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NATURA

Master’s thesis, 2020. A 95-hectare master plan next to the airport in Culiacán, from farmland to mixed-use.

Aerial golden-hour view of NATURA: logistics halls with rooftop photovoltaic arrays, a brick office tower, residential blocks, and sports fields along a tree-lined arterial.
01 · Aerial 95 ha · Culiacán
From farmland to mixed-use, next to the airport.

The views show brick residential towers with balcony planters, community gardens, a canal and park edge, and the airport on the horizon. No further program figures are published here.

NATURA is a master’s thesis master plan for 95 hectares in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, next to the airport. The site is shown as a shift from farmland to mixed-use: logistics with rooftop photovoltaics, offices, brick residential blocks, sports fields, and a landscaped public realm.

Visible themes in the drawings: brick residential architecture, balcony planters, community gardens (including a rooftop huerto comunitario), a canal and bikeway at the park edge, and airport adjacency.

Location
Culiacán, Sinaloa, MX
Scale
95 ha
Adjacency
Airport
Year
2020
Twilight pedestrian plaza paved in herringbone brick, with café seating, string lights, vertical-forest balconies, and an airplane in the sky.
02 Pedestrian plaza at dusk Plaza
Brick residential towers with planted balconies around a circular reflecting pond in a tropical park at sunset, with an airplane between the towers.
03 Central park and circular pond Parque
Residential street in warm brick with concrete floor bands, deep balconies overflowing with planters, brick pavers, and parallel parking at golden hour.
04 Brick residential street Calle
Mixed-use boulevard with brick towers, balcony planters, a landscaped median, bike lanes, and ground-floor café seating at sunset.
05 Boulevard with bike lanes Boulevard
Tree-lined brick promenade with café seating and a street-food cart, looking toward vertical-forest towers and an airport control tower on the horizon.
06 Promenade toward the airport Paseo
Rooftop community garden labeled HUERTO COMUNITARIO - LOTE 14: wooden planter boxes, brick facades, a timber pergola, and people tending plants.
07 Huerto comunitario · Lote 14 Azotea
Elevated urban-farm terrace with raised beds, greenhouses, photovoltaic arrays and beehives, looking over brick vertical-forest towers and a circular water plaza at sunset.
08 Urban-farm terrace and water plaza Terraza
Golden-hour canal with a tree-lined bikeway, a highway beyond, and brick residential towers with balcony planters along the park edge.
09 Canal, bikeway, and park edge Canal
Sunny pedestrian plaza in brick and greenery beside a busy road with taxis; an airport control tower sits on the horizon.
10 Plaza toward the airport tower Plaza

Credits

Architect
Iván Tamayo Ramos
Thesis
Master in Architecture & Urbanism · ARCHIP, 2020
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