Puente Verde

Elevated Green Infraestructure
Puente Verde was born as a result of the competition organized by IMPLAN and the Government of the State of Nuevo León. The project consists of extending a park through a pedestrian bridge, structurally designed as a vehicular bridge but transformed into a bridge planted with native tree species, thus creating a green bridge infraestructure.

Keywords
Innovation
Water Efficiency
Sustainable
Sociability

Awards

Master Plan
Urban Design
Landscape Architecure
Size: 496 ml
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
Year: 2023

With a length of 400 meters, Puente Verde becomes a place for strolling, staying, and resting, a place for gatherings and entertainment, a place to ride bicycles, skate, or skateboard, and a place where vegetation can develop, flourish, and connect two major green spaces: Fundidora Park, the most important urban park in the state, and Parque España, a traditional promenade for the people of Monterrey.

The Green Bridge connects neighborhoods to the north and south of the Santa Catarina River, becoming an element of urban infrastructure that fosters interaction among residents from different areas of the city. It offers safe mobility, connectivity, accessibility, and social inclusion.

Conceptually, the Puente Verde represents a formal evolution from the industrial origins of the city, as manifested in the industrial archaeology of Fundidora, to a contemporary Monterrey that looks toward a sustainable future. The bridge's base materials—steel and concrete—the lines of its pavements representing rails, and the "folds" of the lateral skins refer to an industrial past and its evolution into a sustainable city.

Additionally, the Puente Verde makes a significant contribution to the metropolitan public space. Functioning as a linear park by day and night, with various zones for rest, play, and recreation, it allows pedestrians, skaters, and cyclists to enjoy a surprising elevated journey over the Santa Catarina River with impressive views of the city, Fundidora, and the iconic Cerro de la Silla. In its central part, the park offers a cantilevered viewing plaza, intersected transversely along the axis that visually connects Cerro de la Silla with the city center.

Cyclist and Pedestrian Circulation

Innovative elements in the landscape
It uses prefabricated systems of “rain gardens” vegetated and tree trenches, armed with “designed” soils and interconnected drainage system.

Massive use of the “grass pave” system for a total ###m2 of permeable parking spaces that minimizes the heat island effect

Planted 1,162 native trees from 3 to 10” that cause 64,155 m2 of shade over the total surface, and process 25,564 kg of Carbon Dioxide per year.

High-efficiency drip irrigation system that uses 100% treated sewage from the city's municipal network and use of native species with low water consumption and maintenance

Signage that informs and educates visitors about the types of native trees and plants, and special rainwater treatment systems.

A team of biologists, in charge of the initial environmental impact, will carry out the monitoring, evaluation and correct maintenance of the green infrastructure system

Iconic Envelope Energetic Skin

Created Vegetation / Green Infrastructure: Habitat

Permeability and Rainwater Harvesting

Places Programs Community

Environmental and Social Impact:
It uses prefabricated systems of “rain gardens” vegetated and tree trenches, armed with “designed” soils and interconnected drainage system.

Massive use of the “grass pave” system for a total ###m2 of permeable parking spaces that minimizes the heat island effect

Planted 1,162 native trees from 3 to 10” that cause 64,155 m2 of shade over the total surface, and process 25,564 kg of Carbon Dioxide per year.

Permeability and Rainwater Harvesting

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