AquaPraça漂浮亭，巴西 / CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati & Höweler + Yoon

AquaPraça是由CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati 和Höweler + Yoon设计的浮动文化广场，成为了巴西贝伦市COP30联合国气候变化大会的地标之一。继2025年9月在威尼斯建筑双年展期间与意大利外交部、意大利环境与能源安全部以及COP30主席国的合作发布后，AquaPraça现已成为COP30意大利馆的重要组成部分。AquaPraça的实现得益于一项独特的国际合作，包括意大利发展合作局、巴里CIHEAM和世界银行集团的Connect4Climate项目的支持，以及BF国际（作为AquaPraça COP30命名合作伙伴）、彭博慈善基金会、科斯塔克罗奇（Costa Crociere）、意大利能源公司ENEL和意大利铁路集团（Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane）等企业的支持。AquaPraça由意大利领先的先进钢结构公司Cimolai建造。在COP30之后，AquaPraça将由意大利赠送给巴西，成为促进气候变化、文化战略和创意产业社会参与的社区空间，联合巴西帕拉州共同开发。

 

AquaPraça, the floating cultural plaza designed by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon, becomes one of the landmarks of the UN Climate Change Conference COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Following its unveiling in Venice in September during the Biennale Architettura 2025 in partnership with Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, and COP30 Presidency, AquaPraça now serves as an integral part of the Italian Pavilion at COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference. AquaPraça was made possible through a unique international coalition, including the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation, CIHEAM Bari and the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate program, and with the support of BF International – Member of BF S.p.A. Group (as AquaPraça COP30 Naming Partner), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Costa Crociere, ENEL, and Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane. AquaPraça was constructed by Italian leading advanced steel construction Company, Cimolai. After COP30, Aquapraca will be donated by Italy to Brazil to become a community space for promoting social engagement on climate, cultural strategy and creative industries in partnership with the State of Parà of Brazil.

 

▼项目鸟瞰，aerial view of the project

 

 

 

▼水上的浮动平台，the floating platform over the water

 

 

 

AquaPraça位于亚马逊河系统内的瓜贾拉湾，是一座400平方米（约4000平方英尺）的浮动平台，作为全球广场，能够在人的尺度上体验气候变化的影响。该结构采用了阿基米德原理，能够适应当地环境——亚马逊三角洲每天经历最多四米的潮汐变化，时而露出海湾的水下景观。AquaPraça提供了一个引人入胜的场地，让访客能够在不同水位与人类活动之间架起桥梁。通过浮动设计，访客可以与自然和人造系统平视互动。在贝伦，AquaPraça增加了一个屋顶结构，作为一个市民文化催化剂，举办气候政策研讨会、文化项目和活动讨论。

 

Moored along Guajará Bay within the Amazon River system, the 400-square-meter (4,000-square-foot) platform functions as a global agora where climate change can be experienced at a human scale. The structure employs Archimedes’ principle to adapt to its environment, in a region where the Amazon Delta experiences tidal shifts of up to four meters, daily revealing the bay’s underwater landscape. AquaPraça offers a compelling context for designs that mediate between water levels and human activity. By floating, visitors can experience natural and built systems at eye level. In Belém, AquaPraça incorporates an additional roof structure and serves as a civic catalyst, hosting symposia, cultural programs, and discussions on climate policy.

 

▼屋顶下的活动讨论空间，the discussion space under the roof

 

 

 

▼时而露出海湾的水下景观，revealing the bay’s underwater landscape

 

 

 

最初在威尼斯以简化形式亮相后，该项目在COP30上作为贝伦市“十一窗之家”（House of Eleven Windows）扩展项目呈现。现在，它作为新的文化地标，不仅象征着意大利与巴西之间的合作，也成为气候对话与适应性建筑的象征。AquaPraça将成为一项永久文化基础设施，代表着意大利对全球气候对话的贡献。位于亚马逊河系统与大西洋交汇处，淡水与海水在这里融合，创造了一个强大的河口生态系统，瓜贾拉湾成为了AquaPraça完工后的揭幕场地，继威尼斯的首次部分展示后，这里见证了其完整形式的呈现。

 

First unveiled in Venice in a simplified form, the project was later presented at COP30 as an extension of the House of Eleven Windows in central Belém. It now stands as both a new cultural landmark and an emblem of cooperation between Italy and Brazil. AquaPraça will become a permanent cultural infrastructure, standing as a legacy of Italy’s contribution to global climate dialogue and adaptive architecture. Located at the meeting point of the Amazon River system and the Atlantic Ocean, where freshwater and saltwater merge to create a powerful estuarine ecosystem, the Guajará Bay serves as the setting for the unveiling of AquaPraça in its completed form, following its initial partial presentation in Venice.

 

▼周围环境鸟瞰，aerial view of the surrounding environment

 

 

 

▼通过连桥和堤岸连接，connected to the embankment by a connecting bridge

 

 

 

▼从岸上远眺漂浮亭，look at the floating pavilion from the land

 

 

▼举办气候政策研讨会、文化项目和活动讨论，hosting symposia, cultural programs, and discussions on climate policy

 

 

 

▼傍晚的活动现场，The event site in the evening

 

 

 

 

▼引人注目的象征性存在，a striking and symbolic presence

 

 

▼与大海之间的互动，The interaction with the sea

 

 

▼夜景，night view

 

 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy

 

Ministry of Environment and Energy Security of Italy

 

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati

 

Höweler + Yoon

 

Team Members:

 

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati: Carlo Ratti (Principal), Andrea Cassi (Principal), Luca Bussolino (Strategy), Gizem Veral (Senior Architect), Rodolfo Siccardi (Senior Architect), Sonia Simone (Architect), Gary di Silvio (Architect/3D Artist), Pasquale Milieri (Architect/3D Artist), Gianluca Zimbardi (Architect/3D Artist).

 

Höweler + Yoon: J Meejin Yoon (Principal), Eric Höweler (Principal), Asli Baran Grace (Project manager), Shuang Chen (Designer), Selin Sahin (researcher), David Hamm (Technical Advisor).

 

BF International – Member of BF S.p.A. Group (as AquaPraça COP30 Naming Partner)

 

Bloomberg Philanthropies

 

Costa Crociere

 

ENEL

 

Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane

 

In collaboration with:

 

Ciheam Bari

 

World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate Program

 

Agenzia italiana per la cooperazione allo sviluppo

 

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati

 

Höweler + Yoon

 

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati

 

Höweler + Yoon