罗安达湾滨海景观，安哥拉 / COSTA LOPES and LANDPLAN

The Bay of Luanda gave rise to the urban and architectural waterfront of the capital of Angola and is one of its main foundational patterns. Over time, it has been the most important public space of the city and the social and economic epicentre of the country. Through time, the waterfront attached the downtown neighbourhood and afterwards the major urban networks and expansion routes. Given the current and fast transformation of Luanda downtown, the new Waterfront seeks to protect the urban pattern legitimized by its history. It restructures a vast extension of the urban front and revitalizes its public dimension, which, in a way, had disappeared.

▼ 鸟瞰， 绵延的城市沿海界面；bird view，a vast extension of the waterfront

3500m长、占地510 000m²的新城市公园取代旧的海滨长廊为罗安达的公共生活提供支持，并将其活力辐射到周围其他公共空间中去。

With about 3 500m long and 510 000m² of intervention surface on new landfills, the old promenade becomes a large urban park to support the vitality of Luanda public life. And, by capillarity, the new waterfront is supposed to contaminate the adjacent public spaces and, from these, the other ones through the city.

▼ 与城市公共空间连为一体，connecting to urban public spaces

设计在配备新的基础设施之外还增加了新的植被系统，一系列与城市公共空间相连的广场以及人行与自行车道，为市民集会、休闲、运动提供空间，为市政设备、设施提供场所。它的存在让更广泛的社会互动成为可能，并且促进了娱乐和文化活动的发展。

The intervention, apart new infrastructures, comprises a new green layer with trees, bushes and grass, a set of squares connected with the public space system of the city, and pedestrian and bike paths. It has places for civic meetings and places to rest, areas for sport activities, new urban services, equipment and furniture. It enables greater social interaction and boosts recreational and cultural activity.

▼ 海滨长廊，promenade

▼ 绿化，greenery

▼ 活动场所，activity spaces

罗安达海滨公园尺度巨大，它是赞扬市民生活和城市历史的纪念场所，是最具代表性、最富意义、最饱含魅力的所在。

In this context, the new Luanda Bay Waterfront has a monumental scope. It is a monument that celebrates the city in the most representative, meaningful and charismatic space of its collective life and history.

▼ 夜景，night view

▼ 图纸，drawings

COSTA LOPES architects与景观设计公司Landplan合作设计的罗安达湾滨海景观入选UIA支持下由韩国建筑学会主办的“2015建筑一百”展览。总部位于安哥拉首都罗安达的COSTA LOPES architects由Alexandre和António Costa Lopes两兄弟创建。他们是安哥拉乃至非洲建筑学振兴的见证者和参与者。 With Luanda Bay Waterfront, COSTA LOPES architects (with landscape office Landplan) was selected for the exhibition “100 Architects of the Year 2015”, organized by the Korean Institute of Architects (KIA) with the support of the International Union of Architects (UIA). COSTA LOPES architects is an office based in Luanda (Angola, Africa), founded by Alexandre and António Costa Lopes, both brothers and born in Lobito. The office takes part of Angola’s and Africa’s architectural awakening. It believes in open designs, anchored in local cultures, amplified by world resources and rooted in the ethics that allows public space and collective happiness.

Architects: COSTA LOPES with LANDPLAN Location: Luanda, Angola (Africa) 8°48’35.0″S 13°13’44.1″E Area: 510 000 sqm Project Year: 2010-2013 Photographs:Manuel Correia, Helder Santos/Jular