Catemaco’s Pier
[Urban remodeling and wastewater treatment in the pier of Catemaco Veracruz, Mexico]
Catemaco, a town founded on the shores of a lake, which bears its name, has been characterized from the beginning by a mystical connection filled with legends and providing diverse ways of survival for the inhabitants of the town, taking advantage of fishing and tourism in the present day, putting Catemaco on the map as a town full of ecotourism.
The following project re-imagines the interaction of the town of Catemaco with the lake, allowing the town to improve its economy by taking advantage of and caring for its natural environment.
The following project re-imagines the interaction of the town of Catemaco with the lake, allowing the town to improve its economy by taking advantage of and caring for its natural environment.
Catemaco’s Pier Park offers the opportunity to link environmental aspects with urban aspects for the economic improvement of the town using elements typical of the area, vernacular architecture, and natural systems for the purification of water.
As has been learned over the centuries, nature can teach us how to counteract the secondary effects caused by human activity. Catemaco’s Pier Park proposes a series of natural processes that lead to the purification of the coast, imitating the wetland system for the filtration of water into the lake and the elimination of excess contaminants with natural purification systems.
As has been learned over the centuries, nature can teach us how to counteract the secondary effects caused by human activity. Catemaco’s Pier Park proposes a series of natural processes that lead to the purification of the coast, imitating the wetland system for the filtration of water into the lake and the elimination of excess contaminants with natural purification systems.
