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Rio La Piedad

In 2001, Taller 13 was founded in Mexico City with the teams of the professionals led by the architect Elías Cattan to create a six-lane highway turned creek channel, linear urban park, and water filtration system. It will be about 1200 feet and the budget sanction is 2.3 million dollars. The axis of the project consists of the recovery of the La Piedad river from its origin in the urban part of Cuajimalpa to the part where it flows into the airport are.

Ciudad deportiva. Image Courtesy of Aldo Urban
Ciudad deportiva. Image Courtesy of Aldo Urban

Task: Rio La Piedad

The Regeneration of the La Piedad River project has received an honorable mention from the Holcim Foundation Awards. Approximately 13,000 people visit every week. Cyclists gained a new protected route through the city. The small-scale and energy-efficient water filtration system filters 30.000 liters of raw sewage pumped from the Río la Piedad every day.

Fill in the blank: Rio La Piedad is a ______ lane highway turned creek channel, linear urban park, and water filtration system, which is based the blue-green infrastructure.

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This was the final station. You completed our city rallye – congratulations!