Modern Mexican architecture It does not have the same. The second half of the 20th century saw the capital of the country, a city of one million inhabitants, become a megalopolis populated for more than 8.5 million in just 60 years. The chaotic growth of the urban stain decisively marked the future of Mexico City, which little by little began to take the form that most know.
The flagship projects under state commission, the housing units, the roads and the viaducts expressed a new cosmopolitan attitude focused on progressthat in architectural and urban matters it is nurtured of functionalism and the development of modern architecture In the rest of the world. These are 5 jewels of modern Mexican architecture that were born under that context and marked the national architectural style from now on:
Luis Barragán Study House
Luis Barragán house
The highest point of the modern movement in Mexican architecture is the Luis Barragán house, home of the most intimate and famous work of the Mexican architect. Built in 1948 by the only with the winner of the Pritzker, Its facade maintains the style of the rest of the constructions of the area And at the same time, he reveals the architectural practice, as introspective as Barragán's staff in his creative process.
Once inside, a yellow -light corridor introduces to the lobby, which gradually reveals the stay, the library, the workshop and the different courtyards, a set that flows inadvertently under the game of lights and shadowswith special emphasis on the colors and Mexican rural influence characteristic of the architect.