MASTER PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF ECOTOURISM PARK IN JALISCO, MEXICO, AS PART OF A NEW SATELLITE CITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF TONALÁ, WITH AN AREA OF OVER 600 HECTARES, FOR GRUPO URBI).

Within an urban/housing megadevelopment plan of Grupo URBI in Tonalá, Jalisco, México, Mr. Ceballos-Lascuráin   has designed  an Ecotourism Park, with an area of over 600 hectares, comprising the following elements:

1. Park Administration
2. 40-cabin  Ecolodge (20 in Phase I)
3. Interpretive Center
4. Environmental Education and Conference Center
5. Interpretive nature trails
6. Bicycle paths
7. Horse-riding paths
8. Look-out points
9. Camping area
10. Entry, parking areas, low-impact road system
11. Exclusive ecological residences (upmarket)
12. Ecological farm
13. Alternative technology exhibit area

GENERAL LAYOUT SCHEME

TYPICAL INTERPRETATIVE NATURE TRAIL

ECOTOURISM PARK BUFFER ZONE (INTERPHASE BETWEEN CONSERVATION AND HOUSING AREAS), INCLUDING AREA FOR EXCLUSIVE ECOLOGICAL RESIDENCES