![]() ![]() The whole plant is uprooted on one level except the altar has two steps. In the small ship can see the chapels, also has major services of the church and the choir. In the big ship are held religious meetings, where there are some wooden benches where the faithful are located in the back of the nave is the altar, and one of the doors to the outside. To access the main hall can be done near the altar and there is also a hall which can be accessed on the main facade of the nave is divided circulations so that it can enter the big ship and small. The building has a warehouse of hypars 20 meters high and another of 8.50 m where the chapels are high and the choir. This marks a difference from American Baroque spaces whose intensity derives from the bumps of the forms and reflections together in chiaroscuro. It is a high expressionist space due to the torsion of the forms and the many gray areas generated from what appear to flat surfaces. The result is an interior space absolutely unprecedented, something that had not been seen before. ![]() Thus arose the church of Our Lady Miraculous Medal, which caused much impact. Exaggerating the arrow up or umbrellas, symmetrized and performing other simple manipulations of the “hypars” got this spectacular structure warped shapes. Vertiz Narvarte, CP 03 600, is currently in use.”įélix Candela used the inverted umbrella, which, as foundation blocks, provided a very economical solution to the frequent problem of foundations in soils of low load as in the case of the colony Narvarte. The design of the windows of the church was given by José Luis Benllure, renowned architect of Mexico City. It was developed on a site located in a corner of a rectangular shape with the north-south axis within a residential neighborhood in Mexico City, with a floor of 31 x 53 meters.Īs for the engineering and construction work, the company participated Wing Covers. This was a laboratory for exploration of spatial possibilities offered by the geometry as used by Candela called “Hypar.”Īgain Felix Candela partnered with two other architects, Arturo Sanz de la Calzada and Pedro Fernandez Miret, to carry out this project in 19. Height:20.5m.This work is one of the most representative within the set of buildings that I do Félix Candela, it is located within the membranes directional poly concrete. Iglesia de la Virgen de la Medalla Milagrosa is full name. Notes for History The development of thin shells in Mexico, by Félix Candela. ④Arquitectos Contemporaneos de Mexico, Louise Noelle, Editorial Trillas, Mexicp, D.F. ②Candela/The Shell Builder, Colin Faber, Reinhold Publishing Corpotation, NY, 1963, p.76-87. Admission Outside : OK Inside : OKĨ:00-14:00 & 17:00-20:00 everyday Reference ①Felix Candela, Supervisor Yutaka Saito, Editor Naomi Miwa.įorewords Felix Candela, Ove Arup, Frei Otto, Mamoru Kawagucxi, Riicht Miyake, Mutsuro Sasaki Published by TOTO Shuppan, Tokyo on August 10,1995, pp.104-121. ![]() Means of transportation Walking 200m east from Estacion de Metro Division del Norte(Lenia-3). Country MEXICO Address Matias Romero / Ixcateopan, Narverte, Mexico, D. ![]() Name of building Iglesia de la Virgen Milagrosa Construction year 1955 Structural system Shell Primary use Church Architect Felix Candela Architect2 Felix Candela Structural engineer Felix Candela Constructor Professional Cubiertas Ala S.A. ![]()
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