The history of the campus of the University of Lima: Héctor Velarde’s foundational project and modern planning in Peru
No. 13 (2013-12-01)Author(s)
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Martín Fabbri García1 Arquitecto de la Universidad Ricardo Palma y máster en Restauración de Monumentos de la Universidad de Roma La Sapienza. Docente e investigador de la Universidad de Lima, Perú. mfabbri@ulima.edu.pe
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Octavio Montestruque Bisso2 Arquitecto de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, egresado de la maestría de Ciencias, mención en Arquitectura: Historia, Teoría y Crítica de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Docente e investigador de la Universidad de Lima, Perú. omontest@ulima.edu.pe
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Ángeles Maqueira Yamasaki3 Arquitecta de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, egresada de la Maestría de Ciencias, mención en Arquitectura: Historia, Teoría y Crítica de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería. Docente e investigadora de la Universidad de Lima. amaqueir@ulima.edu.pe
Abstract
This article forms part of a research project entitled History of the University of Lima’s campus, which was based on the foundational project, designed by the architect Héctor Velarde Bergmann in 1964 and built in 1965. The objective was to identify the urban characteristics of the campus as well as investigate the relationship between the first University of Lima project and the other important university campus projects in Lima: the University City of San Marcos of 1956 and the Pontifical Catholic University campus of 1967. The urban characteristics of each of these campuses is analysed as well the University of Lima’s.
Keywords:
modern architecture, urbanism, Héctor Velarde, Lima, university campus