The park is named after Chile's 200th anniversary celebrated in 2010. It is an attempt by architects renowned for their social projects to improve the quality of life in the country's capital.
Over the past 10 years, Santiago has grown strongly (the city's population is 308 thousand, of the metropolitan area - 6.3 million), and the deficit of green spaces is felt more and more. According to the authors of the project, there is not a single “promenade” for a long walk in the city: the banks of the Mapocho River that are suitable for this are occupied by highways.
Alternatively, they propose the El Carmen Canal, which runs along the foot of the San Cristobal Hill, created to irrigate now-extinct agricultural land. The Bicentennial Park with an area of 4 hectares is laid out on the slope of this hill: the authors of the project consider its appearance as an “initial phase” of the development of the public zone on the banks of the canal - of course, only if their ideas find support from the city authorities.
The budget of the children's park was US $ 4 million.
