General Information
| Name in local language: | Mercado de Jamaica |
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| Beginning of works: | 1956 |
| Completion: | 1957 |
| Status: | demolished |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Thin shell |
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| Function / usage: |
Market hall |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
Location
| Location: |
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
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| Address: | Av. Congreso de la Unión / Av. Morelos |
Technical Information
Materials
| thin shell |
reinforced concrete
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Notes
The structure was located in front of Jamaica Metro Station (Lines 1 & 4).
Participants
Design
- Felix Candela (designer)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1963): Candela/The Shell Builder. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York (USA), pp. 122.
- (2017): Documentation of Félix Candela's Jamaica Market hypar shells in Mexico City. Presented at: Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017.
- (2008): Félix Candela 1910-1997. Die Beherrschung der Grenzen. Taschen, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 978-3-8228-3723-8, pp. 52-53.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20028377 - Published on:
06/06/2007 - Last updated on:
23/07/2014
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