General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Thin shell |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Factory building |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
Location
| Location: |
Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo, México, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Address: | Autopista Mexico-Querétaro 4431 |
| Location description: |
The factory is located 34 km north of Mexico City in Tultitlán near the border to the town of Izcalli. |
| Coordinates: | 19° 37' 40" N 99° 11' 26" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| number of shells | 6 |
Materials
| thin shell |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|
Participants
Design
- Felix Candela (designer)
Architecture
Consulting engineers
- Luis Torres Landa (consulting engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1963): Candela/The Shell Builder. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York (USA), pp. 184.
- : Félix Candela. Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist. Princeton University Art Museum, Yale University Press, New Haven (USA), ISBN 978-0-300-12209-1, pp. 154-169.
- (2008): Félix Candela 1910-1997. Die Beherrschung der Grenzen. Taschen, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-8228-3723-8, pp. 76-79.
- : La torre y el puente. El nuevo arte de la ingeniería estructural. CINTER, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 978-84-939305-4-7, pp. 300.
- (1983): The Tower and the Bridge. The New Art of Structural Engineering. Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), pp. 192-193.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000007 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
18/08/2015
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