Canal Park : A new park has blossomed from an abandoned ancient aqueduct
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Group
- 128 architecture & urban design
Honorable Mention
128 architecture & urban design
About Project
Originally, Mexico City had a series of canals to transport people and goods, or drainage, as in this case. Over the centuries these dried up, and became roads or were covered up.
In 2019, the city authorities proposed to recapture, as far as possible, these spaces as areas of leisure to improve the quality of life of the inhabited surroundings. The project takes advantage of the unevenness of the old channel.
On one hand, the proposal took into account the previous vital thoroughfare, improving the mobility. On the other, the project plan was to be developed in three stages, having completed the central part in 2020, with the second part near to conclusion in 2021.
The central area consists in a one-kilometer lineal park that allowed a worthy and valued connection between various neighborhoods. The zone was reforested to enhance the environmental conditions, favoring pedestrians with a pathway, reminiscent of pre-Hispanic ones, and various zones for amusements and enjoyment, for all ages. A well devised project, recently awarded, to serve an underprivileged area of the city.