Green Infrastructure 2014 Group B - Case Study 2
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Los Caobos Park + Botanical Garden
| Name | Los Caobos Park + Botanical Garden | |
| Country | Venezuela | |
| City | Caracas | |
| Authors | Irene Jackson | |
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Rationale
Caracas is a valley, entirely surrounded by green,the most important mountain of the city is National Park and a reference of every caraquenians. Caracas is a fragmented city, created by patch, creating multiple types of street networks, and hurt by the highway, making impossible cross north-south connectivity. In Caracas found a forgot and dirty river, where untreated waste of the city are deposed, which sometimes in rain season overflows, collapsing the roads and making grievances. These are general characteristics of the city, and casually, found all in the proposed study case, connected by a large greenery mass: Parque los Caobos and in the other side of the highway: Botanical Garden of Caracas. This area is the geographical center of the city and this area was focus of investments in last decades, that is why we found a lot of important pieces of history, that gives this complex and diversity to the city and specially to the plot; The most common street network are colonial grid, isolate residential building, and informal construction. Represented all next to the park. In the south of the Botanical Garden is the most important modern architectural piece is University City, a enormous complex with high cultural and historical value. On the west border, The highest tower of the city is called "Parque Central" 255m, and the biggest cultural complex of the city, Bellas Artes Museum, Sciences Museum, Teresa Carreno Theater, University of Arts. And inside the park in this area, the buildings of El Sistema, National System of youth Orchestra. Although this park has too many interesting things close, a privileged location in the city and sizable, this park nor the Botanical Garden represent any of the GI concepts.
Author's perspective
I have a degree in architecture, I always have being interested in the environment and urbanism, that is why I want to work improving the urban landscape. I'm from Caracas, born and raised, I have studied in "Universidad Central de Venezuela", very close to this place, and casually in the physical center of the city, for me, one of the most disconnected and chaotic places in Caracas. I found potential in this place because in this little area one can find a lot of aspects to create a good Green Infrastructure, river, greenery, cultural places, prominent topography, etc., and the challenge to make this place worth, because in plan is a big green area, but when you walk around you don't feel all these benefits. That's why I think is being missing a great opportunity for the people of the city can enjoy the possibility of having a green pulmon in the middle of the city.
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Green Infrastructure benefits for this site
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