Located on the site of a decommissioned Pemex oil refinery in Mexico City, this project rehabilitates a post-industrial landscape, treating architecture and landscape architecture as inseparable.

The design of Refinery Park maintains the industrial character of the site and celebrates the artificial, constructed nature of the landscape. Large areas of the highly-contaminated site are capped with water to enable public use and reduce remediation costs. A filtration system of settling tanks, ‘chinampa’ bio-filtration planters, and constructed wetlands provides water for the capping ponds by treating graywater from the surrounding district. Commercial development around the park’s edges supports the park and attracts visitors. The Museum of Energy is the park’s primary cultural destination. The design draws on the formal language and scale of the landscape masterplan and the refinery’s industrial installations. The building incorporates the refinery’s decommissioned power plant and defines an active public plaza at the heart of the park.