Two Mexican metropolitan-scale projects at the end of the 20th century - Plaza Tapatía in Guadalajara and Macro Plaza in Monterrey

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https://doi.org/10.22320/07196466.2023.41.063.02

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urban planning, architecture, historic centers, modernity

Abstract

This article analyzes the experiences of two projects which had a major urban impact in the 1980s on two Mexican cities, Guadalajara and Monterrey. In both cases, the background behind urban planning and the different projects to regenerate the historic city centers are discussed. The considerations of the local authorities regarding the tired and deteriorated image of the old downtown area are also presented, outlining the large-scale interventions that involved the demolition of colonial and 19th-century buildings and spaces. The results are contradictory: on one hand, a large public space was gained, but at the same time, the original city layout and many heritage buildings were lost. Both projects were the result of authoritarian political decisions, by governor decrees, without any consultation with the inhabitants of Guadalajara and Monterrey.

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Alejandro Ochoa-Vega, Universidad Autónoma de Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, México.

PhD. in Art History, Research Professor, tenured C., Department of Methods and Systems Division of Sciences and Arts for Design, Unidad Xochimilco.

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2023-01-31

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Ochoa-Vega, A. (2023). Two Mexican metropolitan-scale projects at the end of the 20th century - Plaza Tapatía in Guadalajara and Macro Plaza in Monterrey. ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 41(63), 24–41. https://doi.org/10.22320/07196466.2023.41.063.02

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V.41, N.63 (January 2023): HYBRID AND MIXED, VALUES OF A COUNTER-DOGMATIC ARCHITECTURE

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