--- title: Punta Guachipelines - Notre Dame has been busy! description: Punta Guachipelines - Notre Dame has been busy! image: https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/PG-Lower-Perspective-compressed-4.jpg --- # Punta Guachipelines - Notre Dame has been busy! [mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&body=https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/punta-guachipelines-notre-dame-has-been-busy](mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&body=https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/punta-guachipelines-notre-dame-has-been-busy) [Book](https://www.lascatalinascr.com/section/booking) ### August 21, 2019 The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture has been *very* busy with Las Catalinas work the past few weeks.   I spent the day there on Monday for a first review of the work.   They are working on a variety of areas around Las Catalinas, but one of their major focuses is on Punta Guachipelines.   Punta Guachipelines is perhaps the most stunning and dramatic piece of land in all of Las Catalinas, and a fantastic hilltown site.   Being out there is like being on a ship at sea.   Here a perspective of the main hilltown area - first cut.     It is very good, and will get even better.   This is probably the best Las Catalinas hilltown image we have.   It is quite high in definition - click to get the full image and zoom in to your heart's content. And to our design and urbanist friends out there, please feel free to post your review and commentary here!   I'm having some technical problem in posting the plan (on which this perspective is based).   I'll try again tomorrow on that.   ## See related posts ## [The Use of Plants and Greenery in Urban Areas in Las Catalinas](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/plants-and-greenery-in-urban-areas-las-catalinas) [ At the town’s founding, 80% of the land in Las Catalinas was dedicated to the long-term restoration of the surrounding tropical dry forest landscape. In this way, Las Catalinas could grow in harmony with the environment, and maintain a constant connection to the natural beauty of Guanacaste. ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/plants-and-greenery-in-urban-areas-las-catalinas) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/plants-and-greenery-in-urban-areas-las-catalinas) ## [Building a Beautiful Place to Live, and Why That Matters](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/building-a-beautiful-place-to-live-and-why-that-matters) [ Part of the founding vision of Las Catalinas was to create a place that would be beautiful. Beauty can be hard to quantify or measure, but the effect that a beautiful town or city can have on the people who live there can be very tangible. People are happier. They’re more active, and spend more ... ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/building-a-beautiful-place-to-live-and-why-that-matters) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/building-a-beautiful-place-to-live-and-why-that-matters) ## [Las Catalinas at PreCOP25](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/las-catalinas-at-precop25) [ Costa Rica hosted PreCOP25, a preparation meeting before the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year, a global meeting of stakeholders seeking to combat climate change will take place in Santiago, Chile, and PreCOP25 served as a gathering to workshop ideas, meet, and prepare before ... ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/las-catalinas-at-precop25) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/las-catalinas-at-precop25) ## [Line of Sight: Windows in Las Catalinas](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/windows-in-las-catalinas) [ Windows can serve both a functional purpose and an aesthetic one, and in Las Catalinas, like with many of the aspects of town’s design, these two purposes blend together. ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/windows-in-las-catalinas) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/windows-in-las-catalinas) #### Subscribe to The Blog, The Daily, The Newsletter, and more Additionally you will receive our occasional newsletter. Absolute confidentiality. Never SPAM. You can unsubscribe at any time. ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Organization", "name" : "Las Catalinas" }, "dateModified" : "2019-08-21", "datePublished" : "2019-08-21", "description" : "

The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture has been very busy with Las Catalinas work the past few weeks.   I spent the day there on Monday for a first review of the work.   They are working on a variety of areas around Las Catalinas, but one of their major focuses is on Punta Guachipelines.   Punta Guachipelines is perhaps the most stunning and dramatic piece of land in all of Las Catalinas, and a fantastic hilltown site.   Being out there is like being on a ship at sea.   Here a perspective of the main hilltown area - first cut.     It is very good, and will get even better.   This is probably the best Las Catalinas hilltown image we have.   It is quite high in definition - click to get the full image and zoom in to your heart's content.

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