Mario Cardenas - Architecture Portfolio

MONTERREY METROPOLITAN AREA ANALYSIS
One of the biggest challenges modern day cities face is the uncontrolled growth in which urban areas
expand, the lack of urban planning causes a mess in how the city operates and as a result you have
this typical asphalt layer that sprawls across the land. As this problem intensifies connectivity issues
are born, and the lack of infrastructure to attend those problems become visible.
Nuevo Leon in Mexico is no exception of this, when you analyze the state and how their cities work the
only thing the y share is the lack of order and complete disregard of its neighbors. The lack of efficient
connectivity as well as green areas generate one of most polluted states in Mexico.
Main avenues that connect the cities.
Image taken from Google Earth.
Subway Lines available for use.
Image taken from Google Earth.
Monterrey Metropolitan Area
Image taken from Google Earth
The lack of public transportation, long distances, and poorly distributed services create a gentrification
in specific areas that lack the infrastructure to satisfy the demands of the population. People are forced
to use their own car since the public transport poor quality causing traffic jamming and increasing the
time it takes to move from one place to another.
Map of green area missing.
Image taken from Google Earth.
According to OMS every city should have at least 9
sqm of green area per habitant, Monterrey has 3.4
sqm: with a population of 4,247,184 million people
according to INEGI, Monterrey Metropolitan Area still
needs 2,385 Ha of green area in the city.
*Analysis made by Catedra Blanca CEMEX 35 classroom in collaboration with Arq. Agustin Landa and Arq. Roberto Romero.