“Mexican Modernity” as described byRaquel Franklin, DSc in TRANSFORMATIONS OF MODERNITY: THE MEXICAN CASE

In 1949, the “Multifamiliar Miguel Alemán”, the first housing unit built in Mexico City by architect Mario Pani, introduced the multi-family high-rise building system, standing in a super-block in an arrangement containing housing, commercial, sporting and recreational facilities. The buildings, as in Moisei Ginzburg’s Narkomfin, or Le Corbusier’s Marseilles “Unité de Habitation”, were organized in a two-in-three scheme, where each two apartments occupied three floors. View full article »