The Riviera Park, Sochi by ab2.0

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ab2.0：里维埃拉公园 (Riviera Park) 是索契首个现代公共空间，由architectural bureau ab2.0操刀设计。在苏联时代，里维埃拉海滩曾是索契最受欢迎的海滩之一。时过境迁，由于海滩所在的海角缺乏舒适的步行道，其基础设施变得破旧不堪。只有附近的当地居民和一些在那训练的运动员，出于习惯会继续到访。根据索契市的全球发展计划，索契河上要修建一座步行桥，并建立一条适宜的步道，里维埃拉海滩区域将会得到更新改造。

ab2.0: 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.

▼露天剧场鸟瞰 Aerial view of wooden amphitheatre

重建项目分为两个部分，第一个部分是2020年对海滨较低区域的更新改造。海滨公园的主要特色是一个可以俯瞰日落的木制露天剧场，剧场与24米长的阶梯以及健身场地相结合，专门为项目而设计的小型建筑散布在场地各处。

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.

露天剧场由多层木制照明板构成，它被作为开放讨论、表演或者冥想和观赏海景的地方来使用。可以观赏日落的建筑遵循了古希腊竞技场的空间逻辑，太阳运动的轨迹预先决定了整个建筑的几何结构。这块种植了多样草种的场地，已成为索契暖季时期最受欢迎的地方。

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.

▼木质剧场 A wooden amphitheatre

项目的第一部分是具有高品质休闲娱乐功能的海滨线，它的开放证明了这座城市对现代公共空间的迫切需求：因为这里迅速地受到了青年、游客和当地人的喜爱。2020年，基于里维埃拉海滩的基础设施和人气度，这片海滩被称作克拉斯诺达尔地区 (Krasnodar region) 的第一海滩。多亏了区域振兴计划，architectural bureau ab2.0设法恢复了这片空间的活力，使它再次声名远播。

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.

▼主入口 Entrance

里维埃拉公园项目的第二部分于2021年开放，项目旨在改造海滩的主入口和海滨的上部区域。建筑师们保留了长廊区，为售货亭清理空间做了准备，并复苏了公共花园。在主入口左侧，树荫下的空地供游人安静地休息，这正是游客所需要的。新的后勤楼为海滩上的游客提供了必要的便利设施，里面带有一间母婴室。大楼的屋顶上是一处新的风景点，放有日光浴床，人们可以在这里和家人朋友们一起休息、晒太阳、欣赏落日或者夜空。

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.

重建公共花园的一项主要任务就是保护现有的百年栗树和柏树，波浪形的花坛围绕着古树，与植被的轮廓相呼应。为了使公园入口到海滩的距离最短，两条新的宽阔步道连接了其间的关键节点。在两条路的交错点处，有一供应饮用水之处。

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.

▼公共花园 The public garden

公园中各个区域的蜿蜒小路从两条主路延伸而来，主干道之外，人们可以在柏树周围的木质平台上安静地休息，在树荫下欣赏橄榄树的景色，或者在植被茂盛的长凳上放松。草本与紫罗兰色的花朵组合，唤起了海浪、海风与海水冲刷的低语。建筑师们基于其设计图纸，专门为这个曲线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.

▼专为公园设计的特殊长椅 The special benches designed for this curvilinear park

入口右侧有一个露天展览空间，在开放日展示了当地不同时期的怀旧老照片，展品将来有可能会被更新和补充。整个海滨的视觉形象由其功能内容所决定，在此基础上，以天然材料（木材、水泥、玻璃）和主色调对比组合，突出了当地的独特气质。夜间时分，海滨采用室外照明系统，使场地除了在夜晚具备舒适度和安全性之外，还最终确定了建筑理念，明亮的灯光突出了自然和休闲场所。

根据计划，里维埃拉海滨地区的全面重建将于2022年完成，包括索契河堤岸部分，进而建立起一条新的环形步行路线。改造后的总面积为2.5公顷。

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.

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.

▼海滨夜间照明 The outdoor lighting system