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Hello there! Ketema is back with some of the most interesting stories from the built environment featuring Turkana Building by Nicole Cieri Architects, an Italian architectural firm practicing in Ethiopia and Italy for the last few years. The past couple of months, our city has witnessed the inauguration of two major milestones of the first phase of the three-years Beautifying Sheger Project rehabilitating two riverbanks stretching from Entoto to the Aqaqi River. Our guest writer Betelehem A. Kidane has prepared a first person narration of the experience to one of these sites. Architects ወርሃዊ is back to the Urban Center for the first time since the pandemic on its 2nd anniversary on the 1st of October 2020 marking 23 successful sessions on several architecture and urban issues. The special session on Mesqel Suare project has been summarized for you by our contributor Abel Assefa. UN-Habitat Ethiopia in collaboration with its partners has presented a month long program - Urban October 2020. Under the title “Promoting a Better Urban Future”, Urban October 2020 has made several participatory events and panel discussions, we have summerized the first of these discussions for you. Led by the young, the bold and the shifter; Bjarke Ingels, the group has once again realised a fascinating human ingenuity, The Twist Museum, located at the heart of Kistefos Sculpture Park, Jevnaker Norway has been included too, better to miss it not. As always, we look forward to your contributions on our upcoming issues. Enjoy!
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October 01, 2020 marked the second-year anniversary and the 23rd successful session of the popular architects ወርሃዊ event. This month hosted the first physical session after March 2020, which was since then being held virtually due to the State of Emergency following the COVID-19 pandemic. The monthly after work meet up resumed as usual after the expire of the state of Emergency, taking place every first Thursday of the European month from 5:45pm to 8:30 pm at KEK’s the urban center. This month’s session was attended by 35 people keeping in line with the COVID-19 prevention measures. The topic of this month’s architects ወርሃዊ was dedicated to discuss ‘The Mesqel Square project’. Our guest for this month was Bisrat Kifle, an architect and planner by profession and also a lecturer at the EiABC. He was involved from the project’s very inception and is now a reviewer of the project. We would like to thank Bisrat for the wonderful presentation.
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Bisrat presented the story of the project as ‘the square, the hall, the street’, starting with the scope of the project, its inception and its current status. The project commenced 4.5 months ago and the scope includes an underground parking for 1,400 cars, refurbishing the steps of Mesqel square, a 3.5 km road beatification project of Churchill street and the Addis Hall. The discussion started by recognizing that Mesqel square has a very important function in the city. It hosts numerous religious and non-religious activities all year round. But the square is full of obstacles, the steps are not clean, the plaza is crowded with cars and it is full of unsightly advertisement panels. This important space needed a serious refurbishment to make it serve to its full poten-
tial. Because of this, the city administration awarded a design build contract to China Communications construction company Ltd (CCCC) and Bisrat and his team are involved as concept generators and later as design reviewers. The project was commenced with a concept design and the contractor was given only 8 months to complete the project. Therefore, the design was being developed as the construction was going on. The design team and the review team were continuously discussing with different stake holders such as the Ethiopian Orthodox ‘Bete Kihnet’, interested professionals and the city administration; taking important feedback. In the beginning of the project, several questions and concerns were being forwarded regarding the project. Therefore, the design team met with several stakeholders to clarify the intention of the project and to take important feedback. To this purpose, Addis Hall was created under the mayor’s office with the aim to proactively engage professionals and citizens in the planning, design and development of the city, in addition the hall will be used to display several public and private projects. Bisrat pointed that such a space will have a greater influence on the built environment than the project itself. Additionally, the space around Addis hall attempts to show small-scale urban farming ideas that interested residents of Addis Abeba can replicate where a 1mx1m space is used to grow 200 lettuces. ‘The street‘, refers to Churchill street, where the project aims to design a pleasant walking experience that will connect Churchill road to Mesqel square with interlinked greens and a promenade. Bisrat mentioned that there were 12 main updates
concept generators and since the inception, the project has received constructive inputs both from professionals inside and outside the project, formally and informally. An example of this effort was illustrated by a sketch forwarded by a fellow architect outside of the project advising to include a drive through tunnel under the steps which was taken in and included in the final design. Bisrat further discussed their proactive role as reviewers noting that it was not limited to reviewing the contractor’s submittal, but also working as a team, developing early solutions and models to work towards a common goal. Bisrat mentioned that more than 40 professionals including interns composed his team and they tried to give the chance of involvement to young professionals and students as much as possible. He also mentioned that many interested people have visited the site, and anyone interested to contribute ideas or visit the site was and is welcome to do so. One of the critical questions since the start of foundation works 2 months ago was whether the plaza will be ready for this year’s Mesqel celebrations. Bisrat discussed how the team had to work tirelessly day 13
and night to meet established deadlines and public expectations. He further discussed and pointed that the ‘Demera pit’ was given special structural consideration and the area below it is filled with earth to fulfill the religious and ceremonial requirements. Bisrat acknowledged that they were learning a lot from the Chinese contractor and mentioned that they have an impressive work ethics and a lot of skill transfer is taking place as the work is progressing. Bisrat concluded the story of ‘the square, the hall, the street’ since inception to its current status after 4.5 months promising to have another update after the project’s completion. Discussion points raised include, the unique challenges the Design Build model creates for this project and how tight deadlines affect the thinking process in such important projects. Bisrat discussed how the review team understood the time constraint and were coming up with solutions to aid the timely execution of the project. He further explained how they involved several capable professionals which helped make decisions in a short time without limiting ideas.
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A concern was raised on how the process of awarding the project was conducted, Bisrat and another participant noted the importance of understanding the nature of political decisions, that it would have been desirable if AEA was involved in preparation of a TOR and a competition was launched. But when the government decides things differently in different times, it becomes the architect’s responsibility to get as much input as possible by involving several professionals and stake holders to ensure that the project gets all the required inputs. On one hand it was debated that such unique
projects will create channels that bring the professionals close to the decision makers; allowing professionals to demonstrate to authorities’ best practices and ideas. But on the other hand, this idea was opposed by claiming that the government should know the right process and best practice to begin with. And if such political decisions, rather than professionals continue to affect the built environment, it will allow non-technical people to make important spatial decisions and the industry will lose its check and balance. Additionally, Technical questions such as drainage of toilets located under the natural ground level, ventilation, waterproofing and the how the street beautification plan works with the planned bus rapid transit along Churchill road were discussed. The importance of documenting the entire process was also mentioned as it will be an important reference to learn from. The session was concluded by noting how Architecture and urbanity are becoming big political agendas and learning from ‘the square, the hall, the street’ and other mega projects being built in Addis, we need to engage with the decision makers to discuss, debate and push professional agendas and ideas using platforms such as the Addis Hall and the urban center. As time is usually not sufficient to discuss the topic broadly, the discussions are expected to continue on the architects ወርሃዊ telegram group with over 320 participants. We encourage you to listen to the full video session on AEA’s YouTube channel. We look forward to welcoming you on the next architects ወርሃዊ which will take place on November 5, 2020 at KEK’s the Urban Center. news
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#prefab Ministry of Urban Development and Construction announced a plan to start assembling prefabricated houses in the city of Addis Ababa soon. The state Minister in the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction Ministry, Mesfin Asefa said the construction of the prefabricated houses will be launched in the coming months of November and December, 2020. In addition to addressing the ever increasing housing demand in the city, the assembling the units makes over the housing development and minimizes both the cons of the buildings and the speed of their construction , the state minister underlined The ministry is arranging opportunities discussing with the contractors who won the contracts of the assembly to expand the assembling technology to regional cities and towns, Mesfin said. Source: fanabc.com 16
#urban etiquette Every October, the UN-Habitat and its partners organize 31 days of activities, events, and discussions on urban issues. This year, Urban October has begun with World Habitat Day on October 5, 2020. World Habitat Day was established in 1985 by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution 40/202 and was first celebrated in 1986. The purpose of UN-Habitat Day is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities, and the basic right of all to adequate shelter. On the 9th of October 2020, UN-Habitat Ethiopia in collaboration with The Urban Center (Kebet Eske Ketema) has presented an urban dialogue on Urban Etiquette as part of the Urban October 2020 program. The panelists were Mehret Debebe (M.D., Psychiatrist, Author, and Motivational Speaker), Yoadan Tilahun (Founder and Managing Director of Flawless Events) and Yohannes Mekonnen (Senior Architect and Lecturer at EiABC) with Bruck Sewnet (Electrical Engineer and Founder of Events Ethiopia) as the dialogue moderator. The panelists have approached the urban
etiquettes of Addis Ababa from various perspectives and time frame references. Acknowledging the positive changes the city has recorded to-date, they have noted on the major mishaps we observe in our everyday life. They have noted that lack of common and clear vision for our city, the misuse of places and time, the absence of law and order to enforce urban etiquettes, and the discontinuities/disruptions of established social values are the major causes for the less organized and poorly symbiotic urban etiquette in Addis Ababa. From polluting sound of religious places to drivers disobeying the traffic signals, from late business meeting arrivals to wearing inappropriate workplace attire, the urban etiquette in Addis is under constant disregard. The entropy law that chaos always increases holds here. Unless the proper measures are made, as one goes forward in time, the degree of disorder of Addis will increase. As noted in the discussion, much is expected from the urbanites, the government, organizations, civic societies, and schools of the city if an actual change is desired in this regard.
Tibeb Be Adebabay was born for the streets, the squares, and the public spaces where people are mostly passive passer byes. The main goal of the festival was to get the public to participate in the making of art works with professional and beginner artists. As we can see around the world today, ‘normal’ days seem to be temporarily gone due to the Corona Virus Pandemic, so where do people go to interact with each other and sense the feeling of a crowd? This is a question Tibeb Be Adebabay team has faced since the pandemic has forced the re-direction of the festival to a digital space. Join and take part in this fascinating digital festival using the QR code provided! Can’t wait to see you there on the internet - the new Adebabay.
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#2nd Satellite Ethiopia is in the final stages of launching its second remote-sensing satellite into space, with the help of China, as the country seeks to advance its space science development. Named ET-SMART-RSS, the second earth observation nano-satellite was designed by Ethiopian engineers in collaboration with China’s Smart Satellite Technology Corporation under an initiative co-funded by both Ethiopia and China. The satellite, according to Dr Solomon, has improved resolution features that would enable it to capture and send high-quality images to its command centre in Addis Ababa. “The major mission of the second satellite is on flood and disaster prediction,” he said, adding that “agriculture and environment are also its secondary missions.” Further, the satellite is expected to collect data in areas in Ethiopia not covered by the first one. Source: theeastafrican.co.ke 18
#friendship square Marked by a lakeside fountain, an artificial pond, and an active waterfall belt on the Banteyiketu River, the inauguration showcased different parades by the Republican Guard and a marching band. Built for 50 million dollars, the project was handled by First Highway Engineering Group, a subsidiary of the giant China Communication Construction Corporation. The project includes the construction of a central square that rests on 32 hectars of land and rehabilitates 1.2Km of the Banteyiketu River. The inaugurated project is the first phase of the three-year Beautifying Sheger project that aimed at alleviating the capital city’s condition to one of urban tourism and also rehabilitating two riverbanks stretching from Entoto to the Aqaqi River. The second phase of the project worth 54.8 million dollars was awarded to Jiangsu Nantong Sanjian Group to be delivered in 14 months. It will construct a science museum, children amusement park, sports centre and wedding space. It will develop 16 hectars of land and 10.5Km of the riverside rehabilitation. Source: addisfortune.news Image: Heyawkale Tesfaye
#entoto park Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) inaugurated the highly anticipated Natural Park, at the Entoto Mountain in the capital, Addis Ababa on Saturday October 10, 2020. The new attraction has been developed as a part of an initiative launched by the Prime Minister a year ago that envisaged to clean river streams and turn underutilized areas in Addis Ababa into tourist attraction sites. Entoto Park is situated in a densely forested area, often referred as the lungs of Addis Ababa. Many of Ethiopia’s legendary long distance runners have been using Entoto forest for their training. The park has cafés, restaurants, sport activities like horseback riding, paint-ball gun, and so much more. Visitors can have a taste of authentic Ethiopian coffee at the park served by major brands of the country such as Kaldis and Tomoca.
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Addis Ababa City Council, on its 8th year 1st regular session, has passed a draft proclamation to restructure the city in to 11 sub cities establishing an additional one named “Lemi Kura” The Council has also approved an appointment of Zerfeshiwal Nigussie as a speaker replacing Abebech Negash who has been on the position for the past two and half years. The council is also supposed to approve appointments of several officials to different leadership positions in the city administration. Addis Ababa has currently 10 Sub Cities which contain an aggregate of 116 Woredas under their structure. Source: fanabc.com 19
#ስለ፡ አዲስ አበባ የአዲስ አበባን ከተማ ሲመሠርቱ አስቀድመው በእንጦጦ ጀመሩ፡፡ የዛሬው የአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ግን ጥንት ዝሆን የሚታደንበት በረሐ ነበር ይላሉ፡፡ መንግሥትና የሕዝብ አስተዳደር ነጋድራስ ገ/ሕይወት ባይከዳኝ #ስለ ፡ ከተማ አሰፋፈር እና ቅርርብ በአንድ ሀገር ውስጥ ዕውቀት (መሰረተ ልማት) ሲበዛ አምራቾች አይራራቁም፤ በየመንደሩ በየመንገዱ በየወረዳው ዕቃው ሁሉ አጠገብ ላጠገብ በያይነቱ ይሠራልና ለመለዋወጥ ሩቅ መንገድ መሄድ አያሳስባቸውም፡፡ ስለዚህም የተላላኪው ነጋዴ ዋጋ ይቀራልና የኑሮ ዋጋም ይረክሳል፡፡ መንግሥትና የሕዝብ አስተዳደር ነጋድራስ ገ/ሕይወት ባይከዳኝ #ስለ ፡ ከተማ ከተሞች የዕውቀት፤ የሃይማኖት፤ የፖለቲካ፤ በጠቅላላው የሰዎች ማህበራዊ ኑሮ መምሪያዎችና መገናኛዎች ሆነው መቆየታቸው ግልፅ ነው፡፡ የከተሞቹ ዕድሜም እየገፋ በሄደ ቁጥር ደግሞ ለዚያ አገር ሕዝብ የመልካም ታሪኩ መወደሻና መቀደሻ ስለሚሆኑ ከሌላው የውጭ ሕዝብ ጋር የሚያገናኙትና የሚያስተዋውቁነት ታሪካዊ ቅርሶቹ ይሆናሉ ፤ ናቸውም፡፡ አዲስ አበባ ትናገር ታጀበ በየነ
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#ስለ ፡ ከተማና ጊዜ የከተማዋን ታላቅነትና ዘመናዊነት በጉልሕ ከሚናገሩት ምስክሮች መካከል፤ በፕላን የተሰሩ መንገዶችና አደባባዮች፤ በሥርዓት የተሰሩ ቤቶች ሆቴል ቤቶችም ጭምር፤ የጥንት ቅርሳ ቅርሶች ማከማቻ ሙዚየሞች ከሌሎቹ ዝግጅቶች ጋር ተደራጅተው ሲገኙ ከተማዋ ታላቅ የሚለውን ስም ከማግኘተም በላይ፤ በሚቀርበው አገልግሎትም የልብ መናገር ያስችላል፡፡
#ስለ፡ አዲስ አበባ ታሪክ ከተማይቱ (አዲስ አበባ) ከተቆረቆረች አንስቶ፤ ሲታሰብ፤ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ከተማ የመጡት የውጭ አገር መልዕክተኞች ከሞስኮ (ሩሲያ) ንጉሥ ከኒኮላስ ቄሣር የተላኩት መልእክተኞች ነበሩ፡፡ አዲስ አበባ ትናገር ታጀበ በየነ #ስለ፡ አዲስ አበባ አዲስ አበባ ከተማ በ1968 ዓ.ም፡ ከአንድ ሚሊዮን ሕዝብ በላይ የሰፈረባት በ1,735 የዕድር ማህበሮች ውስጥ 235,000 ዕድርተኞች የሚኖሩባት፤ ከ65 ያላነሱ ኤምባሲዎች፤ከ16 ታላላቅ ዓለም አቀፍ የሰላም ድርጅቶች የሚገኙባት፤ከ16ሺህ ያላነሱ ልዩ ልዩ ነጋዴዎች የሚመላለሱባ፤የመንግስትና የግል የሆኑ ከሞተር ሳይክል እስከ ከባድ መኪና ተደምሮ ከ62 338 በላይ ተሽከርካራች የሚፈነጩባት 36 የክርስቲያን ፀሎት ቤቶችና ከ6 ያላነሱ መስጊዶች የሚገኙባት፤ ታላቅ ከተማ ነበረች፡፡ አዲስ አበባ ትናገር ታጀበ በየነ #ስለ፡አዲስ አበባ አና አፄ ምኒልክ አ ፄ ምኒልክ በአዲስ አበባ በታኅሳስ 3 ቀን 1906 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አረፉ፤ አስከሬናቸውም ከ1906 እስከ 1909 ዓ.ም ድረስ መሞታቸው ሳይነገር በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በስማቸው ግዛቱ ይካሔድ እንደ ነበር ተፅፏል፡፡ አዲስ አበባ ትናገር ታጀበ በየነ #ስለ፡ ከተማ ፣ ሰዉ እና ውበት “ከተማዪን ካሳመራችሁ አይቀር እኔንም አሳምሩ።“ የስንብት ቀለማት አዳም ረታ spotlight
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‘ከታሪክ ይሉኝታ ባሻገር’ የባዕድ ስርዓተ ትምህርት ተፅዕኖ አስተያየቶቻችንን ከከፊል ባለፈ ወደ ምዕራባውያን ሊቆች እንድናዞር እና ስለተለያዩ ርዕሰ ጉዳዮች ስናነሳ የምንጠቅሳቸው ሰዎች ወደዚያውም በኃይል እንዲያደላ፣ ወዲያውም ሂደቱ ሳይነቀፍ እንዳይታለፍ ሆኗል፡፡ በዚህም አካሄድ የሀገራችን ስነ ቃል ስሜትን በግጥም፣ በወግ፣ በቅኔ ፣ በእንካ ሰላንቲያ ፣ በእንቆቅልሽ ፣ በተረት፣ ወዘተ ከመዝለል ባለፈ ሳይንሳዊ ጥበብን የመግለፅ አቅሙ ደካማ እንዲመስለን ሆነ፡ ፡ ይህም በይበልጥ የሚያሰጋው የተለያዩ አገር በቀል ሳይንሳዊ ዕውቀቶች በየዘርፉ ሲኖሩ ነገር ግን ተመልሰን ለማጣቀስ በትምህርት ዘርፉም ሆነ በስራው ዘርፍ የተበረታታ አለመሆኑ ነው፡፡ መነፅር ከታሪካችን ሻገር ብሎ ያለይሉኝታ ሀሳብ፣ ጥበብ፣ ስሜትና ተሞክሮ ባገር ቋንቋ ባገር ልጆች እንዴት ይታያሉ? እንዴትስ ይቃኛሉ? ከተፃፉት ደግሞ አይለው፣ ገንነው እንዲሁ በአፍ የምናውቃቸው ስነ-ቃሎቻችንን ምን ይሉ ይሆን እያለ ለየርዕሰ ጉዳዩ ስለ፡____ በሚል ቅንጭብታ ከብዙ ጥቂቱን ይጠቅሳል፡፡ በዚህ ዕትም ስለ፡ “ከተማ “ ጊዜ ሰጥቶ ከተማ በኢትዮጵያውያን ምሁራን እንዴት ተተነተነ? ከተማ ምንድን ነው? ከተሜነትስ ምን ይሆን ?በምንስ ይገለፃል? የከተማ እድገት ምን ይመስላል ? ደራስያን በልቦለዶቻቸው የሳሉአቸው ከተማዎች ምን መልክ አላቸው ? የሚለውን ተመልክቶ ስለ ከተማ ምንነት ከራሳችን መነፅር ይዞ ቀርቧል፡፡ ተጋበዙልን! 21
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The Turkana is a five-story mixed-use building, designed by the Italian architectural firm Nicole Cieri Architects. It houses the headquarters of Elmi Olindo Contractors Plc, a leading firm in Ethiopia with over 70 years of experience in the field of construction. The design process began in 2010, when the client expressed the need to expand their offices, due to the constant growth of the company, and presented the architects with a 550sqm plot of land located in the Lideta neighborhood, not far from the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC). The square lot is in between two pre-existing buildings, with the main access from a newly built road on the East side, while on the West side it opens onto an empty plot of land. The outcome for such a regular space, maximizing the use of land, is a compact volume, with a clear and regular distribution of functions inside. At the ground floor, there is a central core for technical rooms to place the generators and water pumps, with parking slots for the managers aligned to it on both east and west sides. Also, two staircases allow for two different paths: both located on the north side, the main staircase connects the whole building and is reserved for the head office and the upper floors apartments; the other smaller staircase leads to the first floor, where the payroll offices are located. This separation was a specific request from the client, to avoid interferences between the day-to-day office routine in the administrative and technical departments and the flow of 24
employers lining up for salary or for other employer-workers relations. The second and third floors house the main offices: the second floor is for the accountant division, with a cafeteria and a kitchenette, while the third floor is for the manager’s and technical offices, plus a fifteen people meeting room.
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On the last two floors, there is a guest-house: four apartments intended for consultants or foreigner technicians that might spend limited periods in Addis Ababa to participate in any of the company’s projects. Each floor includes two apartments, a smaller one which is 160sqm and a bigger one, which is 180sqm. The fifth floor is slightly different because of a central courtyard, that provides a protected open-air space and allows more natural light to enter the living room. On the roof, there are four storage rooms, one for each apartment, plus a laundry room with a terrace for drying racks. 25
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The construction method adopted is the most diffuse in Addis Ababa, consisting of a structure made of reinforced concrete columns and beams, with hollow concrete bricks walls. As the architects had to work with a very regular and narrow plot of land, to achieve a more dynamic and distinctive architecture, they decided to strongly characterize the two main elevations. Here, the faรงade unwinds, like a ribbon, creating a second layer wrapped around the central body of the building. To carry out this idea, very large custom-shaped reinforced concrete beams have been used. On the East and West elevations, in correspondence with the main offices, the faรงade detaches itself from the main core, so the beams define balconies that serve both
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main entrance there is a full-height void, right next to the transparent glass box that house the main staircase. Here, two very long custom-shaped beams run free, from side to side, connecting the East and West faรงade: in this way, voids are created, to make the whole architecture lighter and more dynamic, but at the same time the faรงade maintains its continuity all around the building, like a second layer that embraces the main core and holds it together. The same constructive technology is applied for the extruded window boxes on the upper floors. Every window is framed in a concrete box, jutting out from the faรงade, anchored from slab to slab. The result is a sculptural faรงade, in which the volumes that emerge or retract form pleasant plays of light and shadow. The design aimed to strongly characterize the building and make it stand out in the neighborhood: to do so, color plays an important role. The use of contrasting shades, warmer and brighter for the ribbon featured
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and darker for the central volume, also accentuates the distinction between the two different levels of the façade. The core is of a dark gray tint because is conceived as a central pillar that must almost disappear. On the other hand, as the ribbon is the architectural element that gives personality to the building, it must be bright and visually effective. A warm shade of orange was chosen, to emphasize the effect of sunlight on it, both at sunrise and sunset. Ultimately, the plaster’s rough finishing gives a more vibrant texture to the surface. While all the finishing materials are imported, including plaster and the large-size Italian porcelain stoneware tiles used for floorings, the furniture pieces are locally crafted in the owner’s workshop. In the offices, everything is designed with modern industrial style in mind: the tables have a rough metal structure, with a natural wood plank on top covered in epoxy resin; the bookshelves are all made of white lacquered wood. For the meeting room, we designed a dynamic bookshelf with orange and white lacquered wood triangular panels, that are arranged with different inclinations to create a scattered surface.
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Overall, the construction took a little less than a year, without any major setbacks, thanks to the professionalism and efficiency of Elmi Olindo Plc, which was our greatest ally in the process of achieving our vision.
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Throughout our school days, me and my sister would take a taxi back and forth, day in day out looking at the vast, fenced land where our neighborhood used to be. We have been awaiting the colossus of buildings yet to be built, with a little grudge from the memories we’ve had there. So, you can imagine my closed-fisted approach to an article about that same area. As the day unfolded and my directional skills disappointed me as usual, I was too ready to get the ‘exclusive’ tour over and done with. We drove in after passing through the security at the gates. With no oriental introduction to the park we had the whole place to ourselves which we decided to cover by parts. I would take in the scenic beauty through my notes and my colleague through his camera. The park, which covers a total of 46.42 hectares, is sectioned into 6 major themed sites dedicating to celebrate culture, science and of course architecture (although the 6th site is well under construction). The park is juxtaposed in such a way, that each section exuberates the anterior. According to the map inside the park, Construction started on October 1, 2019 and the foundation was handed over and innaugurated on September 10, 2020. The square embodies the core value of ‘ethnic unity and harmonious coexistence’, and shows Ethiopia’s national image of opening up to the outside world. It is a key project to enhance people’s sense of happi-
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ness and belonging, as explained on the map. Saluted by the meticulously presented maps and the immensity of the places to explore, I abandoned my colleague at the visitor’s center and started wandering around with my notebook. Right away, I was inclined to notice the organic representation of this public realm and how it has achieved its resolution of tranquility. Although the park covers quite a space, it still has managed to play with space and curvilinearity. This is well in view to me as I approached the lake. The Lake; The vast fields of green plateauing over the man made lake, arched along my walk, surprised by a picturesque lake rippling through its mechanics, with fountains erupting; time felt inconvenient and I was no longer skimming through. I made a mental note of how the people behind this project have truly thought not only of the architectural integrity of the park but also, the sense of calm and serenity parks are supposed to bestow upon their visitors. The white granite lined throughout the curved structure leading up to the lake, contribute to the picturesque view descending downwards. I stood and pictured a live orchestra playing on the floating oval stage above the water. Friends of the lake (ducks, water striders, frogs) seemed offended by my intrusion but the lily pads didn’t mind so much.
After my unwelcome visit to the ducks (who immediately swam away), I strolled around the curves of the lake to the next best thing this park had to offer. The Flower-Belt; All morning, dozens of gardeners have kept busy while I strolled around, distracting their work but even getting cat-called couldn’t ruin this traipse. I strolled around eventually finding gardeners who were truly interested in what I thought of their work. I couldn’t come up with words that would describe particularly, but I kept thinking of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Waltz of flowers’, Colors of orange, yellow, violet, pink, green, red, and many more sat in hierarchy, displayed with such care as they complement the park while complimenting each other. The flowers extend all around the fields giving an afresh feeling of spring. But the main flower show stands to be on the hill ascending to our next stop.
After what seems like forever and beyond, I reached the ‘deck of the ship’. My gasping clearly alarmed the people around, and eventually I caught my breath somehow. There stands a huge monolithic white granite backdrop engraved with most, if not all of the Ethiopian traditional and or modern musical instruments, tools and of course coffee together with traditional meal settings. I waited till the people who were around left and I took my time with the mise-en-scene. With a considerable elevation in the middle of the capital, the ship gave a more vivid view of the lake and of course that contemporary city on the verge of becoming. And as I was ending my visit, I looked around for a feel of calm that surrounded me, accompanied by the contemporary classical music I thought of why I decided to write for Ketema Journal. I decided to do so with my reason as erudition but came to realize; it seems like a good time for architecture. IMAGE COURTESY OF SOLAN KIFLE
The Anchored Ship; As you gaze up from the lake, you have the scene arranged itself that a better, contemporary city on the verge of becoming. But when you turn around you see an anchored ship like structure that is witnessing this gaze as well. This structure dubbed Ethiopia engulfs you with its enormity and its bespoken suit in piecing the park together. And the enormous am-
phitheater cascading to it is just overwhelming. (For a person who measures workouts by how many books I carry, this was the workout of the year!) As I reluctantly approached the stairs the sprinklers caught my eyes, as they danced with the classical music streaming throughout the park, and with that in my notebook I started my hike to the top of the stairs with the sound of the mowers in the background of my thoughts.
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IMAGE COURTESY OF LAURIAN GHINITOIU
Traversing the winding Randselva river, BIG’s first project in Norway, The Twist, opens as an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and art piece within the Kistefos Sculpture Park in Jevnaker, Norway. Kistefos’ new 1,000m2 contemporary art institution doubles as infrastructure to connect two forested riverbanks, completing the cultural route through northern Europe’s largest sculpture park. Built around a historical pulp mill, The Twist is conceived as a beam warped 90 degrees near the middle to create a sculptural form as it spans the Randselva. Visitors roaming the park’s site-specific works by international artists such as Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Lynda Benglis Yayoi Kusama, Jeppe Hein, and Fernando Botero, among others, cross The Twist to complete the art tour. As a second bridge and natural extension to the park, the new museum transforms the visitor experience while doubling Kistefos’ indoor exhibition space. A simple twist in the building’s volume allows the bridge to lift from the lower, forested riverbank in the south up to the hillside area in the north. As a continuous path in the landscape, both sides of the building serve as the main entrance. From the south entry, visitors cross a 16m aluminum-clad steel bridge to reach the double-height space with a clear view to the north end, similarly linked with a 9m pedestrian bridge. The double-curved geometry of the museum is comprised of straight 40cm wide aluminum panels arranged like a stack of books, shifted ever so slightly in a fanning motion. The same principle is used inside with white painted 42
Bridging The total required building volume is placed as a bridge spanning the Randselva river, connecting the two edges of the site.
Twisting A simple twist in the building volume allows the bridge to lift from the relatively lower forested area towards the south up to the hillside area in the north.
IMAGE COURTESY OF LAURIAN GHINITOIU
8cm wide fir slats cladding the floor, wall, and ceiling as one uniform backdrop for Kistefos’ short-term Norwegian and international exhibitions. From either direction, visitors experience the twisted gallery as though walking through a camera shutter.
Stacked Vertical & Horizontal Galleries As a result of the building’s twist, vertical galleries in the south enjoy natural light from overhead while the large horizontal, open gallery to the north offers views of the historic pulp mill and river.
Contextual Galleries The twisted geometry in the middle of the building merges the vertical and horizontal in a single motion, reflecting the landscape.
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On the north end, a full-height glass wall offering panoramic views to the pulp mill and river tapers while curving upwards to form a 25cm wide strip of skylight. Due to the curved form of the glass windows, the variety of daylight entering the museum creates three distinctive galleries: a wide, naturally lit gallery with panoramic views on the north side; a tall, dark gallery with artificial lighting on the south side; and, in between, a sculptural space with a twisted sliver of roof light. The ability to compartmentalize, divide or merge the gallery spaces create flexibility for Kistefos’ artistic programming. A glass stairway leads down to the museum’s lower level on the north river embankment, where the building’s aluminum underside becomes the ceiling for the basement and restroom area. Another full-width glass wall brings visitors even closer to the river below, enhancing the overall immersive experience of being in the idyllic woodlands outside of Oslo. 43
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