United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus
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United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus, New Mexico
August 19, 2021
Design: Richter Architects
Location: New Mexico, USA
United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus, New Mexico
A BIA Contest winner
The Chihuahuan Desert at this location extends to the horizon in every direction with scant evidence of civilization to be seen. Grasslands create ribbons of yellow, gold, ochre, sage and grey.
Lone or clustered distant purple mountains break the horizon only occasionally, like huge rocks had been tossed at random. Man?s intervention into nature at this remote, natural and expansive place is sparse and happily not particularly impactful.
Ecosystems and habitats here are healthy and robust. This project site and landscape design create microcosms of regional ecologies ? desert grasslands, desert scrub, desert washes, desert riparian landscapes, desert oasis.
While providing safe, efficient and expanded international entry processing for people and goods, this new port of entry design aspires to welcome travelers to America with architecture that inspires and conveys our country?s better virtues ? architecture that serves and respects all people, embraces culture, conserves resources, nurtures ecology, protects habitat, celebrates diversity and conveys a love of the land.
The design?s integrated and expressed response to this breadth of sustainability oppor...
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