{"id":18509,"date":"2021-07-26T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/?p=18509"},"modified":"2021-12-02T18:25:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T00:25:53","slug":"botanical-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/interventions\/botanical-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A landscape proposal that seeks to change a space of destruction to an environmental resitience in Monterrey, is “Botanical Quarry”, get to know it with Linda Martinez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent years, there has been an increase in air pollution in the city of Monterrey. The media has focused especially on the active quarries of the metropolitan area. Moreover, the inactive quarries have been abandoned, without remediating the fragmentation of the habitat. This situation has inserted a negative idea in the citizens towards the pits. This project is a long-term development with the opportunity to change a space of environmental destruction to one of resilience, as happened with the \u201cFundidora\u201d in Monterrey, which is now industrial heritage. Monterrey is called \u201cThe city of the mountains\u201d, which provide the city environmental services (such as regulation of the climate, water cycle and oxygen) and are inherent to the identity of the \u201cregiomontano\u201d or people of Monterrey. Beginning with a historical analysis of the perception of the city, an imaginary was built divided into the following chapters: Early Mapping, Pure Land, Human and Mountain, Architecture in the Landscape, City of Mountains and a Living Landscape.<\/p>\n

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Succession of the islands and botanical claim of the quarry
Illustration: MSc. Arq. Linda Alejandra Marti\u0301nez Mun\u0303oz\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mining and quarrying are one of the major human activities that can still be observed from space. In this post-industrial landscape lies the anthropogenic paradigm of an ecosystem where nature and artifice are now inseparable.
\nThe Cerro de las Mitras is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental, one of the mountain systems that cross the country from North to South. In the project\u2019s quarry, which surface is about 150 hectares, limestone was extracted due to the geological composition of the strata and was used for construction materials.
\nThe organic soil restoration strategies promote
\nthe recovery of altered ecosystems in order to renovate their natural structure and function. The regeneration of the landscape was proposed through a botanical intervention that conserves the native vegetation of the semi-desert region, adapted to the local types of climate: Warm arid and Humid Subtropical.
\nThis plan integrates to the ecological corridors formed by the protected natural areas such as the Cumbres of Monterrey National Park and the system of public parks.<\/p>\n

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View of the recovered quarry
Photography: MSc. Arq. Linda Alejandra Marti\u0301nez Mun\u0303oz\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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A catalogue of the Cerro de las Mitras flora and fauna is compiled. The native and especially endangered species are preserved and introduced to the public in permanent and temporary exhibitions. The citrus region of the state of Nuevo Leo\u0301n is integrated into the garden to show the importance of shaping productive landscapes. Visitors will be able to eat the fruits while completing their sensory experience.<\/p>\n

The altitude of the quarry varies between 600-1400 m.a.s.l. The ecosystems were placed depending on the heights above sea level, the orientation, the soil humidity and the extension of the area.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe aim is to create a public space where visitors can theatrically view the city from the mountain, but also a city that observes its restored mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The types of soils determined both buildable and vegetation areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Exposed rock: left intact and with reinforcement structures at its limits (retaining elements, preventive meshes, anchors).<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gravel: buildable or reclamation areas.
\n\u2022 Sand: recreation areas with possible buildings.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Green area: without alterations.
\n\u2022 Reclaimed or mixed land: respected.<\/p>\n

Islands with mound shapes were designed, representing an abstraction of the mountain. In these the quality of the soil is improved through forestry practices and new vegetation is sowed. The plants will spontaneously surpass the limits of the islands, proliferating towards the rest of the quarry.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of the open auditorium in an existing void
Ilustracio\u0301n: MSc. Arq. Linda Alejandra Marti\u0301nez Mun\u0303oz\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

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The program includes an open-air auditorium, a quarry museum, a regional botanical research center, barbecue area, exhibition and plants shop, trekking and hiking paths that connect with the mountain, among others. The phases of the program development are indicated with the progressive succession of the ecosystems in spans of 7 years.
\nThese long-term actions on the landscape, togeth- er with the architectural program of the park, will create a new ecology and a new public space available for the inhabitants, capable of bringing the mountain back to the city of Monterrey.<\/p>\n

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Main stage: botanical and artistic exhibition
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