
repi
2014 - 2014
lieu
Addis Abeba, Éthiopie
état d'avancement
clôturé
association
JNC International Landscape Architects, ABBA architects
LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COMPETITION
REPI PARK, Addis Ababa
The Addis Ababa
City Administration (AACA) is transforming the Repi Solid Waste Disposal Site (SWDS)
into a public park. AACA has been working with the Horn of Africa Regional
Environmental Centre and Network (HoA-REC/N) as the project proponent since
2009.
The Repi SWDS is
located 13 km south-west of Addis Ababa City Center (from the Municipality
Building Complex of AACA), in the Kolfe-Keranyo Sub-City. Repi SWDS has been
used as a non-managed solid waste disposal site by the city of Addis Ababa
since 1968. Moreover, the solid waste is dumped on the fringe of Tinishu Akaki
River and the dumping area covers 364,000 m2 (approximately 36.4
hectares). The site is on the north-eastern side of the Addis Ababa Ring Road. When
constructed in 1968, Repi SWDS was on the outskirts of the city.
However, as Addis
Ababa has grown significantly, the site has now become surrounded by urban
programs, including residential neighborhoods and schools.
Since Repi
SWDS’s location is close to residential neighborhoods and public functions, the
AACA has decided that it should cease to exist as a garbage dumping site for
obvious health, environmental, and social reasons.
The decision to transform it
into a public park comes from the wish to offer a useful venue for the people
residing around the area and the city dwellers at large. It is also believed
that the park will play a vital role in alleviating the lack of public spaces
in the city.