Central University City Campus, UNAM
Explanada Javier Barros Sierra, Mexico City, Ciudad de México 04360, Mexico
Ciudad de México, Mexico
MUSEUM
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SCHOOL
EST. 1950
EST. 1950
1950
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Central University City Campus, UNAM.
The campus preserves its original mid twentieth century modernist buildings largely intact, including the Central Library with Juan O'Gorman's mosaic murals covering all four facades, the Rectory Tower with murals by David Alfaro Siqueiros, and the Olympic Stadium. It is owned and managed by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and is a World Heritage Site. The campus is freely accessible as a working university, with the murals viewable from public areas.
About Central University City Campus, UNAM
The Central University City campus was built in the early 1950s to consolidate the National Autonomous University of Mexico's faculties on one site. Designed by a team of architects, it incorporated large murals by artists such as Juan O'Gorman, whose mosaic covers the Central Library. It became a landmark of modern Mexican architecture, blending Functionalist design with monumental public art.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Central University City Campus, UNAM
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