The essence of its creator can be seen everywhere and in everyone. In some areas, Ciudad de México is a significant celebration of Teodoro González de León’s work. If someone wants to visit a place to remember it, they just need to approach one of the monumental concrete blocks that they shaped until they turned them into something more, a work of art and an ode to functionality. «He said, ‘Architecture is a way of life or it is nothing’,» for him, it was everything. Hasta mi último aliento trabajé y dejé mi huella: edificios que se fusionan con el calle, permeables a lo que en ella sucede. A delight for the wanderer, who crosses the thresholds of its constructions accompanied by the city itself. There is a moment when urban and architectural spaces become confused. «Such ambiguity is what I have sought,» acknowledged in 1996 the creator of many of the great capital symbols, such as the National Auditorium and the Rufino Tamayo Museum.
The creator of the Rufino Tamayo Museum or the National Auditorium, whose centenary is being celebrated, combined the monumental concrete constructions with porosity that dissolves urban boundaries and invites encounter.
The essence of its creator can be seen everywhere and in everyone. In some areas, Ciudad de México is a significant celebration of Teodoro González de León’s work. If someone wants to visit a place to remember it, they just need to approach one of the monumental concrete blocks that they shaped until they turned them into something more, a work of art and an ode to functionality. «He said, ‘Architecture is a way of life or it is nothing’,» for him, it was everything. Hasta mi último aliento trabajé y dejé mi huella: edificios que se fusionan con el calle, permeables a lo que en ella sucede. A delight for the wanderer, who crosses the thresholds of its constructions accompanied by the city itself. There is a moment when urban and architectural spaces become confused. «Such ambiguity is what I have sought,» acknowledged in 1996 the creator of many of the great capital symbols, such as the National Auditorium and the Rufino Tamayo Museum.
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