ESTUDIO TEDDY CRUZ
FERNANDO ROMERO
VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS & LIMITATIONS
TRADE AGREEMENTS & EXEMPTIONS
MIGRATION LINES & BOUNDARIES
Movement | Meeting
Agreements | Divisions
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Centers | Connection
Exchange | Blurring
SUMMARY The 21st century is known as “The Age of the City”. This phenomenon is characterized by the increasing number of people moving to urban areas. The global migration of products, people, and ideas across international boundaries is having drastic implications on culture. The U.S. - Mexico border as a whole is ultimately dividing two sides. The “Border Wall” is ignoring the border region’s history and culture as well as rejecting the new immigration and globalization patterns. The way that people interact, connect, and communicate along such a divisive force is fundamental and especially important along one of the world’s most contested international borders.
Perceived Divisions
Blurred Reality
El Paso | Ciudad Juarez
U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
THE DIVIDED CITIES
el paso
tijuana
reynosa
brownsville matamoros
mcallen
nuevo laredo
piedras negras
ciudad acuna
laredo
eagle pass
del rio
presidio
ojinaga
ciudad juarez
puerto palomas
agua prieta naco
nogales
san luis rio colorado
mexicali
nogales
douglas naco
columbus
yuma
calexico
san diego
URBAN LANDSCAPE & NATURAL LANDSCAPE
CULTURE & HISTORY
INFRASTRUCTURE & FOREIGN INVESTMENT
El Paso | Ciudad Juarez Nogales | Heroic Nogales Yuma | San Luis Rio Colorado San Diego | Tijuana
EL PASO-CIUDAD JUAREZ Disjointed Identity
CD. JUAREZ EL PASO MAQUILADORA 1ST MAQUILADORA 2ND MAQUILADORA 3RD
EL PASO
MAQUILADORA 4TH
Industry
CD. JUAREZ EL PASO
CD. JUAREZ Violence
CD. JUAREZ EL PASO
FORMAL CITY
INFORMAL CITY
Population
BORDER FENCE
INTERNATIONAL PORT OF ENTRY
PORT OF ENTRY
SITE SELECTION Port of Entry
FUNCTIONS
FUNCTIONS
-One way (northbound only for personal cars.) EL PASO -No connection to river
-One way (northbound only for personal cars.) EL PASO -No connection to river
CONNECTIONS
CONNECTIONS
-disconnected access to bike lanes -no connection to river
-disconnected access to bike lanes -no connection to river
CC
CD. JUAREZ
EL PASO
CD. JUAREZ
CD. JUAREZ
CC
B1
B2
BUSIEST PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
B3
ACCESS TO PARKS
U
B3
4
CC
2
3
1 B1
5
6
BUSIEST VEHICULAR CROSSING
CC
B2
U U
OBJECTIVES Blurring the Border
Border & River
IN B TE R R ID N G A E TI
O
N
A
L
1 2
IN
TE
R
N
AT B ION R ID AL G E
Border Highways
Center International Library
Bridge Port of Entry
PROGRAM
Spatial Need & Users
U CC
U U
City Centers & Universities
CC
MEXICO
U.S.
NATIONAL
CITY
LOCAL
International Port of Entry
Cloud Media Center
Park with River Access
4 2
3
1
Public Plaza Culture Museum (Migration Museum)
6
5
New Development & Parks
20,000 ft2 Culture Museum (Rotating Art Gallery) 20,000 ft2
10,000 ft2 Networking and Meeting
Creative Workshops (community maker space)
10,000 ft2
10,000 ft2
Story Telling Stage (TED Talk Stage) Seats 120 People Auditorium Seats 150 People Total 100,000 ft2
Entrance
From U.S.
AMISTAD
El Paso - Ciudad Juarez Culture Center
Roof Park
Plaza Library Border park
Movement | Crossing
Aerial
Looking North
Centers | Connecting
Exchange | Blurring
2
2
DN
DN
3
1
DN
1
2nd Floor 1. Reading space
3
2. Rotating art museum 3. Immigration museum
3
DN
2
2
3
4 10
Site Plan
1st Floor
UP
9
1. Lobby 1 (valley) 3
2. Presentation
UP
8
3. Cloud media center UP
DN
1
5. Meeting & Communications
UP
6
DN
4. Offices
2
-
-
-
-
6. Lobby 2 (valley) 7. Immigration Museum DN
8. Auditorium 1 9. Auditorium 2
UP
10. Lounge 7
5
1
DN
2 UP
Port of Entry Level 1. Border Crossing (to U.S.) 2. Outdoor Plaza 1 (valley) 4
3
3. Lobby 1 (valley) 4. Lobby 2 (valley) 5. Outdoor Plaza 2 (valley) 6. Border Crossing (to Mex)
DN
UP
5
6
Section
Looking East
Section
Looking North
Perceiving | Boundaries
Blurring | Boundaries
Crossing | Boundaries
Interior
Lobby 1
Interior
Cloud media Center
Section
Looking to El Paso
Exterior
Plaza
Poured concrete handrail Aluminum insulated fascia panel
Insulated steel assembly mezzanine
Aluminum curtainwall
Aluminum support bracket
Stainless steel gutter assembly
4’ Steel rolled beam
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