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架构师提供的文本描述。你是如何在一条狭小的海滩和一条长廊之间，在一片肮脏的、被忽视的海岸上创造一种位置感的呢？这是繁荣景观面临的挑战，与Cityf rster合作，当时我们被Durr s市长委托在滨水建筑工地设计一个新的公共空间-碎片飞尖。委员会的明确目标是在改善阿尔巴尼亚有时遭受虐待的海岸线的全国运动中提供鼓舞人心的变革。

Text description provided by the architects. How do you create a sense of place on a dirty, neglected stretch of coast between a small strip of beach and a promenade? This was the challenge facing BOOM Landscape, in partnership with Cityförster, when we were commissioned by the mayor of Durrës to design a new public space on the site of a waterfront building-debris fly-tip. Explicit in the commission was the ambition to provide an inspiring transformation in the context of a national campaign to improve Albania’s sometimes mistreated coastline.

这个国家的亚得里亚海岸由一系列的斗篷和海湾组成，这给我们提供了创建一个人造迷你披风作为当地地标的想法。从现场本身的线索来看，我们建议增加更多的瓦砾，形式是从德雷斯山上采掘的当地石料；这创造了一个基地，在此基础上，由当地沙子和骨料制成的乳白色混凝土上层建筑，形成了缓缓下降的梯田的浮雕景观。这座人造半岛既有立竿见影的地质构造，也有圆形剧场的座位，可以俯瞰东南部的德雷斯港，而后面则是一大片与海滨长廊相连的铺砌空间。为了使这一相当大的表面积充满活力，根据当地的铺路技术，使用了两种不同的地方石头，一种是光，另一种是深色，这样，当从空中看到时(或在谷歌地图上)，字母D U R R E S就会被拼出。

The country’s Adriatic shore comprises a succession of capes and bays, which gave us the idea of creating an artificial mini cape that would act as a local landmark. Taking our cues from the site itself, we proposed adding more rubble, in the form of local stone quarried from the hills above Durrës; this creates a base on which a superstructure of creamy-white concrete, made from local sand and aggregate, forms a relief landscape of gently descending terraces. Both instant geological formation and amphitheater seating, this artificial peninsula offers sweeping views over the port of Durrës to the southeast, while behind it a large paved space links up with the coastal promenade. To animate this considerable surface area, two different local stones were used, one light and one dark, laid according to local paving techniques in such a way that the letters D U R R E S are spelled out when seen from the air (or on Google Maps).

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我们还设计了一个种植方案的后方，在铺面地区和周围的城市，这将实现一旦一个新的酒店已被建造在邻近的地段。我们再一次向周围的风景寻求灵感，避开了加州或杜祖尔山脉的亮丽棕榈树，转而青睐地中海本土物种，如阳伞、百里香、迷迭香、薰衣草棉和百里香，以提供浮雕和地面覆盖的混合体。我们还添加了几个外来的非本地物种，如仙人掌和龙舌兰，来敲击不和谐的对比音。

We also designed a planting scheme for the rear part of the site, between the paved area and the surrounding urbanity, which will be realized once a new hotel has been constructed on an adjacent lot. Once again we turned to the surrounding landscape for inspiration, eschewing the glitzy palms of California or the Côte d’Azur in favor of indigenous Mediterranean species such as parasol pines, thyme, rosemary, lavender cotton and centaury to provide a mixture of relief and ground cover. We also added a couple of exotic non-native species, such as cacti and agaves, to strike a contrasting note of dissonance.

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由于该委员会不可避免地具有政治层面，我们只有12个月的时间来进行设计和建造，以便角角广场能够及时为即将举行的地方选举做好准备。建筑师兼市长顾问AdhurimQehajaj是确保工作如期完成和达到所需标准的不可或缺的因素。开普敦广场完工后，当地人立即接受了它，亲切地给它起了绰号“Sfinksi”(斯芬克斯)，每天都聚集在那里观看日落。阿尔巴尼亚流行乐队Young Zerka甚至在那里制作了一段音乐视频-为一首名为“繁荣”的歌曲。

Since there was inevitably a political dimension to this commission, we were given only twelve months to undertake both design and construction, so that Cape Square would be ready in time for upcoming local elections. Adhurim Qehajaj, architect and consultant to the mayor, was indispensable in getting the work realized on schedule and to the required standard. After completion of Cape Square, locals immediately adopted it, affectionately nicknaming it “Sfinksi” (sphinx) and gathering there every day to watch the sunset. Albanian pop group Young Zerka even made a music video there — for a song they entitled Boom Boom.

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Architects BOOM Landscape i.c.w. Cityförster

Location Durrës, Albania

Area 10000.0 m2

Project Year 2015

Photographs Blerta Kambo

Category Public Architecture