The ditches of México City and implications on residential buildings of the XVIII centuy

Known for its canals or by its designation in the New Spain as ditches, the image of aquatic city of Mexico City was widespread in the world. It would seem that those romantic references of the city had been left alone in the lines written by the chroni- clers, but when analyzing architectural pl...

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1. autor: Jiménez Vaca, Alejandro
Format: Online
Język:spa
Wydane: Restauro Compás y Canto S.A. 2021
Dostęp online:https://editorialrestauro.com.mx/gremium/index.php/gremium/article/view/188
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Streszczenie:Known for its canals or by its designation in the New Spain as ditches, the image of aquatic city of Mexico City was widespread in the world. It would seem that those romantic references of the city had been left alone in the lines written by the chroni- clers, but when analyzing architectural plans and current cadastral can glimpse vestiges of this lake- side past. This research is done by analyzing eigh- teenth century plans, through identification of ex- isting ditches in Mexico City during this period, and its current trajectory in a plane, performing both an analysis of their influence on residen- tial architecture, determining the characteristics of the houses in the path of the canals, by classi- fying canal houses, depending on the level of re- lationship between these two constructive genera.