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Parque del Agua

Firm LocationMexico City, Mexico
Project locationMONTERREY, MEXICO
CompanyVMA arquitectos
Lead ArchitectVictor Marquez & Angeles Miranda
Design TeamDR. VICTOR MARQUEZ ARQ. ANGELES MIRANDA M. ARQ. ALAIN REDON M.DAP LUIS MARTINEZ ARQ. IZASI ZUNZUNEGUI ARQ. GABRIELA NAVA

The park is designed to harvest rainwater while establishing a new cultural paradigm, built on five pillars: environmental services, social inclusion, hydrological systems, and self-sustaining income. A mile-long pedestrian boulevard distributes visitors and deters dead zones, while the Serpent—a shaded walkway inspired by Málaga's awnings—lowers summer temperatures by 6°C. Rather than converging like a conventional street, it diverges across both sides of the park, its latticed roof hosting micro-gardens, pavilions and world-class facilities: a landscape structure, not a building.