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Palmerola Master Plan

Leveraging a unique location to create a new gateway district

Sector

Housing

Region

Latin America

Timespan

2023

Thanks to the airport, this area will receive thousands of tourists and business people annually and holds the potential to become a hub for visitors and an ambassador for the local culture of the country; drive economic growth and job creation through light industry; support the micro-entrepreneur; and attract a variety of complementary businesses. Credit: Gehl

Logistics facilities are not usually associated with notions of a vibrant, attractive neighbourhood. Yet this was one of the challenges Gehl was poised to overcome at this airport-adjacent site. With the careful consideration of people’s lived experience, the Palmerola Master Plan proposes a range of street and public space hierarchies, integrating living, working, commercial and recreational spaces.

Artistic renders depict selected spaces of the Master Plan. Credit: Gehl
Credit: Gehl

A new way of living

The Palmerola Master Plan proposes a new way of living, working, and enjoying the city’s public spaces. An integrated urban development that provides housing, shops, services, civic facilities, and public spaces of superior quality in an open and safe environment. The site’s mobility networks are strategically planned to establish its nodal presence in the territory. The historical legacy of Comayagua is celebrated with the adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, and its natural heritage is preserved with verdant public spaces. The Palmerola project will forge a unique identity and is positioned to become an attractive destination at a regional level and a future model for development in Central America. 

Gehl generated the armature of streets and public spaces of different sizes and characters that will define the experience of the people who visit and live in Palmerola. The site develops as a meeting point for the local community, airport workers, and tourists seeking sports, cultural, educational, and leisure activities, enhancing the context of the airport and increasing services and amenities in the area. 

The Master plan will provide a high quality of life for its residents by allowing the neighborhoods to connect through a vibrant public space. Residents are set to be in constant contact with nature, along with encouraged social interactions between neighbors and visitors to the complex who enjoy educational, health, and recreational services.

Yes, things still happen on good old sketch paper! Here, Gehl Director Ghigo works on sketches with the client. Credit: Gehl

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