150,000 SF | $1,700,000.00

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El Malecón de Patillas, is located in the Patillas Public Beach or balneario. As such, a paradox is present in this project: How do we create an urban boardwalk by the sea (pasive recreation), while preserving the beach for the proper activities of this active public recreational space? A second question was also evident from the start: How could we create a new sense of place in this areas already ocupied by buildings that were not allowed to be demolished, and where new construction of buidings was to be kept to a minimum?

We approached the problem by developing two main ideas:  a urban boardwalk running parallel to the beach front, but removed from the beach itself and a main plaza where the cultural and commercial activities would take place.