When the Sports Field becomes a Citizen Meeting Center

Sports, Public Space & Playground

July 31, 2019

"La Doce" is not just an ordinary football field in Valle de Chalco, Mexico. This field is also a center of activities for local residents to gather and becomes an open space that benefits the surrounding community. This unique blue-blue design field was designed by "Love Futbol", a non-profit organization whose mission is to help integrate marginal urban areas with sports facilities with the aim of positively increasing community activities.

In the development process "La Doce" utilizes three things, namely:

• Make use of an abandoned sports arena.
• Integration of the surrounding community in development.
• Making sports facilities as the center of citizen activities.

As an area with a high crime rate, it is hoped that the presence of the "La Doce" field in Valle de Chalco can help reduce crime and become a gathering place for residents to establish friendship and also vent their stress through sports. As an open public space apart from a football field, "La Doce" also provides a basketball court, a gym and a garden where residents can gather daily. Also available conference and meeting rooms. The presence of this field also helps increase the economic level in Valle de Chalco. Because now many snack vendors who come from lower economic classes can come and make this place a simple hawker center.

Open space that can be used for free and also has good facilities is very important in any part of the world, from Mexico to Indonesia. This is because according to research the presence of public spaces in the form of parks or sports fields can be a place for residents to gather and also reduce stress levels to improve the economy of residents around these open public spaces.

Datra is ready to help to create a modern open public space for the people of Indonesia.

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