Capilla la Medalla Milagrosa (San Vicente de Paul)

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 
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