Modern urban planning in Mexico: The San Luis Potosí Zoning Plan in the sixties and the creation of places in the seventies
No. 12 (2013-07-01)Author(s)
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Angélica Castrejón Paniagua1Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México acaspani@hotmail.com Profesora de cátedra del Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ITESM, Campus San Luis Potosí, en el área de Formación Humana y Ciudadanía. Arquitecta, Universidad Quetzalcóatl, México; Maestra en Historia del Arte Mexicano, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México; Doctora en Arquitectura en la línea de Patrimonio, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México.
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Eugenia María Azevedo Salomao2Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México eazevedosa@yahoo.com.mx Investigadora y profesora titular de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México, en los programas de licenciatura en arquitectura, especialidad, maestría y doctorado en la línea de patrimonio urbano-arquitectonico. Arquitecta, Universidad Federal de Bahía, Brasil; Maestra en Arquitectura con Especialidad en Restauración de Monumentos, ENCRyM, INAH, México; Doctora en Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Abstract
This article aims to reflect on the zoning planning, which was guided by modern urban planning, of the Potosina Region’s capital in the 1960’s: the purpose of which was to modernise a viceregal city. Although the process followed several regulatory suggestions to improve the road network, the catastrophic consequences for the civic centre were rejected by the people given the large building loss that ensued. However, in the last breath of modernity some open foundational spaces were renovated, which led to unique places being created and recreated; places that were perfect for meeting up with people and for living in given that they were full of a prominent sense of history and society.
Keywords:
Zoning Plan, modern urban planning, civic centre