Sanctuary Nuestra Santuário de Fátima

Name of building
Sanctuary Nuestra Santuário de Fátima 
Construction year
1964 
Structural system
Shell 
Primary use
Church 
Architect
Eduardo Padilla 
Architect2
 
Structural engineer
Porfirio Ballesteros 
Constructor
 
Professional
Estructuras S. de R.L. / coll. With Guillermo Garcia 
Country
MEXICO 
Address
Av.J.Vasconcelos/Calz San Pedro, Col. Fatima, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Monterrey. 
Means of transportation
8km south-west from Gran Plaza. 
Admission
Everyday 8:30-13:00/14:00-20:00
Outside:OK, Inside:OK. 
Reference
①Estructuras Modernas de Concreto Presforzato, Rocald Lasso, The name of publisher is inknown, Mexico,1966,p.45.
②Arquitectos Contemporaneos de Mexico, Louise Noelle, Editorial Trillas, Mexico, D.F. 2nd Edition,1993. P.117.
③IASS-1962, World Conference on Shell Structures, October 1-4. 1962, San Francisco, p.355-358.
④IASS-1999 40th Anniverasrt Congress for Shells and Spatial Structures from recent past to the next millennium, September 20-24, 1999, Madrid, Vol.l, p.A5-A10.
⑤IASS Bulletin No.37, March 1969, p.3-14,.. no figure numbers, Wind and seismic stresses in hyperbolic paraboloid shells, by P.Ballesteros and E.Taroco. 
Note
Span:32m. Length:69.6m. Height:15m
Photo taken on January 31 and February 18,1999. ⑧-150 
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