The Santuario Sculpture Park looks to create a unique space in the city of Chicago, where an open air gallery and artist residency meet active ecological stewardship. Hidden in the Little Village Industrial Corridor, is the former site of the Torco Oil Company’s Chicago Terminal, abandoned in 2009. Since then the brownfield has sat dormant as the city has changed around it. But no space is vacant forever, and this land must be protected from future private development. We see this as an opportunity to protect natural habitat, river access and communal space, all while creating a first of its kind art space in Chicago.