- Name of building
- Pabellones de Rayos de Cosmicos
- Construction year
- 1951
- Structural system
- Shell
- Primary use
- Observation for Cosmic Rays
- Architect
- Jose Gonzalez Reyna / colaboracion arquitecto: Rafael Arozarena
- Architect2
- Felix Candela
- Structural engineer
- Felix Candela
- Constructor
- Professional
- Cubiertas Ala S.A.
- Country
- MEXICO
- Address
- Ciudad Universitaria. Mexico, D. F.
- Means of transportation
- Walking 1.5km from Estacion de Metro Universidad(Lenia-3).
- Admission
- Outside：OK, Inside：NO
Stand on the public space. - Reference
- ①Felix Candela, Supervisor; Yutaka Saito, Editor; Naomi Miwa..
Forewords; Felix Candela, Ove Arup, Frei Otto, Mamoru Kawagucxi, Riicht Miyake, Mutsuro Sasaki Published by TOTO Shuppan, Tokyo on August 10,1995, pp.170-175. Japanese Language
②IASS Bulletin No.71+72, Seprember 1979, p.27-39, Fig.23-24.
Notes for History The development of thin shells in Mexico, by Félix Candela.
③IASS Bulletin No.88, August 1985, p.5-10. Fig.1.
Félix Candela and structural art, by David P.Billington.
④Candela/The Shell Builder, Colin Faber, Reinhold Publishing Corpotation, NY, 1963, p.29-32.
⑤Arquitectos Contemporaneos de Mexico, Louise Noelle, Editorial Trillas, Mexico, D.F. 2nd Edition, 1993. P.31+77. - Note
- Shell, RC
Photo taken on January 25,1994 and February 6,1995. ③-111
Span：10.75m. Length：12m. Shell height：6m. Shell thickness：1.5cm(5/8 inch)
The owner of Cubiertas Ala S.A. is Félix Candela.
