{"id":30388,"date":"2026-05-21T12:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/?post_type=proyecto&#038;p=30388"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:52:15","slug":"nuevos-humedales-en-chapultepec","status":"publish","type":"proyecto","link":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/proyecto\/nuevos-humedales-en-chapultepec\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wetlands in the Reflecting Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located between the National Museum of Anthropology and the Tamayo Museum, in the First Section of Chapultepec Forest, these new wetlands at the Reflecting Pool have become a key site for environmental conservation, biodiversity enhancement, and the creation of spaces for contemplation within one of Latin America's most important urban green lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project carried out by architect Mario Schjetnan <a href=\"https:\/\/gdu.com.mx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GDU<\/a>was completed on May 11, 2026, and inaugurated the following day, thanks to a generous donation from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.about.hsbc.com.mx\/es-mx\/sustainability\/the-hsbc-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fundaci\u00f3n HSBC<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acciones realizadas en los nuevos humedales en el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/proyecto\/espejo-de-agua-2\/\">the Reflecting Pool <\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Installation of a wetland system within the Reflecting Pool, using a tezontle substrate and aquatic vegetation (including bulrush, horsetail, and papyrus) in the basins to naturally filter and improve water quality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redesign and optimization of the hydraulic system: Transition to a more efficient configuration that reduces the operational water volume from 180 m\u00b3 to 60 m\u00b3 and decreases the required pumping power from 10 hp to 5 hp.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete renovation of the electromechanical systems, electrical infrastructure, and pump room to address previous damage caused by flooding and cable theft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Landscaping and Vegetation Reconfiguration (Islands): Restoration and management of existing vegetation, along with the introduction of a new palette of low-water-use plant species on the islands throughout the corridor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rehabilitation of Urban Furniture and Lighting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installation of Informational Signage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubicado entre el Museo Nacional de Antropolog\u00eda y el Museo Tamayo, en la Primera Secci\u00f3n del Bosque de Chapultepec, estos nuevos humedales en el espejo de agua se convierten en un punto clave para la conservaci\u00f3n ambiental, la captaci\u00f3n de biodiversidad y la creaci\u00f3n de espacios de contemplaci\u00f3n dentro de uno de los pulmones verdes [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":30410,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"give_campaign_id":0},"ano":[1065],"seccion":[994],"status-actual":[1103],"class_list":["post-30388","proyecto","type-proyecto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ano-1065","seccion-primera-seccion","status-actual-concluido"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/proyecto\/30388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/proyecto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/proyecto"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ano","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ano?post=30388"},{"taxonomy":"seccion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/seccion?post=30388"},{"taxonomy":"status-actual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chapultepec.org.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/status-actual?post=30388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}