1. Green House Escape
GHE@Parguera // PR

3. ATLANTIC
OCEAN
CARIBBEAN
SEA

4. PUERTO
RICO
DESECHEO
MONA
CAJA DE
MUERTOS
VIEQUES
CULEBRA

5. 160 km * 60 km
POPULATION : 3, 885, 877

6. Arecibo
Aguadilla
Mayaguez
PONCE
San Juan
Fajardo
Humacao
IMPORTANT CITIES

7. Division des Districts
POPULATION BY DISTRICT

8. SAN JUAN 442.447
BAYAMON 448.253
ARECIBO
497.444
MAYAGUEZ
488.312
PONCE 469.395 GUAYAMA
499.032
HUMACAO
492.255

9. CAROLINA 479.545
VERY DENSE
MEDIUM DENSITY
LOW DENSITY
SAN JUAN 442.447
BAYAMON 448.253
ARECIBO
497.444
MAYAGUEZ
488.312
PONCE 469.395 GUAYAMA
499.032
HUMACAO
492.255
DENSITY

10. Ecologically Friendly Tramway Depot for a New Line
• Why a tramway? Justification for the chosen zone
• Why build a new tramway line?
• Heart of the project - A green terminus inclusive of
activities geared towards site enhancement, appreciation,
and preservation.
GHE@Parguera // PR
Green House Escape

11. ARECIBO
AGUADILLA
MAYAGUEZ
PONCE
SAN JUAN
FAJARDO
HUMACAO
MAIN ROADS

12. San
Juan
POPULATION AND CARS
(*CARS : Principal source of atmospheric pollutant emissions)
In Puerto Rico, drivers license privileges are acquired by
the age of sixteen
Most Puerto Ricans will own a vehicle by age sixteen
2.224.939 registered vehicles will circulate Puerto Rico’s
9104 squared kilometers in order to transport the
3.885.877 inhabitants that circulate the island

13. TRAFFIC

14. TRAINS & PUERTO RICO

15. ANCIENT TRAIN LINE
BEGAN SERVICE 1880
CLOSED IN 1954

18. THE TRAINS DEMISE
By 1898 Puerto Rico experiences the industrial revolution that swept
the 20th C. Under newly appointed American rule and in response to
Ford automobile development, train lines cease to operate, and by
1954 the stations close. Therefore leaving the agricultural zones of the
island without a means for the transportation of goods.
The train station closures also result in the loss of architectural
patrimony since the elimination of these structures will be key to the
elimination of the societies links to Spanish rule.

19. THE TRAIN TODAY: THE URBAN TRAIN
The collective transportation system has only been
developed for the capital city, San Juan. Isolated from the
capital, the neighboring districts remain dependent on the
automobile as their only means of transportation

20. METROPOLITAN ZONE
SAN JUAN 442.447
BAYAMON 448.253
CAROLINA 479.545

21. SITE SELECTION FOR NEW LINE
SOUTH WEST (SW) REGION OF:
PORTA DEL SOL
AREAS PROPOSED FOR TRAIN
LINE RE-INTEGRATION

22. SOUTH WEST IMPORTANCE
Train development in the south west region of Puerto Rico will kick
off during the 19th C. as a result of the regions sugar cane
plantations. The train will be the favored method of transportation for
Agricultural goods.
The 20th C. Industrial Revolution will reverse the agricultural
significance of the region. The paradigm shift will move citizens out
of the fields and into factories. Transport of goods becomes
unnecessary and the train is deemed obsolete.

23. Problems resulting from train abandonment
Sociocultural degradation and lack of environmental
sensibility.
•Intensive use of the automobile as the only means of
transportation.
•lack of collective consciousness regarding
environmental effects of pollutant emissions.
•Pollution.

24. INTERSTATE ACESS TO SW

25. SOUTH WEST REGION POLES:
*The intent of these slides is to provide a comparison of the
region with the rest of the island in order to establish the
South West as zone of importance. Poles have been
categorized into education, tourism, and ecological
patrimony.

26. EDUCATION POLES
AREAS HOUSING
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES

27. TOURISTIC POLES
AREAS HOUSING VISITED
SITES IN THE REGION

28. ECOLOGICAL POLES
OCEANIC WALLCAMUY CAVES
TROPICAL
RAINFOREST
BIOLUMINESCENT
BAY
DRY FOREST
AREAS HOUSING ECOLOGICAL
PATRIMONY

29. PART I:
Re-establishment of
the ancient train line.

30. ABANDONED TRAMWAY LINES

31. SAN GERMAN TRAIN STATION

32. PART II: Creation of a
new line that will
arrive at the
fishermen's village
named “La Parguera”.
*ancient line below

33. LAJAS
SITE

34. LA PARGUERA
Fishermen's village open to nautical tourism. The
anarchical development of unplanned structures have led
to ecological degradation of the site. Mangrove trees,
coral reef barriers, and luminescent bays have been
impacted by the lack of environmental surveillance that a
site of this nature would require.

35. Puerto Rico !
Welcome to

36. SITE ENVIRONMENT

37. PORT & VILLAGE

38. POLLUTION & ABANDONMENT

39. POLLUTION & ABANDONMENT

40. POLLUTION & ABANDONMENT

41. POLLUTION & ABANDONMENT

42. THE MANGROVE

43. HEART OF THE PROJECT
Creation of a terminus that will be located at the end of a
new line that will stem from the ancient train line
This terminus is meant to provide a new point of
departure for pedestrian circulation and site exploration.
The line and terminus will integrate into the existing fabric
while permitting vehicular separation from the endemic
ecosystem.

44. 1936 SITE PLAN

45. CURRENT SITE PLAN

46. PROJECT

47. PROPOSED SITE PLAN

48. FLOOR PLAN

49. ROOF PLAN

50. SIDE FACADE

51. BUILDING SECTION

52. BUILDING SECTION