St Nicolas graveyard master plan

Urban and landscape design

Location: León, Guanajuato

Year: 2024

Master plan for the historical graveyard of Saint Nicolas located south the Historical Center of León. The proposal focus besides the renewal of the exisiting constructions and paths and the design of the new spaces they required, transform the greveyard into a new public cultural and artistic space that anyone can enjoy. We design a new pathway through the 27 historical graves of distinguished men and women who lived in the city so the people can know more about their lives. We propose a new access at the east and new buildings such as bathroom units, administration and service facilities, and open chapel and wake rooms, cultural and artistic center as well as the recovery of the perimetral walls with murals of the day of the dead, very famous in mexican culture.