Water Garden Museum – Stage I: Tláloc Fountain and Cárcamo de Dolores

2010

Water Garden Museum – Stage I: Tláloc Fountain and Cárcamo de Dolores

Actions Taken: 

  • Reopened in 2010
  • Project designed by architect Alberto Kalach
  • Development of the intervention project for the Cárcamo de Dolores (2009), with the goal of opening this structure to the public so that visitors could access Diego Rivera’s mural “Water, Origin of Life” and learn—through a museographic intervention—about the history of the construction of the Lerma Hydraulic System, from its original tributaries to the storage tanks. 
  • Restoration of the Cárcamo de Dolores building, originally created by architect Ricardo Rivas. 
  • Restoration of the interior murals of the Cárcamo.
  • Restoration of sculptural elements of the Tláloc Fountain wall.
  • Renewal of the hydraulic and electrical infrastructure of the Tláloc Fountain.
  • Construction of the open-air forum Ágora, designed by architect Alberto Kalach—a fully ecological outdoor venue with capacity for 700 people.
  • Installation of the sound art piece known as the Cámara Labdoma.
  • Interior lighting for the Cárcamo.
  • Exterior lighting for the Tláloc Fountain.
  • Forest maintenance and reforestation of a 3.5-hectare area.
  • This project was carried out jointly by Chapultepec Forest, the Museum of Natural History, the Pro Bosque de Chapultepec Trust, and the Citizen Steering Council.
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