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Luis Barragán’s Pink Equestrian Property to Develop into a Public Arts Hub
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Luis Barragán’s Pink Equestrian Property to Develop into a Public Arts Hub

Last updated: February 18, 2025 2:06 am
Editorial Board Published February 18, 2025
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Recognized for its fuschia exterior, dramatic shadows, and plush courtyard, La Cuadra San Cristóbal in northwest Mexico Metropolis has lengthy been a vacation spot for devotees of revered architect Luis Barragán. Designed within the late Nineteen Sixties together with his protégé Andrés Casillas on fee for Swedish businessman Folke Egerstrom, the historic 7.5-acre residence and equestrian compound is taken into account a masterwork by Barragán and options many parts of his signature design fashion which can be evident in his initiatives throughout Mexico.

This October, the well-known advanced is slated to open as a brand new public cultural campus centered on carrying on Barragán’s legacy by facilitating applications on the intersection of artwork and structure, based on an announcement earlier this week from Mexican architect Fernando Romero’s namesake nonprofit basis. 

The difference of La Cuadra San Cristóbal comes years after Romero started pursuing the location when its homeowners made it obtainable in 2017.

Designed within the late Nineteen Sixties, la Cuadra San Cristóbal options flowing water, flat planes, dramatic shadows, and a vivid coloration palette.

Final 12 months, he finalized the acquisition of the property by means of his basis with the intent of preserving the property’s architectural heritage and remodeling it into a brand new hub for artists.

Over the following decade, La Cuadra can be expanded with the mixing of latest options together with pavilions located adjoining to the advanced, extra galleries and studio area, a library, a multi-purpose venue, a present retailer and low store. The compound may even host a brand new artist residency program and a collection of non permanent, site-specific installations. 

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The famed property is slated to open as a public cultural heart this fall, specializing in the intersection of artwork and structure.la cuadra courtyard shadow

Positioned in northwest Mexico Metropolis, the residence and equestrian compound is taken into account a vacation spot web site for a lot of architectural college students and followers of Barragán’s work.

The primary of the compound’s public programming, which is anticipated to open within the fall with the inauguration of La Cuadra, can be a everlasting exhibition spotlighting Barragán’s life and work. Curated by architect Jorge Covarrubias, the present will current Barragán’s first modernist buildings in Mexico Metropolis and hone in on eight of his titular works together with his private residence and studio, which was inscribed as a World Heritage Web site in 2004.  

Previous to the official opening later this 12 months, La Cuadra held its first occasion through the annual Zona Maco artwork honest final week, with a lecture and site-specific “efficiency by artist Marina Abramovic that marks her first time working in Mexico for the reason that Nineteen Nineties.

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