The Condado Wave Barrier, suggests an urban connection from the new and emerging Convention Center District to the the tourist destination of Condado. Through a series of linear parks, the intervention seeks to create a gateway from the city to the sea as this special site becomes the one place of pedestrian connection to what mostly remains a privatize waterfront. The design intent was to create a naturally driven interactive water feature powered by the motions of the ocean. The Wave barrier would serve to buffer what is known as an inhospitable swimming areas to the public while creating a series of cascading pools for bathing, engaging the public in a recreational venue which provides the protection of a barrier while exhorting a new connection with the sea.
