The spatial transformation of catholic churches in the second half of the twentieth century in Mexico
The case of Santa Cruz del Pedregal
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https://doi.org/10.17979/aarc.2015.4.0.5123Keywords:
churches, México, twenty century, space, evolutionAbstract
Along the second half of the Twenty Century, even before being published the new ideas proposed by the Second Vatican Council, Mexican Architects were looking for new expressions in the design of Religious buildings. Taking advantage of new materials, building techniques and structural design such as the use of hypars, new churches are design with a contemporary aesthetic and following the distribution that the principles of the Second Vatican Council established for the liturgy. An example of the transformation from the old model distribution into the new liturgical needs is the Church of the Holy Cross design by Antonio Attolini Lack in Mexico City.
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