Park “La Puntilla”_Puerto Plata_p

from Beatriz Pineda Revilla_Urban planning/design + architecte portfolio

“Kastagnetuin” Masterplan_Uden, Noord-Brabant_p

International Competition_1st PRIZE

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic October 2009

Professional project: as independent in collaboration with Ben & Jáquez architects and urbanists (Designer)

The project aims to relaunch the city of Puerto Plata as a touristic destination via a new park in the area of La Puntilla.

The improvement of this area of 5 ha, close to the inner city, acts as a catalyst that helps Puerto Plata to reinforce its identity and to create a better place for locals. In addiction, it attracts a new kind of tourist, who is more interested in the history and the traditions of the area.

A new path connects the city center with the park. Along this path the new cultural program (an outdoor theater and an art school) as well as several other facilities, including sport fields and dressing rooms, meet the existing buildings which have been refurbished to receive the new functions.

The shade is the main characteristic of this route. It is achieved using different techniques: vegetation, umbrellas, etc. Sun and shade interweave along this path creating a unique scenario where the new cultural and social activities take place.

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Basic Plan + Execution Plan

Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic May 2010 - June 2011

Professional project: as independent in collaboration with Ben & Jáquez architects and urbanists (Designer)

Urban Design + Landscape + Architecture + Architectural renewal

After the competition was won, the municipality of Puerto Plata decides to continue with the Basic and the Execution Plan for the new park. The first prize for the competition includes the oportunity to supervise constructions. The Execution Plan is now approved and the construction work will start in the coming months.

The outdoor theater occupies a central role in the design of the park. The new buildings (dressing rooms, box office, parking control building) together with the renewal of one of the existing buildings, as an administrative center for the park, perform an important component of the architectural element of this project.

The landscape design is devised together with a landscape architect who knows in detail the local flora of the region. Taking into account to respect the existing paths, the design emphasizes the new route that connects all the new functions.