this young nation. The Hungarian school was called upon to educate a “new citizen” and a “good Hungarian”, forming in children the image of their beloved Motherland. The history of rural and metropolitan school construction in Hungary at the beginning of the 20th century is briefly overviewed. The little-known Hungarian experience of implementing large-scale state school construction programs, carried out with the involvement of the best architects, is interesting as a background against which the peculiarities of the Russian school architecture at the turn of the century stands out more clearly.