The Parks Issue of Landscape Architect & Specifier News saw many firms submit their projects for feature consideration. This project was not chosen for a Feature in the issue, but we at LandscapeArchitect.com thought the project deserved to be showcased online . . .

 
Xochimilco was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988, as a unique place to conserve. A Cultural Landscape containing the CHINAMPAS, an intensive sustainable agronomic system and a landscape of prehispanic origin that survives today. The Plan for the 3,000-hectare chinampa district included an ecological park, a plant market, and sports park.

The Park, with wetlands and lakes, is an ecosystem that sustains more than 200 species of native and migratory birds.

Opening in 1993, the project won many awards, was published worldwide, and became an icon in Mexico City. The project showed that ecology and design were not intrinsically opposed. The Park deteriorated in recent years and was subject to an extensive rehabilitation. Today, it has totally recovered and intensively visited.

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