The Viera y Clavijo Cultural Park represents an iconic landscape and cultural space of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Built in 1903 with a design by the architect Mariano Estanga and Manuel Pinto, it took the name of the botanist José Viera y Clavijo and has been used as a cultural complex, made up of the Pérez Minik Theater and the Colegio de la Asunción, a former neo-Gothic church founded by Belgian nuns, later transformed into the first school for girls in Tenerife, which was in operation until 1978. The only example of a Gothic religious building in the city, the school has been listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest of the Canary Islands (Historic Artistic Monument) since 1986.

The park houses extensive gardens that contain some botanical jewels such as its immense Ceiba (Ceiba pentandra), a tree of Caribbean origin whose crown extends over a diameter of more than 20 meters. In its shadow, the students of the school received classes in the middle of the 20th century, enjoying the island's good weather. In the gardens, there is also the bronze sculpture by Joan Miró, the Femme Bouteille or Colosal Insecto, which was donated to the city of Santa Cruz in the mid-1970s as a result of the 1st International Street Sculpture Exhibition.

After its rehabilitation,Viera y Clavijo will be a large green and open public space in the heart of the capital of Santa Cruz, equipped with infrastructures highly adaptable to cultural, educational and leisure programs that intend to recover the prominent place that this space has had in the culture and history of the island.

Thus, it will house the second Rodin Museum in Europe: in addition to the headquarters in Paris, there are only two other spaces dedicated exclusively to the French artist on the planet: the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, United States and a wing dedicated to the sculptor in the Museum Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The Rodin Museum in Tenerife will become the third in the world dedicated exclusively to the French sculptor. The Rodin Museum will be completed with a space for temporary exhibitions that should give visibility to local artists, in addition to creating the opportunity for a future International Center for Modern and Contemporary Sculpture.

At the core of the project is the respect for the pre-existing, both the existing architecture of the building and the surrounding nature - the vegetation and the ravine - taking into account, however, the developer's brief, which requires the rehabilitation of the main building, the construction of underground parking lots and a solution for the Pérez Minik Theater, either by demolishing or by rehabilitating it.

In a first phase, the former school will be rehabilitated and the current park will be expanded in the form of a green ring. A small Ceibas forest will be planted to accompany the existing specimen. Recovering a practice that already existed in the school, educational urban orchards will also be included.

The philosophy of the Km0 architecture is applied as an economic and sustainability strategy: everything is designed to use what exists in the environment, from materials and techniques to local workers and craft. Circular economy is prioritized here through the use of recycled aggregate, limestone and picón (local volcanic stone). The consumption of accessible materials on site such as concrete, not only does it reduce the impact of CO2 but it also helps local companies. The design is based on the use of natural elements such as natural light, trade winds for cross ventilation and the collection of rainwater. Durable materials that improve with aging will also be used to ensure low-cost maintenance over time.