University City and the plastic integration movement in Mexico

The “Plastic Integration Movement” took place in Mexico during the 1950s. It was characterized by efforts to incorporate mural paintings, sculpture and decoration into architecture, in order to create a Mexican expression. However, as such incorporation failed to be planned from the very conception...

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Main Author:	Ríos Garza, Carlos
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Published:	Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2011
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spelling	oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-252082021-01-26T18:47:13Z University City and the plastic integration movement in Mexico La Ciudad Universitaria y el movimiento de integración plástica Ríos Garza, Carlos Arquitectura Arte Escultura Pintura The “Plastic Integration Movement” took place in Mexico during the 1950s. It was characterized by efforts to incorporate mural paintings, sculpture and decoration into architecture, in order to create a Mexican expression. However, as such incorporation failed to be planned from the very conception of architectural works, many concerns and debates arose that questioned the purposes and channels of such incorporation. This movement was misunderstood and, in some cases, disapproved by both Mexican and foreign architects, but was also considered a good opportunity to express our culture and oppose to the so-called international architecture, which had modernity as a goal, but failed to incorporate domestic cultural conditions. University City is the best example of the energy of this movement. Although it was developed according to international architecture parameters, the murals added to the exterior walls of buildings, together with the gardens and exterior flooring, gave this architectural complex a clearly Mexican look, making it modern and regional at the same time. This movement was brief, but its productions deserve acknowledgement and shall be protected. That was the case of the central circuit of University City, declared in 2005 a Mexican Art Monument, and recognized in 2007 by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. Conviene aclarar, de entrada, que vamos a referirnos a un movimiento arquitectónico que se produjo en México con el nombre de Integración Plástica, en la década de los años cincuenta. No se alude, por ello, a la integración que se ha dado entre la arquitectura y otras artes plásticas en diversas culturas y etapas de la historia. Éste es un movimiento doctrinario que como tal, y a diferencia de un estilo dominante o de una moda que nos envuelve y nos hace participantes inconscientes, implicaba la aceptación consciente y la defensa de sus dogmas o principios, por más que éstos fuesen ambiguos, ante la falta de una exposición doctrinaria clara y específica. Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2011-05-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/25208 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2010.21.25208 Bitacora Arquitectura; No. 21 (2010): Bitácora 21 Bitácora Arquitectura; Núm. 21 (2010): Bitácora 21 2594-0856 1405-8901 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2010.21 spa https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/25208/23694 Derechos de autor 2011 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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description	The “Plastic Integration Movement” took place in Mexico during the 1950s. It was characterized by efforts to incorporate mural paintings, sculpture and decoration into architecture, in order to create a Mexican expression. However, as such incorporation failed to be planned from the very conception of architectural works, many concerns and debates arose that questioned the purposes and channels of such incorporation. This movement was misunderstood and, in some cases, disapproved by both Mexican and foreign architects, but was also considered a good opportunity to express our culture and oppose to the so-called international architecture, which had modernity as a goal, but failed to incorporate domestic cultural conditions. University City is the best example of the energy of this movement. Although it was developed according to international architecture parameters, the murals added to the exterior walls of buildings, together with the gardens and exterior flooring, gave this architectural complex a clearly Mexican look, making it modern and regional at the same time. This movement was brief, but its productions deserve acknowledgement and shall be protected. That was the case of the central circuit of University City, declared in 2005 a Mexican Art Monument, and recognized in 2007 by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
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University City and the plastic integration movement in Mexico

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