Library and Public Park, Agua Prieta
Fernanda Canales 

Library and Public Park, Agua Prieta

Fernanda Canales 


The rough vicinity of a frontier checkpoint has been transformed, for the first time offering crossers a safe waiting place shielded from the harsh sun and equipped with lavatories.

In unprecedented proximity to the security line, the modest facility rises on a series of arches, in pursuit of views beyond the border wall, and connects with a lower plaza through a sculptural ramp...[+]


Biblioteca y parque público
Library and Public Park, Agua Prieta (Mexico)

ClienteClient
Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano

ArquitectosArchitects
Fernanda Canales; Ángela Vizcarra, Alberto García Valladares, Rodrigo Ducoing, Yazmin Hernández, Alexis Morales, Christian Ortega, Paulina del Castillo, Lucero Arenas, Julio Romero (equipo team)

ConsultoresConsultants
Patio Taller de Arquitectura y Paisaje (paisajismo landscape); NSA Lighting (iluminación lighting); FVS ingeniería (estructura structure)

ContratistaContractor
PIXO

SuperficieArea
625 m² (biblioteca library); 25.050 m² (parque park)

FotosPhotos
Rafael Gamo