Pedro Ramírez Vázquez

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (born April 16, 1919 in Mexico City ; † April 16, 2013 there ) was a Mexican architect and designer . He is considered the founder of modern Mexican architecture and was President of the Organizing Committee for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico.

Life

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez studied architecture at the National School of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) until 1943. Between 1955 and 1957, fifteen markets were built in Mexico City, which he worked with architects Rafael Mijares Alcérreca and Juan José Díaz Infante Núñez and designed by Javier Echeverría . From 1958 to 1964 he was chairman of the Comité Administrador del Programa Federal de Construcción de Escuelas (CAPFCE), and Ramírez Vázquez was president of the organizing committee of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City .

In 1967 he was one of the founders of the Academia de Artes and "numbered member" (Miembro de Número) of the Academia de Artes, a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA) and the International Academy of Architecture (IAA).

He was the founder and first rector of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and from 1976 to 1982 secretary of the Secretario de Asentamientos Humanos y Obras Públicas .

Works

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City

The Municipal Theater in Piedras Negras (Mexico)

His most famous work is the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City , consecrated in 1974 . In his home country he also designed a. a .:

the Museo Nacional de Antropología , created in 1964 in collaboration with Mijares and Jorge Campuzano

the Estadio de Futbol Azteca (1966)

the Torre de Tlatelolco in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas (completed in 1970)

the Japanese Embassy in Mexico City (1975)

the seat of the Mexican parliament, the Congreso de la Unión (1980)

the municipal theater "José Manuel Maldonado Maldonado" in Piedras Negras (2010)

He also created numerous important buildings in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including many museums, as well as u. a .:

the residence of the President of Costa Rica in San José (1976)
the monument to Antonio de Montesinos (1480–1540) in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic, with the statue of Antonio Castellanos Basich (1982)
the Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe of the University of the West Indies in Kingston , Jamaica (1994)

His buildings in other continents include:

in Greece, the Avery Brundage Museum in Olympia
in Italy the chapel “Nostra Signora di Guadalupe” in Rome
in Tanzania several government buildings in the new capital Dodoma
in Senegal the Museum for Black African Cultures in Dakar
in Iran the National Museum in Tehran
in Egypt the Nubian Museum ( Mathaf el Nuba ) in Aswan
in Spain the Mexican pavilion for the 1992 World Exhibition in Seville .

Awards

1966: Honorary member of the Association of German Architects BDA
1968: National Jean Tschumi Prize from the international association of architects
1972: National Art Prize (Mexico)
Honorary award at the International Festival for Architecture and Fine Arts
Belgian gold medal
Prize at the XIII. Triennial , Milan
Great gold medal from the French Academy of Architecture
1996: Olympic Committee Award, Atlanta

gallery

Museo Nacional de Antropología
(with Mijares and Campuzano)
Museo Nacional de Antropología
Estadio Azteca
(with Mijares)
New "Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe"

Web links

Commons : Pedro Ramírez Vázquez - collection of images, videos and audio files

Pedro Ramírez Vázquez. In: arch INFORM .
Literature by and about Pedro Ramírez Vázquez in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Pedro Ramírez Vázquez in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Images of the works of Pedro Ramírez Vázquez at praella.com

Sources and individual references

^ Academia de Artes: Arquitectura - Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
↑ International Academy of Architecture: Pedro Ramirez Vazquez ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
^ Lupita Hernández: Entrega el Gobernador Humberto Moreira el Teatro de la Ciudad de Piedras Negras "Pepe Maldonado" . In: Territorio de Coahuila y Texas , December 28, 2010, accessed December 22, 2016.
↑ Pedro Ramírez Vázquez ( Memento of June 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), exhibition directory Espacios de Creación , 2004 (Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Ramírez Vázquez, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican architect and designer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 2013
Place of death	Mexico city

[AA-1] Academia de Artes: Arquitectura - Pedro Ramírez Vázquez

[IAA-2] International Academy of Architecture: Pedro Ramirez Vazquez ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Lupita Hernández: Entrega el Gobernador Humberto Moreira el Teatro de la Ciudad de Piedras Negras "Pepe Maldonado" . In: Territorio de Coahuila y Texas , December 28, 2010, accessed December 22, 2016.

[Espacios_de_Creación-4] Pedro Ramírez Vázquez ( Memento of June 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), exhibition directory Espacios de Creación , 2004 (Spanish).