CDMX

Modern

In the XX century, after the bloody Mexican revolution, the country went though a process of economic expansion and modernization culminating with the Olympics Games of 1968 and the World Cup of 1970, the time when Mexican culture reached the masses and so do Mexican artist like Diego Rivera and Luis Barragán; and today you can go back to the retro pink Mexican days.

This tour would take you through the western side of the city hunting for some mid-modern houses built in the first part of the XX century, plus buildings done or used during the Olympics Games of 1968. The area is characterized by walls in bright colors, Brutalist/Mid-modern buildings and the periférico. Because of the peace times money could now be invested in the city and emblematic projects like: the Torre Latinoamericna, the main campus of the UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, the apartment complex of Tlatelolco and the first periférico got built. Another icon of the retro Mexican days are the beetles (manufactured by Volkswagen in the neighboring city of Puebla since the 60s) it became the standard taxi of Mexico City by 1971. The tour suggest visiting 3 iconic modern houses: one design by O Gorman and the other 2 by Luis Barragán (one of them being an unesco site) in the morning; 2 buildings built for the Olympics: the Auditorio Nacional (first design) and the Hotel Camino Real plus a museum in the afternoon; and the first skyscraper of the city plus a drive to and around Las Torres de Satélites in the evening (used during the road cycling events in the Olympics).

Stops:

1 Casa-Estudio Diego Rivera

2 Casa Gilardi

3 Casa-Estudio Luis Barragán

4 Auditorio Nacional

5 Museo De Arte Moderno

6 Hotel Camino Real

7 Torre Latinoamericana

8 Torres de Satélite