Post-war inflation eroded the foundation’s resources, and the ruler even halted construction work that had already begun. However, the Hungarian Reformer opposition kept the case of Ludovika on the agenda, and the idea of creating a force for a modern bourgeois nation evolved. In 1829, the Ludovika Foundation, which was growing thanks to donations, purchased the Orczy Garden, where and on the adjacent plot provided free of charge by the City Council of Pest, a beautiful and prestigious classicist-style academic building was completed by 1836 in accordance with the plans of Mihály Pollack. In the same year, new Emperor Ferdinand V approved the law on the foundation of Count John Buttler.
