Abstract
The Huambo (former Nova Lisboa) Veterinary Academic Hospital, designed by Vasco Vieira da Costa in 1970, was never completed. With the independence of Angola in 1975, a civil war started and lasted 27 years, with its main battlefield in the country’s central region, where the opposition party was settled. The building has served as a military headquarters since the 80’s, becoming extremely damaged in the last three decades. Peace was restored in 2002 but 30 soldiers are still nowadays living in the ruins to defend the building from vandalism. The University is planning the renovation of the Veterinary Academic Hospital, although unawareness about the building’s heritage significance may result in the irreversible loss of an Angolan Modern monument.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Tropical architecture, Design with climate, African modern architecture, Huambo Veterinary Academic Hospital, Vasco Vieira da Costa, Angolan modern architecture, Rehabilitation of modern architecture.

Issue 48
Year 2013
Pages 34-39
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/48.A.7SGHV2ZU