MONTERREY OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN
MONTERREY OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN Monterrey, Mexico CLIENT* The Agencia Para La Planeacion Del Desarrollo Urbano De Nuevo Leon
DATE BEGUN - May 2006 DATE OF COMPLETION (EST.) - NA
SCOPE OF WORK Master Plan, Urban Design
SWA OFFICE - Laguna Beach SWA PROJECT TEAM Sean O’Malley Robert Jacob Grace Zu Sandeep Walia Qiuhong Tang
PROJECT SIZE 420,000 acres
PROJECT DESCRIPTION SWA prepared an open space master plan for the City of Monterrey, Mexico, utillizing two existing elements of the public realm; its rivers and boulevards. Envisioned as interconnecting networks, the rivers running predominately eastwest and boulevards north-south, this “Dos Manos Verdes” (two green hands) will tie the 3rd largest city of Mexico together and improve the quality of life for its citizens.
Potential ‘specific projects’ within the master plan open space system were identified and explored to provide a continuation between planning and implementation. This included schematic-level designs for a portion of the Santa Catarina River, the boulevard system, neighborhood parks, the redevelopment of an existing 200 acre railyard area, and an example ‘urban edge condition’ at the city’s periphery.
SWA integrated the analysis of the Urban Development Planning Agency of Nuevo Leon (UDPA) and identified technical, legal, and policy procedures so that future development will be incorporated into the proposed open space system. The master plan incorporates two primary components, the identification of an integrated park, boulvard, and r;ver system; and example designs of specific projects. The plan focused on the goal of providing 15 square meters of open space per individual, the current standard recommended by the United Nations. Monterrey currently provides an average of roughly 4 square meters per individual. To help reach this goal, future park sites were identified within existing neighborhoods, and portions of the re-developed river and boulevard systems were included.
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M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The planning area alternates between tall, steep, rocky hills and montains, and broad, flat, alluvial plains interrupted by rivers of various sizes. The mountains provide a powerful visual identity of Monterrey region.
Concept that brings rivers, parks and Green Boulevard together.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
Population (2000)
Total Park (except River Park) m 2/Person
SWA River Park SWA Parks Existing and City 22 Area(m (m m 2/Person area )) Proposed parks (m 2)
Apodaca Garcia San Pedro Escobedo Guadalupe Monterrey San Nicolas Santa Catarina Juarez
283497 28974 125978 233457 670162 1110997 496878 227026 66243
10.52 14.75 29.45 12.16 10.14 11.20 15.70 10.35 13.85
4929075 1702025 3096755 295697 1372401 0 1301547 2214423 5019339 4685497 4527710 2468653 392766 4902515 2061721 889636 4729935 672616
Total
3243212
14.24
27431249 17831062
17.39 106.88 10.89 5.58 7.49 4.08 0.79 9.08 71.40
1281507 131746 3709612 623951 2110921 9969246 2897230 1459811 245158
8.46 22429182
includes both existing and proposed parks and open space. The accompanying table shows how existing and proposed parks and open space will satisfy the overall goal of 15m2 of park and open space per person in each of the nine jurisdictions.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The open space landuse plan incor porate existing parks, potential parks and proposed parks and integrate with the circulation system. The green boulevards connects neigh borhoods with rivers and parks.
Laguna Beach
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N The plan integrates a hierarchy of open space. The community green forms the largest continuous open space while smaller scale open spaces include the neighborhood greens, the private greens and the streets that function as green corridors through the site.
Laguna Beach
The design concept for the site intends to create a regional “gathering” place for new development, the university and the city as a whole. The key elements include: open space, built environment, and street pattern. It seeks to produce a unique public space both in terms of the spatial design and program elements.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The Santa Catarina River flows through Monterrey’s Central Business District and presents an excellent opportunity to create exceptionally high real estate values because of the river’s potential to become an attractive open space. The focus of the proposed improvements to the river channel and surrounding parcels is to create a prominent pedestrian environment that becomes the area’s focal point, allows access to the river, provides valuable space for active and passive recreation and enriches the quality of life of its users.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The river channel is redesigned to have a curvilinear alignment that will provide hydrologic benefits by allowing the flowing water to move sediment more easily through the river system than the straighter channel that exists today. The base flow channel is proposed to be narrower but deeper to enhance the fish habitat in the river by maintaining a cooler water temperature. Small wetland areas are proposed along the flow of water to provide water filtration benefits while further improving the aquatic habitat.
DATE BEGUN - May 2006 DATE OF COMPLETION (EST.) - NA
SCOPE OF WORK Master Plan, Urban Design
SWA OFFICE - Laguna Beach SWA PROJECT TEAM Sean O’Malley Robert Jacob Grace Zu Sandeep Walia Qiuhong Tang
PROJECT SIZE 420,000 acres
PROJECT DESCRIPTION SWA prepared an open space master plan for the City of Monterrey, Mexico, utillizing two existing elements of the public realm; its rivers and boulevards. Envisioned as interconnecting networks, the rivers running predominately eastwest and boulevards north-south, this “Dos Manos Verdes” (two green hands) will tie the 3rd largest city of Mexico together and improve the quality of life for its citizens.
Potential ‘specific projects’ within the master plan open space system were identified and explored to provide a continuation between planning and implementation. This included schematic-level designs for a portion of the Santa Catarina River, the boulevard system, neighborhood parks, the redevelopment of an existing 200 acre railyard area, and an example ‘urban edge condition’ at the city’s periphery.
SWA integrated the analysis of the Urban Development Planning Agency of Nuevo Leon (UDPA) and identified technical, legal, and policy procedures so that future development will be incorporated into the proposed open space system. The master plan incorporates two primary components, the identification of an integrated park, boulvard, and r;ver system; and example designs of specific projects. The plan focused on the goal of providing 15 square meters of open space per individual, the current standard recommended by the United Nations. Monterrey currently provides an average of roughly 4 square meters per individual. To help reach this goal, future park sites were identified within existing neighborhoods, and portions of the re-developed river and boulevard systems were included.
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M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The planning area alternates between tall, steep, rocky hills and montains, and broad, flat, alluvial plains interrupted by rivers of various sizes. The mountains provide a powerful visual identity of Monterrey region.
Concept that brings rivers, parks and Green Boulevard together.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
Population (2000)
Total Park (except River Park) m 2/Person
SWA River Park SWA Parks Existing and City 22 Area(m (m m 2/Person area )) Proposed parks (m 2)
Apodaca Garcia San Pedro Escobedo Guadalupe Monterrey San Nicolas Santa Catarina Juarez
283497 28974 125978 233457 670162 1110997 496878 227026 66243
10.52 14.75 29.45 12.16 10.14 11.20 15.70 10.35 13.85
4929075 1702025 3096755 295697 1372401 0 1301547 2214423 5019339 4685497 4527710 2468653 392766 4902515 2061721 889636 4729935 672616
Total
3243212
14.24
27431249 17831062
17.39 106.88 10.89 5.58 7.49 4.08 0.79 9.08 71.40
1281507 131746 3709612 623951 2110921 9969246 2897230 1459811 245158
8.46 22429182
includes both existing and proposed parks and open space. The accompanying table shows how existing and proposed parks and open space will satisfy the overall goal of 15m2 of park and open space per person in each of the nine jurisdictions.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The open space landuse plan incor porate existing parks, potential parks and proposed parks and integrate with the circulation system. The green boulevards connects neigh borhoods with rivers and parks.
Laguna Beach
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N The plan integrates a hierarchy of open space. The community green forms the largest continuous open space while smaller scale open spaces include the neighborhood greens, the private greens and the streets that function as green corridors through the site.
Laguna Beach
The design concept for the site intends to create a regional “gathering” place for new development, the university and the city as a whole. The key elements include: open space, built environment, and street pattern. It seeks to produce a unique public space both in terms of the spatial design and program elements.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The Santa Catarina River flows through Monterrey’s Central Business District and presents an excellent opportunity to create exceptionally high real estate values because of the river’s potential to become an attractive open space. The focus of the proposed improvements to the river channel and surrounding parcels is to create a prominent pedestrian environment that becomes the area’s focal point, allows access to the river, provides valuable space for active and passive recreation and enriches the quality of life of its users.
M O N T E R R E Y PA R K A N D O P E N S PA C E M A S T E R P L A N Laguna Beach
The river channel is redesigned to have a curvilinear alignment that will provide hydrologic benefits by allowing the flowing water to move sediment more easily through the river system than the straighter channel that exists today. The base flow channel is proposed to be narrower but deeper to enhance the fish habitat in the river by maintaining a cooler water temperature. Small wetland areas are proposed along the flow of water to provide water filtration benefits while further improving the aquatic habitat.
