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The genius of Sasaki’s design style is also inherent in El Monte.
The adult ficus trees, curvilinear pathways, benches and retaining walls, mounds, and recreational areas continue to reflect Sasaki’s design vocabulary. His exploration of geometry and tectonics is exemplified in the use of plants to reinforce the curvilinear features, both horizontally and vertically, and to swathe extensive areas of the ground plane with texture and color.
Courtesy Mery Bingen
In his work on the southern phase of El Monte, Puerto Rico-based landscape architect Hunter Randolph, strove to make the landmark site distinctively Puerto Rican, while continuing to usher in Puerto Rico’s Modernist era. Prior to his work at El Monte, Randolph had been involved in various landscape projects of significance in the island, including El Yunque National Forest (1935-1943) and hotels such as the El San Juan (1958), the Caribe Hilton (1949), and La Concha (1958). These projects led the way both in the creation of Puerto Rico’s Modern landscape architectural legacy and in the emergence of the profession of landscape architecture on the island.
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