Vilmos Csutak Residence, Sepsiszentgyörgy

During the 1920s, Kós designed numerous small villas similar to the Csulak Villa. Located near the city center in a garden setting, the villa with its surrounding porches has an upper storey that virtually disappears within the steep roof form. Porches directly connected to the living spaces were a defining feature of Kós’s villa designs of this period, which were typically commissioned by members of the intellectual middle class—in this case, a physician.

The villa, constructed in a relatively economical and traditional manner, introduced a program for a comfortable and artistic home adapted to modern life in a semi-rural urban environment. Kós’s publication The Art of the Dwelling House (1928) sought in advance to shape public taste in favor of applying model designs similar to the Csulak Villa, suitable for both rural and urban contexts.

The covered terrace was soon glazed in. The building suffered significant damage during the war and underwent several alterations from the 1960s onward, including the addition of an extra storey. Today, the original villa can be identified only with difficulty within the heavily transformed structure.