- Name of building
- Capilla la Medalla Milagrosa (San Vicente de Paul)
- Construction year
- 1960
- Structural system
- Shell
- Primary use
- Church
- Architect
- Enrique de la Mora / Fernando López Carmona
- Architect2
- Felix Candela
- Structural engineer
- Felix Candela
- Constructor
- Professional
- Cubiertas Ala S.A.
- Country
- MEXICO
- Address
- Hijas de la Caridad de San Vicente de Paul, Casa Provincial, Cerrada del Pedregal 31, Villa Coyoacan. Coyoacan. Mexico, D. F.
- Means of transportation
- Walking 1km east from Estacion de Metro Miguel Angel de Quevedo(Linea-3).
- Admission
- Outside:OK, Inside:OK
Through gate of Residensia San Vicente, Sunday is recommended.
Oratory of the nun monastery. There is a nursing home on the premises, so the gate of the hospital opens on Sunday morning for families coming to visit. - 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. 58-75. Japanese Language
②Candela/The Shell Builder, Colin Faber, Reinhold Publishing Corporation. NY,1963, p.214-221.
③Arquitectos Contemporáneos de Mexico, Louise Noelle Editorial Trillas, Mexico, D.F. 2nd Edition, 1993. P.48. - Note
- Structural system:Shell,RC
Photo taken on February 4,1995. ③-109
The owner of Cubiertas Ala S.A. is Félix Candela.
Span:about 14m. Height:13.2m. Plan:triangle