Laki Ábel

Architecture MA
supervisor
Marián Balázs
masterwork

Revitalisation of Railway Line 78

The starting point of my masterwork is inspired by the disparity of the urban-rural dynamics. Rural resident are not in charge of their physical environment, and the reason for that can be attributed as much to the subordinate role of rural areas as to the difficult access to services and resources. I believe that free access to basic services is a fundamental human right that ideally should be available to everyone, both in urban and rural areas. In my project, I am making an attempt to facilitate this access for residents of small rural settlements. To achieve this, I strive to identify and reinterpret local features that lie outside of the focus of economic and power interests. Therefore I work with the infrastructure of railway branch lines. With minor modifications, these currently underutilised railway lines could potentially accommodate any missing services.
consultant
Marián Balázs
opponent
Hámori Péter
thesis

Endogenous Development Opportunities in Rural Areas

Frameworks for evaluating rural development with an economic and social focus, the main physical and discursive markers of rural research

The conceptual and research foci outlined by various branches of rural science, as well as their delineations, represent an incredibly diverse array of data. The thesis aims to explore as many characteristic trends from the literature on rural areas as possible. The goal is to summarise the main findings in a supporting resource that serves as the foundation of on-site research. The overview samples literature covering significant changes that have occurred in rural research since the 1980s up to the present day. Its main focus areas, in addition to defining what a rural area is, include the definition competition, the influential theory of cultural economics, and broader interpretations such as the possibilities of endogenous development and the concept of attachment to a place.
consultant
"Schmidt Andrea Csurgó Bernadett"
opponent
Kiss Márta