ONCSA housing estates

In the Györgyfalvi district of Kolozsvár, twenty semi-detached houses were constructed in three standard types. Of Type “A” (two-room units), eight were built; of Type “B” (three-room units), six; and of Type “C” (also three-room units), another six buildings—resulting in a total of forty dwellings. All buildings were designed as single-storey semi-detached houses with gabled roofs running parallel to the street and generous gardens. As with other ONCSA* housing types, the only elaborately designed and distinctive element of the buildings is the entrance porch. In Kós’s designs, this appears as a pronounced arched form supported by columns, combined with refined timber roof structures.

The small residential quarter, laid out in a manner similar to the Wekerle estate, also included a school (designed by Ernő Deák and built on the neighboring Méhes Street [str. Albini], featuring a relief sculpture by Tibor Szervátiusz).

In Nagyiklód, five single-storey hipped-roof houses were built based on a single type plan. Conceived as minimal one-room-with-kitchen dwellings, they most closely resemble the Bukovina type designs developed a few years earlier. (Similar houses were built in the nearby village of Nima [Nema].)

In Monostor, by contrast, fifteen semi-detached houses were constructed, again in three types (three of which have since been demolished). The exact design responsibilities are not entirely clear; one source mentions the office of Elemér Moll as the designer.