THE LIFESTYLE

A beautiful, private clubhouse offers Zocalo residents a center point of recreation and connection. Legorreta created a dramatic space that serves as a showcase for Zocalo’s signature design. The 5,700 square-foot clubhouse offers a grand foyer entry with fireplace, fitness center, swimming pool, club room, conference room and catering kitchen. There is a beautiful fountain patio and a scenic walking trail. Located in the foothills of the beautiful Sangre de Cristo Mountains on Santa Fe’s prestigious north side, Zocalo offers a convenient, easy lifestyle with close proximity to the best of Santa Fe. Zocalo is just minutes to downtown Santa Fe’s historic plaza, world-famous art galleries, renowned culinary cuisine, shopping and museums. The Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Ski Basin and recreation complexes are minutes away. National forest and wilderness areas offer numerous walking, hiking, and biking trails all within a short drive from Zocalo. Kayaking, golfing and fishing are nearby, and Zocalo is just a 45-minute drive from the famous Taos Ski Valley.

THE COMMUNITY

The community at Zocalo shares an admiration of great architecture in a location that is beautiful, convenient, and accessible. Legorreta designed Zocalo as casita-styled condominiums clustered around small plazas, or zocalos, that offer defined neighborhoods. This unique design, available at an accessible price point, lends itself naturally to a community of residents that value their surroundings and their neighbors. A range of floor plans provides lifestyle choices that appeal to a broad range of individuals. Each design reflects Legorreta’s signature style of assembling color, light, and space in a manner that presents a spacious and inspired design. The accessible price point at Zocalo offers incredible value for full-time residents or part-time residents.

The Zocalo community is nestled within the steep slopes of northwest Santa Fe on approximately 46.5 acres. Five Phases will complete this unique condominium community that will offer a total of 320 residences. Following the city of Santa Fe’s inclusionary zoning policy, the developers have reserved 11 percent of the units for affordable and workforce housing. The community of Zocalo is a combination of full-time and part-time residents that include second homeowners, working professionals from Santa Fe and Los Alamos, and families with children.

AMENITIES

A beautiful, private clubhouse offers Zocalo residents a center point of recreation and connection. Legorreta created a dramatic space that serves as a showcase for Zocalo’s signature design. The 5,700 square-foot clubhouse offers a grand foyer entry with fireplace, fitness center, swimming pool, spa/jaccuzzi, club room, conference room and catering kitchen. There is a beautiful fountain patio and a scenic walking trail.

On the north end of Zocalo is a fitness center and large outdoor patio space.  The added amenity will give residents on the north end a more convenient option for community gatherings and exercise.

RICARDO LEGORRETA

Ricardo Legorreta is a world-renown Mexican architect and recipient of the prestigious Gold Medal Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2000. The Gold Medal is the highest honor the AIA confers on an individual and it recognizes an architect whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. Legorreta’s designs are distinguished by his imprint use of brilliant reds, purples and yellows on thickly textured stucco and plaster and his ability to create light-filled spaces. With a modern sensibility, Legorreta holds a great appreciation for traditional Mexican architectural elements and culture in his designs. His internationally acclaimed architectural designs are considered individual works of art that conjure a deep admiration for his ability to manipulate space and light.

Legorreta’s ability to assemble wall planes, light, scale, geometry, emotion and color in a definite manner has come to be referred to as Legorreta Style. With powerful walls, Legorreta uses their planes to reflect the light of mountainous terrain in high altitudes. By understanding the changing quality of light, he allows his designs to let light give life and character to architectural spaces. Through his use of scale, Legorreta can develop spaciousness from moderate space.  Geometric shapes are ever present in his designs in the form of cubes, cylinders, or triangular prisms. Brilliant colors are often the most notable element in Legorreta’s architecture. For him, color is a part of the world around us, a symbol of our emotions and a way to enhance one’s experience with architecture. Legorreta never falters in his philosophy that the most important element in architecture is the people who live within it.

Zocalo provided Legorreta with a new frontier: to create an inspired community at an accessible price point. The majority of Legorreta’s work has focused on public buildings and luxury homes throughout the world; a more moderately priced condominium project such as Zocalo was a new area for him. In conceiving this community, Legorreta envisioned a community bonded by simplicity of style, vibrancy through color, light and inspired architectural design. The result is a reflection of his vision. Modern elements combine with traditional Pueblo Indian architecture to create a dramatic living space. Brilliant colors are used on the exteriors while the interiors are filled with warm light, geometric shapes, and soaring spaces. Zocalo is an inspired community marked by great architecture that has a symbiotic relationship with the terrain and culture that surrounds it.