俄罗斯Riviera公园

里维埃拉公园是索契市的第一个当代公共空间，由ab2.0事务所为大都会公司设计。 在苏联时期，里维埃拉海滩曾经是索契最受欢迎的海滩之一。随着时间的流逝，由于缺乏通往海滩所在的海角的舒适的步行路径，基础设施由于缺乏维护变得破旧不堪，只有来自附近房屋的当地居民，以及一些在那里训练的运动员，因习惯而继续来到这个地方。根据城市当局的发展计划，已经在索契河上架设了一座人行桥，并完成建设了合理的步行道，因此里维埃拉海滩的空间急需重新塑造。

The Riviera Park is the first contemporary public space in the city of Sochi designed by the architectural bureau ab2.0 for the Metropolis company. In the Soviet times, the Riviera beach used to be one of the most popular beaches in Sochi. With time passing by, due to the lack of comfortable walking trails to the cape where the beach is located, its infrastructure got dilapidated. Only local residents from the neighbouring houses, as well some athletes training there, continued coming to this place by force of habit. Following the global development plans of the city to erect a pedestrian bridge over the river Sochi and to create a proper walking trail, the territory of the Riviera beach was in need of a reinvention.

重建项目被分成两部分，在2020年完成了涵盖了海滨低区的第一个部分。公园的关键元素是一个木制的圆形剧场，可以俯瞰日落，并与一个24米长的瀑布式斜坡楼梯相结合，以及锻炼的场所。为该项目特别设计的小型建筑形式散布在场地周围。

The reconstruction project was split into two parts. In 2020 the changes covered the first project part in the lower zone of the seafront. The key elements of the park are a wooden amphitheatre overlooking the sunset and combined with a 24-meter cascade rampant staircase, and the sites for workout. Small architectural forms specially designed for the project are scattered around the territory.

由照明的多层木板塑造的圆形剧场被建筑师创造出来，作为公开讨论、表演的空间，或者作为冥想和观看海洋景观的地方。俯瞰日落的结构遵循古希腊竞技场的空间逻辑，太阳移动的轨迹预先决定了整个建筑的几何形状。这个地方被各种类型的绿植和谐地融入在一起，成为温暖季节里最受欢迎的地方。该项目的第一部分——一条具休闲氛围的高质量海滨线的开放，证明了这个城市是多么需要一个现代的公共空间：这个地方马上就成为索契的年轻人、游客和当地人非常喜欢的地方。2020年，"海滨"海滩根据其基础设施和受欢迎程度被命名为克拉斯诺达尔地区的第一号海滩。由于该项目，ab2.0事务所成功地恢复了这个空间。

The amphitheatre shaped by illuminated multilevel wooden panels was created by the architects as a space for open discussions, performances or as a place for meditating and watching the sea landscape. The structure overlooking the sunset follows the spatial logic of ancient Greek coliseums where the trajectory of the sun moving was predetermining the architectural geometry as a whole. This site, harmoniously added by groups of various types of grasses, has become the most popular spot during warm seasons. The opening of the first part of the project – the seafront line with a quality recreational development - proved how much the city needed a contemporary public space: the location has right away become extremely popular with the youth, tourists and locals in Sochi. In 2020 the Riviera beach was named Beach#1 in the Krasnodar region based on its infrastructure and popularity. Thanks to the project, the architectural bureau ab2.0 managed to revive this space making it famous again.

Riviera公园项目的第二部分在2021年开放。该项目旨在改造海滩的主要入口以及海滨的上层部分。建筑师们保留了长廊区，并恢复了公共花园。在主入口左侧的树荫下，分配了一个安静的休闲空间，这是游客们非常缺乏的。新的行政大楼为海滩上的游客提供了所有必要的设施，包括母婴室等市民需要的设施空间。而屋顶上设有观景区，有日光浴床，人们可以和家人或朋友一起休息，享受日光浴，欣赏日落或夜空的景色。

The second part of the Riviera park project was opened in 2021. The project was aimed to transform the main entrance to the beach as well as the upper part of the seafront. The architects preserved the promenade zone, made provisions for clearing the space from kiosks and revived the public garden. On the left from the main entrance in the shade of the trees a space was allocated for quiet recreation, which visitors had lacked so much. The new administrative building has all the necessary amenities for the beach visitors, including a mother and a child room. On its roof there is now a new scenery spot with sunbeds where one can have a rest with the family or a company of friends, sunbathe, enjoy the sunset or the view of the night skies.

设计师在开发公共花园时的另一个主要任务是保护现有的百年栗子树和柏树。我们决定用波浪形的花坛围绕它们，以呼应植被的轮廓。为了提供一条从公园入口到通往海滩的小路的最短路径，创建了两条新的宽阔的步行道，连接路线的关键节点，并在交叉点上建立了一个可饮水喷泉装置。

A major task for the architects while working on the development of the public garden was to preserve the existing hundred year old chestnut trees and cypresses. The decision was made to surround them with wave-shaped flowerbeds echoing the contours of the vegetation. To provide a shortest possible way  from the park entrance to the paths down to the beach two new wide walking paths were created connecting the routes’ key points. A fountain with drinkable water was erected at the crossing point.

通往公园不同区域的蜿蜒小路从两条主要的直路延伸开来。拐过主路，人们可以在围绕柏树而建的木制平台上安静地休息，在树荫下欣赏橄榄树的景色，或者在被繁茂的植被包围的长椅上休息一下。草和紫罗兰色花朵的主要组合，唤起了人们对海浪、海风的联想。建筑师专门为这个曲线型公园设计了特殊的长椅。

Winding paths leading to the different zones in the park spread from two main straight roads. Turning off the main path, one can have a rest in a quiet zone on the wooden podium erected around a cypress, enjoy the view of the olive tree in the shade or just chill out a bit on a bench surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. The dominating combination of grasses and violet colour flowers evoke the association with the sea waves, sea breeze and the wash of the sea. Exclusively for this curvilinear park, the architects designed special benches created based on their drawings in Moscow.

在入口处的右侧有一个露天展览空间，在那里专门为公园的开幕式展出了这个地区不同时期的历史照片。在未来，这些展品可能会被改变和补充。整个海滨的视觉形象是由其功能内容预先决定的。在它的基础上，我们发现自然材料（木材、水泥、玻璃）和主要色调，它们的对比性组合突出了该地区的独特性质。夜晚，户外照明系统照亮了海滨，除了使该地区在夜间舒适和安全之外，还最终完成了建筑概念的构成。明亮的灯光强调了自然和休闲的对象。

On the right from the entrance there is an open air exhibition space where different retro photos of this area dating back to different times were exhibited specially for the opening. In the future the exhibits might be changed and replenished. The visual image of the whole seafront is predetermined by its functional content. At its basis we find natural materials (wood, cement, glass) and main  colour shades, the contrasting combination of which highlights the unique nature of the territory. At night the seafront is lit up with the outdoor lighting system, which in addition to making the territory comfortable and safe at night finalizes the composition of the architectural concept. Bright light accents stress the natural and recreational objects.

根据计划，在2022年将完成整个海滨地区的全面重建，包括索契河的堤坝，从而允许创建一个新的环形步行路线。改善后的总面积将达到2.5公顷。

According to plan, in 2022 the full redevelopment of the whole Riviera seafront territory is to be finished, including the embankment of the Sochi river, thus allowing to create a new circled walking route. The total improved area will cover 2.5 hectares.

Project: The Riviera Park

Design Firm: ab2.0

Location: Russia