Parque Centro: KMD Designs Beautiful Park-Covered Underground Mall for Mexico

Designed by <a href="http://www.kmdarchitects.com/pressroom/in-the-news/underground-shopping-mall-in-mexico-city-kmd-architects/">KMD architects</a> for the heart of Santa Fe, Mexico the multi-use Parque Centro buries 65,000 square feet of shopping and entertainment facilities and three levels of parking space without impacting the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/spiretec’s-20-storey-vertical-garden-is-a-green-lung-for-greater-noida-india/">city's green lung</a> above ground. Nor are shoppers plunged into cold darkness thanks to deep, glazed conical <a href="http://inhabitat.com/sun-tracker-skylights-pump-daylight-indoors/">skylights</a> that provide tons of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/seattles-ballard-library-pairs-a-sweeping-green-roof-with-natural-light/">natural light</a> and warmth.

Far from being a dungeon, the underground mall in Santa Fe is flooded with light from above.

The mall will feature 65,000 square feet of shopping and entertainment.

The above ground urban park will insulate the mall and three levels of parking to reduce cooling loads.

Solar electricity will also be generated on site using a small number of solar panels.

Mexico's shoppers can buy their wares in a massive mall that lies 18 meters beneath a vibrant urban park.

Also available are three levels of underground parking - enough to accommodate 1600 cars!

Set in the heart of the original Santa Fe (in Mexico), this beautiful park hides a massive, sprawling mall.

KMD architects believe that the underground mall in Santa Fe is Mexico's most energy efficient building.