Turabo Park


A Recreational Retreat in the Puerto Rican Hills


 A recreational park on three
 hundred acres of mountainous
 terrain required the design of an
 initial facility to serve as gateway
 to the park and house administra-
 tion and security facilities. Bath-
 rooms and the lower terminal of a
 chairlift to the mountain top were
 also in the entrance facility. An
 amphitheatre completed the pro-
 gram requirements. All of these
 facilities were grouped in a build-
 ing terraced around a fountain-
 pond. The terraces establish the
 access from parking facilities as
 well as an egress to the children's
 play areas, equestrian, camping
 and picnic facilities. Over the
 entrance building the chairlift
 structure serves as the focal
 point of the design.

 "The most handsome and crea-
 tive of the public facilities we've
 seen. It gives the public space a
 dignity and monumentality."
 Cesar Pelli

 Architect
 Luis Flores
 Torres Marvel Flores Y
 Asociados
 Consulting Engineers
 Structural Jose Morla
 Electrical Ricardo Rodriguez
 Owner
Municipality of Caguas
Caguas, Puerto Rico


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