Imagine an urban site located in the western hills of the Valley of Mexico in Mexico City. The site was excavated for for 50 years: an open air quarry for the extraction of sand, gravel and sandstone, resulting in an enormous hole; a void at some points 70 meters deep in an impacted area of 40 hectares.
Imagine that years later the surrounding urban community wants to convert the great cavity into a Park. Community and Authorities debate for many years if it was to be a place for housing or a public green open space. The city argues that does not have the economic resources to finance the park.
Imagine that after many negotiations debates and meetings a settlement comes to fruition where 70% of the area would be dedicated to a public park and surrounding infrastructure and 30% to private apartments. The developers would be in charge to build the park and infrastructure at the cost for the developable land.
This is the framework of a social, political, and economic context that support the possibility of creating a new park of 29 hectares in Santa Fe; an edge city of accelerated growth without parks or public space. La Mexicana Park is a large-scale landscape and architectural project, which aims to recycle and restore and environmental wound, transforming into a green, recreational, community, playful and accessible space for everyone: children, young people, adults and seniors.
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