Grand Cancun - Ecological Paradise

Grand Cancun is an urban resort located in Cancun, Mexico by the Sea and in the City that is going to work as a celebration space for the foreign and local population, recycling water plant, electrical power plant based in removable energies (solar, wind, tidal and geothermic), marine biology laboratories, a livable sculpture, designed by Arch. Richard Moreta Castillo, RA +D (Richard’s Architecture+Design, international architectural firm with headquarters in Germany.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Cancun, was devised a complex that will serve as urban landmark memorial sculpturally adapted Magical Legend of the Serpent God of the Maya, and its meaning (kaan kun) “nest of snakes” and the project creators wanted to contribute to the myth and raise the serpent into infinity, representing an extraordinary fusion of Mayan people to project the pride of its residents, amplifying the interest of your visitors and serve as a platform for business processes and financial.

This is first step towards building a new facility that it is going to work as:
1. Premium offshore resort, hotel with superficial and under water installations, commercial center and residential quarters.
2. Recycling water plant for the treatment of the floating garbage in our seas and decontamination plant (oil separation) of ours sea water for provide potable water to the population of Cancun, and depollute the water that will transit thru the mega filter.
3. Power plant complex that would provide renewable energy to the city of Cancun.
4. Marine biology laboratory and educational under water facilities.
5. Habitable monument (livable sculpture) in commemoration of the 50 years of the foundation of Cancun to be celebrated in 2024.

Protection of Marine Bionomy
The Grand Cancun at his central shaft will have the installations and equipment to be able to collect and reprocess plastic that is often ingested by birds and fish causing their demise. A large fence will circle the structure underwater around his diameter to capture all the plastic that floats its way. The plastic will be recycled within the structure and processed into plastic to be able to clean our seas and to be returned as a raw material to the industry as well as the wood, metal, textile and other debris collected.

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