Regenerative District

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Regenerative District Final Project: Projects for the Future City

City project: Projects for the future city Gpo 1 Regenerative District

Aug - Dec 2020.

Last Published: May 2021 Tec de Monterrey, Querétaro, Mexico

School: Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Qro. Program: AR3022.1 Final Project group. 1, Semiannual Feb - Jun 2021.

Instructors: Arch. Diana García Cejudo, Arch. Pedro Mendoza Hernández and Arch. Adriana del Castillo.

Elaboration: Andrea Gutiérrez Peña, Beatriz Vázquez and Jonathan Rosas Tirado.

Collaborators / Advisors We would like to acknowledge and thank the cooperation and support of these people who generously helped in the realization process. from this project: Arch. Lesly Pliego, Arch. Rodrigo Pantoja and especially to the course teachers Arch. Diana García Cejudo, Arch. Pedro Mendoza Hernández and Arch. Adriana del Castillo for the support, their great effort and the motivation they gave us throughout the process of work.

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ROSAS TIRADO GUTIERREZ PEÑA

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INTRODUCTION Future Cities

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Medium-sized Cities: Querétaro

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15 Min City

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The 7 neighborhoods

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Visions

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Corregidora Municipal Development Plan

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R E G E N E R AT I V E DISTRICT Regenerative District

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Regenerative Theory

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Todays Regenerative “Pueblito”

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Strategies

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Masterplan

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Future’s Regenerative “Pueblito”

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Pueblito: Location and Description

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Cerrito Pyramid

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Pueblito River

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Population

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Analysis by axes

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“DISTRICT”

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ANNEXES

Phase 1: Nobody land

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Architectural Plans

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Zoning

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Cut per front

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Premises

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Sections

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Bioclimatic Analysis

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Dynamics

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Routes

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01 The city of the future “is only impossible until someone tries it” (Gale S., s.f). At the beginning of 1900, 14% of the population lived in the city, while today we are at 54% of the population and it is expected that by 2050 it will be 70% of the population. “Today’s cities have grown at a speed that none of us has ever been able to understand” (Burdett R., 2014).

If the answer they are taking today for these future cities is technology, then what is the question?

And why not a culture that regenerates instead of creating more?

INTRODUCTION Future Cities Medium-sized Cities: Querétaro 15 Min City The 7 neighborhoods Visions Corregidora Municipal Development Plan

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CHALLENGES OF FUTURE CITIES The creation and expansion of cities today is so rapid that it has become imperceptible, the cities of the future are based on creation and expansion, to which we asked ourselves the following question:

emergence of borders and physical limits creates disconnection, which leads to a lack of nearby services, not to mention the need for public and green spaces.

Why not base it on a culture that regenerates rather than creating more by expanding?

We cannot allow our planet to grow and prosper if we continue to expand everywhere. Nowadays, the damage caused to nature by urbanization is immense, so the answer can be as simple as; the less we occupy it the less damage we cause.

Currently the damage caused to nature by urbanization is immense, so the answer can be as simple as the less we occupy, the less damage we will cause. The growth of cities directly and indirectly generates social problems of disparity and inequality among the population; the

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There is a race to building a functioning, operational city which may replicate that model around the world.

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Bolaños y El Campanario, creación de bordes (Google Earth, 2021)

11 Menchaca, desconexión Desconexión por la falta de servicios cercanos (El Conspirador, 2019)

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MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES: QUERÉTARO Querétaro is an example of a city that follows an expansive model, where problems are evident, however, we still have the opportunity to innovate and redesign the model of the city of the future.

The global crisis that began in 2020 has highlighted these problems; deficiencies and the great inequality gap facing the world, especially in cities.

(Sisson, 2020).

The idea of regenerating rather than creating is vital because it is not just about ending a problem or starting something from scratch, but about working with what already exists and going beyond eradicating a problem by thinking about how to regenerate and create added value.

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Marginación (Bolaños Salvaje, 2020)

Blvd. Bernardo Quintana, tráfico y viajes largos (Redacciòn El Queretaro, 2018)

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Inegi, 2019

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Blvd. Bernardo Quintana, ciudad diseñada para el coche (Navarro, M., 2019)

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Falta de gestión del agua(Gonzalez V., 2018)

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SUBURBANIZATION Currently in Mexico, territorial planning and management are mainly conceived for urban areas, leaving large gaps and environmental imbalances in the management and planning of rural and suburban areas.

Desigualdad económica en México (CEEY, 2020)

When we talk about inequality, images such as those shown in Figures 1 and 2 come to mind. One of the problems we face with suburbanization is the creation of boundaries where the separation between different socioeconomic levels is clearly visible.

These in return generate certain problems such as disconnection in the creation of borders and boundaries, environmental impact, social inequality, lack of nearby services, marginalization and urban poverty.

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Riqueza y distribución (Sanchéz N., 2018)

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15 MINUTE CITY One of the answers to this expansive model of cities comes from the analysis carried out last semester in the city of Querétaro based on the “City of 15 minutes”.

The 15-minute city proposes to focus on fair times and distances for the human scale, placing work and housing areas as the center of measurement, with the objective of socially linking the inhabitants and as a consequence of the proxemics, activating the local economy so that businesses arise to meet the needs of these inhabitants, therefore promoting the generation of decent jobs.

The concept of “compact cities” has been discussed and analyzed by various sciences throughout the

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years, in order to improve urban conditions that directly impact their communities.

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mexico is among the 12 countries with the greatest social disparity.

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Parisen Common, 2020

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Based on last semester’s research, the districts and areas that make up the city were analyzed and qualified by their level of marginalization, population and throughout Maslow’s pyramid.

This analysis gave as a result, 7 districts in a “critical” condition, which means they lack essential elements such as: public space, connection to the context, and infrastructure necessary for their inhabitants to reach self-realization, among the districts is “El Pueblito”.

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JOINT VISIONS What made us choose “El Pueblito” among the 7 critical districts, is its potential and opportunities that arise in the research of last semester, which go hand in hand with both the Municipal Development Plan of Corregidora and especially with our position towards the cities of the future, which gives us the possibility of combining visions based on regeneration.

Through these three aspects (analysis of the 15 min City, Municipal Plan, regenerative posture), we arrive at an initial diagnosis where the Pueblito mainly lacks of recreational equipment, natural areas, pedestrian prioritization and has great economic, natural and patrimonial potential.

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Comercio Barrial (Agencia y enfoque, 2015)

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Nueva imagen urbana: Proyecto de escalinata y murales (El universal, 2021)

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CORREGIDORA MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Going deeper into what is stated in the Municipal Development Plan, we link this information to the lack of a rainwater catchment system and water management in general.

The non-existing landmarks, nodes and urban trails are also mentioned, especially the lack of articulation and insufficient resources for “El Pueblito´s” historical heritage, which could be a source of image and urban identity, helping boost its socioeconomic development, appropriation and social cohesion.

In the economic aspect, based on INEGI 2010,

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currently in Corregidora only 59% of the population is economically active while 41% is unemployed.

Those who are active, mainly work in the tertiary sector and within the municipality, which not only makes us understand the importance of generating a sustainable economy, but also see a lack of recreational facilities, education and commercial supply, which in this case are extremely necessary, due to the fact that most of the population live nearby their work.

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(Gobierno Corregidora, 2021)

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02 Are we building cities of the future to have cities of the future? (Boyson O., 2016).

The growth of cities directly and indirectly generates social problems of disparity and inequality among the population. The circumstances of internal neighborhoods are not fully adapted and begin to create physical contrasts within the social fabric, creating limits and physical boundaries, and disconnection due to the lack of nearby services, not to mention the major negative environmental impact.

PROBLEMATIC Pueblito: Location and Description Cerrito Pyramid Pueblito River Population Analysis by axes

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PUEBLITO LOCATION & DESCRIPTION The topography of Pueblito is very steep, as can be seen in the area of “El Cerrito” and in the neighborhood “Los Vergeles”, which indirectly or directly generates physical barriers within the district.

The study of the socioeconomic levels done by INEGI, (2019) reported that the inequality and disparity existing in “El Pueblito” is very high, also the areas of lower socioeconomic levels are right next to high socioeconomic level neighborhoods, a condition that along with the roads promotes disparity, by acting as social boundaries, generating class division and a community with social segregation.

The analysis also identified a numerous number of barren fields or “wasted spaces”, in this area, especially in front of the archaeological area of “El Cerrito”, a big lot which is extremely isolated and

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has topographic limitations. This space could be considered as “a no man’s land”, without identity, which we believe turns the pyramid into a limit instead of a great landmark.

Symbology - Physical Barriers

Direct limits Indirect limits

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CERRITO PYRAMID For the construction of the pyramid it was necessary to level the land by means of a large construction of a large square platform of 115 m per side in which the different construction stages can be appreciated.

covered by a stucco layer which was decorated at the time with red, ocher and blue.

El Cerrito was a great ceremonial center in preHispanic times, building a pyramidal basement, squares, patios, rooms with columns and altars.

The pyramid is made up of thirteen bodies staggered in slopes, reaching an elevation of 25 m. Its dimensions are 83 m per side at the base, it has stairways with rafters on all four sides. The sloping façade walls were built with vesicular basalt stone, combined with red sandstone and small limestone, these walls and stairways were

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Fotografia antigua de la Construcción Casa El Fortín 1887

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700 a. C (Epiclassic)

1300-1530 a. C

1887 a. C

1st Constructive Stage.

Foundation of the site (Pyramidal base and Sculpture Square)

Modification and expansion of the basement, destruction of the Toltec past destruction of Chichimeca, Otomi and Tarascan sculptures

1887 Modification on top of the Casa el Fortín Pyramid

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Toltec occupation ceremonial center, stone sculpture is integrated into architecture

Franciscans deposit an image of the Virgin Mary within the site, lasts 70 years

900- 1200 a. C (Early postclassic)

1632 a. C

Discovery of so the pyramid

1941 a. C

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1984 a. C

2000 a. C

2020 a. C

First season of work in the area

2000 It is declared an archaeological monument

2020 Two-sided cleaning ends

Mapping, sampling and wells are carried out, delimiting the archaeological zone of El Cerrito.

ome walls of

1995 Land reclamation and some excavations

1995 d. C

2005 Second season of work

2005 a. C

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P U E B L I TO RIVER Several interventions have been carried out in the El Pueblito river, especially with 4 main objectives, its sanitation, the identification of risk areas due to flooding, the search for better management of land use, due to irregular settlements or subdivisions and interventions for the recovery of flora and fauna.

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37 Río el Pueblito (CONCYTEC, 2013)

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POPULATION Currently in Corregidora only 59% of the population is economically active while 41% is unemployed, of the 63,700 who work, only 56% work within the municipality. Another alarming fact is that the average area of recreational space is of only 3.9 square meters per inhabitant, only one third of what is recommended by the OMS. (Municipal Development Plan, 2018).

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Mejoramiento de imagen urbana (RR Noticias, 2018)

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Centro del Pueblito (Corregidora Gob, 2019)

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COMERCIAL AXIS Our area of study has a great variety of commercial spaces with a lot of potential, the main problem is that these spaces are not very attractive, and even “unsafe” considering that they are small spaces where “safe health distance” cannot be applied.

The largest type of commerce that can be found is gastronomic, with a wide variety of Mexican dishes, the second are design stores such as clothing, jewelry, art, sculptures, among others.

show the opposite, mainly all commerce is located in precarious housing with a first floor of mixed uses, located in a dispersed manner and making it difficult to find.

Finally, we were able to identify 3 stores selling health products, such as organic, personal care and physical products.

In general, the area’s commerce has an entrepreneurial, artistic and gastronomic essence, however its locations and architecture Comercio barrial (Google Street View, 2021).

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Comercio barrial (Google Street View, 2021).

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Comercio barrial (Google Street View, 2021).

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ENVIRONMENTAL AXIS As mentioned, the El Pueblito river is one of the main features of the area, which also receives a large amount of rainwater, and given the terrain conditions, many areas are at risk of water accumulation and damage to road structures.

Another alarming fact is the lack of green areas this area has, the only green lung that can be found in the district are the trees and endemic vegetation which is around “El Cerrito”, however, this space is not open to the public, since it can only be accessed if you visit the archaeological site, which has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic.

Nuevo museo de sitio en Corregidora. (Laura Banda, 2019.)

An important aspect about the site is that Querétaro is one of the few states that receive annual visits from monarch butterflies during their migratory journey, a fact to take into account for a possible expansion of the butterfly stay.

Mariposa Monarca. (WWF, 2015)

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PATRIMONIAL AXIS Remembering that the pyramid currently works as a limit rather than a landmark, it is important to mention the interventions that have been made to it, such as the Site Museum, an archaeological project that began in 2000 that presents 125 pieces on display, recovered during research and explorations over the years, with an investment of $14,600,000.00 (SECTUR,2019).

It was concluded that the pyramid has not been sufficiently enhanced, and today it is not a great tourist attraction or a source of appropriation from the community. Something that could be easily understood by the conditions and of its accesses, with designs are not worthy enough for such an important historical monument, causing a border instead of an opening.

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Museo del Sitio (SIC México, 2019)

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Acceso a la Pirámide calle Rivera del Río (Google Maps, 2021)

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Acceso a la Pirámide calle Camino al Cerrito (Google Maps, 2021)

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SOCIAL AXIS Our area of study has 6 health facilities, including the Municipal Institute for Women of Corregidora.

There is also a wide variety of educational spaces, ranging from elementary school to professional studies.

Within our study area, the topic of “public space” is currently very deficient. Around the “El Cerrito” area there are only 2 public sports units, but the Zapata Sports Unit is in poor condition.

Public spaces function as a platform for the creation of a society’s collective identity but unfortunately there is no park, esplanade or public recreational space near the area.

Unidad deportiva del Pueblito (Google Street View, 2021).

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Unidad deportiva Zapata (Google Street View, 2021).

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Unidad deportiva del Pueblito (Google Street View, 2021).

03 “The words opportunity and problem solving go together in what is understood by the concept of city, whereas problems arise they have to be solved by innovating” (Jacobs, J., 2001) Therefore, the answer may lie in the reconnection between the disjointed elements in the city, from the social aspect to the environmental, seeking to rescue this human-nature relationship as a principle of social union that current urbanization has forgotten.

REGENERATIVE DISTRICT Regenerative District Regenerative Theory Todays Regenerative “Pueblito” Strategies Masterplan Future’s Regenerative “Pueblito”

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REGENERATIVE DISTRICT This diagnosis made us question; what “El Pueblito” could become as a future city, and we believe that the answer lies in regeneration, in the development of our vision….

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“To convert El Pueblito into a Regenerative District, restoring the local economy, the environment and the social fabric among the different socioeconomic classes, through cultural, public and productive spaces, generating awareness for the water, history and culture of its surroundings, by offering open spaces in which the community may practice mental health after the confinement of the pandemic”.

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REGENERATIVE THEORY The Regenerative District is based on the diagnosis previously mentioned and the need for a theoretical framework to verify the conditions and opportunities of the Pueblito, in order to generate a future vision supported by regeneration, this where the theory of the “Regenerative System” is analyzed.

The concept is inspired by the motivation to give back to the planet and the ecosystem more of what it has given us. Based on Daniel Whal (master in sustainability), he mentions that within a scale of return to nature, one has to improve and move beyond the conventional practice.

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In accordance with this methodology, this diagram was taken as the foundation and basis for decisions making within our process, in order to generate positive returns not only for the environment but also for the local economy, social welfare and historical context.

This theory allows us to locate and analyze the current conditions of the Pueblito in the Regenerative Diagram, which are divided into 4 main axes: Economic, Social, Environmental and Patrimonial.

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TODAYS REGENERATIVE “PUEBLITO” As can be seen in the figure, the Economic Axis is the least critical, it is at the Sustainable level due to its entrepreneurial essence, however, it still has great potential to be developed.

Due to the interventions previously mentioned to the archeological area there is a relative improvement but still insufficient current condition, that is why the Patrimonial and Environmental Axis are located at the green level.

But unfortunately, the Social aspect is at the lowest level of the Regenerative System due to the neglect of public spaces and social cohesion.

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REGENERATIVE DISTRICT SISTEMA

REGENERATIVO Regenerativo

Reconciliatorio

Restaurativo

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MENOR

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PATRIMONIAL

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ECONOMIC 1.- Make neighborhood commerce visible and value 2.-Promote accessibility to local commerce

PATRIMONIAL 3.-Recover cultural activities to promote the appreciation of prehispanic heritage 4.-Greater accessibility and capillarity towards the pre-Hispanic heritage

STRATEGIES

5.-Link pre-Hispanic heritage and physical context

SOCIAL 6.-Adaptability of the program to time and time dynamics

In order to solve these problems and opportunities a series of strategies were developed using Regenerative Theory within each axis.

7.-Recovery and adaptation of empty spaces for social programs 8.-Symbiosis between landscape, nature and learning spaces 9.-Prioritization and redesign of urban spaces 10.-Increase the average area of ​​recreation equipment

The Regenerative District, being such a broad vision, is intended to be developed in stages. To prioritize the interventions, we analyzed their feasibility and their location in the context to design the evolution and proper functioning of the Regenerative District. Once this was done, the analysis showed us that the axes of greatest impact and urgency were the social and environmental ones.

11.- Pedestrianize the physical context 12.-Development and improvement of bicycle transport 13.-Elimination of physical borders 14.-Link between educational associations and the program to be developed 15.-Improve the quality of existing public spaces 21.-Appropriation and social integration from the redesign of the physical space

ENVIRONMENTAL 16.-Expansion of the natural landscape for user prioritization 17.-Vegetation as a principle of social union 18.-Encourage relaxation and disconnection in the uniquely natural landscape 19.-Awareness and care of natural resources and the environment 20.-Management and responsible management of gray and rainwater

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P U E B L I TO 2030 The first step to develop the regenerative system is the union and potentialization of the Social and Environmental Axis (the most required), that is why the strategies used in this first stage are aimed at improving and promoting the appropriation and social integration, from the redesign of the physical space, as well as retaking the natural landscape as a principle of social union. Therefore, the essence of the district is to be formalized in 2030, where the “start of the whole” may be developed in a strategic point of the neighborhood to later provide the possibility for an easy expansion.

By categorizing these strategies, the rationale is

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the opportunity to eliminate class disparity and the polarization of spaces through a project located at a strategic point to function as a unifying space between social classes and among the population of the Pueblito.

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ECONOMIC

10.-Increase the average area of ​​recreation equipment

1.- Make neighborhood commerce visible and value

11.- Pedestrianize the physical context 21.-Appropriation and social integration from the redesign of the physical space

PATRIMONIAL 3.-Recover cultural activities to promote the appreciation of pre-hispanic heritage

ENVIRONMENTAL

4.-Greater accessibility and capillarity towards the pre-Hispanic heritage

16.-Expansion of the natural landscape for user prioritization 17.-Vegetation as a principle of social union

SOCIAL

18.-Encourage relaxation and disconnection in the uniquely natural landscape

6.-Adaptability of the program to time and time dynamics

19.-Awareness and care of natural resources and the environment

7.-Recovery and adaptation of empty spaces for social programs

20.-Management and responsible management of gray and rainwater

8.-Symbiosis between landscape, nature and learning spaces

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PUEBLITO 2040 By 2040 the “Pueblitos” social integration seeks to grow, based on the idea that it should regenerate and not create, that is why the adaptation and recovery of empty spaces for social programs is the main objective of this stage, which also begins an intention to promote the visibility of the district´s local commerce and accessibility, where the expansion of natural landscape is used as a tool to achieve it.

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ECONOMIC

10.-Increase the average area of ​​recreation equipment

1.- Make neighborhood commerce visible and value

11.- Pedestrianize the physical context

2.-Promote accessibility to local commerce

13.-Elimination of physical borders 21.-Appropriation and social integration from the redesign of the physical space

PATRIMONIAL 3.-Recover cultural activities to promote the appreciation of pre-hispanic heritage

ENVIRONMENTAL

4.-Greater accessibility and capillarity towards the pre-Hispanic heritage

16.-Expansion of the natural landscape for user prioritization 17.-Vegetation as a principle of social union

SOCIAL

18.-Encourage relaxation and disconnection in the uniquely natural landscape

6.-Adaptability of the program to time and time dynamics

20.-Management and responsible management of gray and rainwater

7.-Recovery and adaptation of empty spaces for social programs

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PUEBLITO 2045 In 2045 the Commercial Axis that began in 2040 manages to consolidate, achieving the maximum level of regeneration favoring the accessibility and enhancement of the district´s local commerce, despite being important, the social aspect has a lower impact compared to the economic during this stage, however this expansion of vegetation continues to grow.

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ECONOMIC

13.-Elimination of physical borders

1.- Make neighborhood commerce visible and value

14.-Link between educational associations and the program to be developed

2.-Promote accessibility to local commerce

15.-Improve the quality of existing public spaces 21.-Appropriation and social integration from the redesign of the physical space

SOCIAL 6.-Adaptability of the program to time and time dynamics

ENVIRONMENTAL

7.-Recovery and adaptation of empty spaces for social programs

16.-Expansion of the natural landscape for user prioritization

9.-Prioritization and redesign of urban spaces

17.-Vegetation as a principle of social union

10.-Increase the average area of ​​recreation equipment

18.-Encourage relaxation and disconnection in the uniquely natural landscape

11.- Pedestrianize the physical context

20.-Management and responsible management of gray and rainwater

12.-Development and improvement of bicycle transport

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PUEBLITO 2050 Because of the feasibility of intervening and working on a historical landmark, but also its importance, is that in 2050 the accessibility and linkage of “The Cerrito´s” pyramid with the Pueblito is the main objective, seeing it also as a great opportunity for appropriation and social integration and an improvement of public spaces.

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PATRIMONIAL

12.-Development and improvement of bicycle transport

3.-Recover cultural activities to promote the appreciation of pre-hispanic heritage

13.-Elimination of physical borders

4.-Greater accessibility and capillarity towards the pre-Hispanic heritage

14.-Link between educational associations and the program to be developed

5.-Link pre-Hispanic heritage and physical context

15.-Improve the quality of existing public spaces 21.-Appropriation and social integration from the redesign of the physical space

SOCIAL 6.-Adaptability of the program to time and time dynamics

ENVIRONMENTAL

7.-Recovery and adaptation of empty spaces for social programs

16.-Expansion of the natural landscape for user prioritization

8.-Symbiosis between landscape, nature and learning spaces

17.-Vegetation as a principle of social union

9.-Prioritization and redesign of urban spaces

18.-Encourage relaxation and disconnection in the uniquely natural landscape

10.-Increase the average area of ​​recreation equipment

20.-Management and responsible management of gray and rainwater

11.- Pedestrianize the physical context

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COMPARATIVE OF EL PUEBLITO The stages and evolution previously mentioned allows us to move from the current condition of El Pueblito to El Pueblito as a Regenerative District.

in the regenerative level, due to the awareness and expansion of biophilic spaces (human nature relationship) of the same ecosystem of the Pueblito.

As can be seen, the Patrimonial axis is in the restorative level, due to the valorization and value that is now being given to historical context which also includes its accessibility, the Social Axis has now risen to the reconciliatory level by promoting the appropriation and social integration from the redesign of the physical space, the economic axis is now in the reconciliatory as it promotes the district’s economy through commercial nodes and finally the environmental axis is now located

Although there are 4 axes, the social and environmental are the ones that seek to have a higher regenerative level, as you can see from the diagram, our strategies lead each of these axes to a greater progression and impact from the community.

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The beginning of the whole. The first step is a major change (self-creation).

Theory grounded in the first steps to generate a green node with opportunities for expansion and collaboration for the growth of a new concept....

“The Regenerative District”

“DISTRICT” Phase 1: Nobody land Zoning Premises Bioclimatic Analysis Dynamics Routes

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FASE 1 : NOBODY LAND According to the Regenerative System (as a whole) it is necessary to develop the first stage Pueblito 2030 being the most important and with the greatest benefit and impact for the neighborhood. To develop it, it was necessary to land in a strategic point in the district that would allow the social and environmental prioritization, that when we came across a lote considered “NOBODY LAND ‘’ , located in front of the pyramid, formed by limits and no identity. This space however has great potential thanks to its location, which allows the expansion of nature, the generation of social fabric and possibility to dissolve pre-existing barriers. This discovery marks the beginning of the Regenerative District.

Analyzing the existing landscape, we observed this green cloud that is generated in front of the pyramid just before the ground, from this we realized that it was important to continue with this pattern and distribute our strategies and program on two levels, which would allow an extension of this green cover.

Vista aéres Pirámide ( Banda L., 2019)

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ZONING It is from this idea that the design of the green programmatic roof was developed, with the aim of generating continuity in the project, natural context and program, generating dynamic and continuous paths on both levels.

In the development of this first stage, based on the context and strategies, 3 representative areas emerge: Natural: This project seeks to generate social awareness of the importance of water, vegetation and the environment, in an educational way, through ecosystem gardens and wetlands, gardening and endemic vegetation workshops, located on both levels. Finally a Water Center is located at the center of the project, which will have educational and interactive facilities for visitors of all ages and places.

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Commercial: This generates a commercial node, which responds to the entrepreneurial needs of the community located to the north, due to its proximity to the neighborhood of Los Vergeles, composed of artisanal commerce to the west, due to its proximity to the archaeological area, gastronomic commerce in the lower level, and other variety of commerce closer to the roads, generating a commercial anchor and visibility.

Social: Since this is the most critical aspect, the program includes a great viarity of reacreational spaces suchs as coworking and multifuncinal areas for social programs, it is intended to be applied both in the roof and in the access floor, with the aim of promoting the development of a stronger social fabric in the community.

Turning this nobody land into EVERYONE’S land.

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PREMISES Once the problems and potentialities were identified, the principles and premises necessary to solve the needs of the community were decided through the Regeneration diagram.

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BIOCLIMATIC DESIGN The project opens up to the prevailing winds for greater ventilation and the vegetation responds to the climatic conditions of each of the areas 3 of the Regenerative District: North: Shade vegetation in the commercial area South: Sun vegetation in the learning area.

East: In the Cultural Water Center, aquatic vegetation.

West: Cactaceae where there is a transition to the pyramid.

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The project also collects and redirects rainwater through openings in the roof and topography to green wetlands.

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DYNAMICS We believe that architecture is not just about the existing program, but about how people take ownership of it and how the community’s needs may shape and adapt how the program works.

Use the interventions as a support for people to fulfill their desires and needs.

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LEARNING ROUTE This first phase of the Regenerative District seeks to provide a multifunctional and resilient space for each person within the Pueblito, which encourages this appropriation of the site and adaptation of the program according to their needs through different microclimates and experiences.

The route that a student from the neighboring school “Secundaria Quetzalcoatl” could do would start by using the learning modules in the southern area of the project to enter the ecosystemic gardens with shady vegetation and learn about the different types of endemic plants, then go up to the green roof by using the stairs, where the

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nature of the ecosystemic gardens give continuity to the roof by the ramp located next to the Miguel Hidalgo street, a space dedicated to learning about local endemic vegetation, finally their route might end by attending a workshop, focused on environmental awareness, given in the interactive bleachers of the Cultural Water Center.

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COMMERCIAL ROUTE A group of friends looking for a place to eat breakfast could enter through the north access where they are greeted by a variety of local commerce and then reach the gastronomic area with a view overlooking the pyramid where the local flavor stands out. Then go for a walk along the handicrafts commerce area, surrounded by cactus gardens which leads you to one of the accesses of the roof, which allows you to observe the pyramid and reach one of the most recurrent local entrepreneurship stores as you enjoying the view and its connection with its surrounding nature.

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C U LT U R A L ROUTE Finally, a foreign visitor could arrive through the bus stop of the “Regenerative District” route, where you begin to see a variety of activities and dynamics where the gardens themselves redirect you to the Cultural Center of Water, a space of awareness towards the natural resources of the Pueblito, and then with the option to go to the open amphitheater to observe a traditional dance of the Pueblito, to the covered module with a play of water lights, or to the ecosystemic gardens crossing through a green route that connects with one of the multipurpose modules, adaptable to the program.

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To later reach the stairs that go up to the green roof through spaces of appreciation of endemic plants and reach a space of relaxation and disconnection where you can enjoy a good time in connection with nature with a skyline viewpoint of the pyramid.

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05 We can take the best practices of sustainable urbanization and spread them around the world as quickly as possible. That is the promise of 21st century urbanization (Sadik Khan J., 2009).

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The concept of the project is based on the phrase “rest is what is built”, generating more that a landscape project but an experience though internal and contextual paths, as well as different microclimates where every space is different and has its own essence.

Water Zone 1 Cultural Center of Water

The 3 areas previously mentioned (Commercial, Learning, Cultural or Water) follow the principle of a triangulation of services for the project; parking, garbage and trade access, and safe stops for public transportation and bicycle islands.

Learning Zone 4 Multipurpose spaces 5 Ecosystem gardens

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Shopping area 2 Restaurants 3 Shops

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Commercial zone: In the north you can see the restaurant zone and the functioning of the green routes and how the dynamics of the project can be adapted to the activities that are generated. This arises from these mixed-use modules or wildcards of the program, which are completely multipurpose, the commercial nodes and the learning area are located to the south as well as workshop spaces.

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Roof: One of the main purposes of the roof is to generate continuity, natural as well as in the programs that are carried out.

The structure allows the elimination of limits and edges in its context and the distribution of the activities prevents the creation of fences and walls, at the same time, it leads the user through a continuous sensory walk which ascends and descends imperceptibly.

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Symbology Water Zone 1 Cultural Center of Water Program 2 Trade 3 Greenhouse 4 Lookout

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STRUCTURE The structural approach is based on a solution using independent structures and rigid frames with a steel and concrete structure. The development of the spans is based on IPR as beams, tubular sections as main columns and post-tensioned concrete for the slab. Having a foundation of isolated footings for each one.

For the gardens on the roof, they were anchored and rested on the modules of the access level, as they are structures and sections with greater resistance and a higher load index.

For the control and management of water, a water collection and reuse system was generated from the openings in the roof and the topography that directs the water towards the gardens, where its

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porosity allows its absorption and filtration for its redirection to be stored and used for the irrigation system of the Cultural Water Center.

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CORTE POR FACHADA Impermeabilizante a base de manto asfáltico e=4mm Torron de 7 alambres de 12.5mm para postensado Losa maciza postensada reforzada @20cm varilla ½” Trabe de concreto armado 40 x 80 cm f’c=250kg/cm2 Varilla de acero corrugado de ½” Trabe de concreto armado 60 x 80 cm f’c=250kg/cm2 Malla electrosoldada 6” x 6”, cal. 10-10 Soportes redondo acero galvanizado 2” Pernos de sujeción Placa de acero 5mm

Vidrio templado claro 9 mm Canceleria corrediza con herrajes de aluminio AGB y vidrio templado 6/6/6

Losa de concreto reforzado f’c=250 kg/m2 h=10cm Losa maciza reforzada @20cm varilla ½” Trabe de concreto armado 20 x 40 cm f’c=250kg/cm2 Columna 30 x 30 cm concreto armado f’c=250kg/cm2 reforzada @15cm varilla 3/8” Contratrabe de concreto f’c=250kg/cm2 de 20 x 80 cm armado con varilla corrugada de 3/8” Zapata corrida de concreto f’c=250kg/cm2 de 120 x 30 cm armada con varilla corrugada de 3/8” @20 cm Plantilla de concreto pobre f’c=100kg/cm de 5 cm de espesor Terreno natural compactado al 90% de prueba proctor

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SECTIONS The sections were made with the purpose of generating an explanation of certain elements in greater depth, which is why each section passes through a major axis of the project and thus better explain the relationship of the roof with the lower levels.

In the section of the Cultural Water Center we can see how the roof will allow us to generate these openings that function as ventilation and lighting spaces, creating a direct interaction between levels and context, such as the viewpoint to the pyramid and how the roof also encourages

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observation and enjoyment of the activities of the other levels, like the bleachers of water center, which serve to redirect rainwater as well as a space to sit at contemplate the main wetland.

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In the section of the learning area we appreciate these valleys or slopes preexisting in the terrain, which are used to generate a set of half levels, thus generating staircases and circulations in relation to the program which can be used as multifunctional spaces, not only to generate an ascend and descend, but to take advantage of them by making each circulation an experience.

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This last section shows one of the most important principles within the project, which is the concept of generating a landscape project that is the framework to appreciate the pyramid. Where the microclimates themselves respond to the views and important openings of the terrain, generating commercial, learning and relaxation activities. As can be seen in the commercial area on the right side and on the left side we have the greenest area with more recreational and didactic activities.

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redirects rainwater to the central wetland.

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