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Mariposa Land Port of Entry  

Mariposa Land Port of Entry

Nogales, AZ, United States

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Mariposa Land Port of Entry

Nogales, AZ, United States

STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
The Mariposa Land Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona is one of the busiest land ports in the United States, processing over 2.8 million northbound vehicles each year. The port serves as the entry point to 37% of the produce imported to the USA from Mexico and was in dire need of modernization and expansion. Completed in August 2014, and certified LEED Gold the 55-acre site contains 270,000 GSF of buildings, inspection facilities and kennels.

The circulation design consists of four horizontal linear zones: a southbound traffic zone; a northbound privately owned vehicles (POV) zone; the oasis; and a northbound commercial traffic zone. The central spine of the Port is the oasis, a desert garden which runs the length of the main buildings, and uses landscape to provide respite from the harsh Sonoran climate and from the day-to-day stress of security and border protection. The Sonoran Desert is characterized by huge amounts of rainfall during the monsoon season set against many months devoid of precipitation. The pavement and roofs throughout the Mariposa campus are designed to collect the rainfall when it is available and stored in a 1 million gallon underground storage tank(s) until it is needed to support the low water usage landscape throughout the year.

The material palate of concrete, steel and glass at the Mariposa Port was selected to minimize long-term maintenance. The natural faced, insulated concrete is designed to be rugged and thermally efficient. A pattern of footprints are cast into the exposed material alluding to the journey and experience of migration and responding to differing program elements throughout the port. The inspection canopies, trellises, and roof structures are constructed of raw, mill-finish steel, protected by a layer of natural rust which adds to the richness of the port as it weathers over time.

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