- Name of building
- Templo de Santa Monica
- Construction year
- 1966
- Structural system
- Shell
- Primary use
- Church
- Architect
- Fernando Lopez Carmona
- Architect2
- Felix Candela
- Structural engineer
- Felix Candela
- Constructor
- Professional
- Cubiertas Ala S.A.
- Country
- MEXICO
- Address
- San Lorenzo / Fresas, del Valle, Mexico, D. F.
- Means of transportation
- Walking 1.5km west from Estacion de Metro Zapata(Linea-3).
- Admission
- Outside : OK Inside : OK
Everyday 08:00-14:00 / 17:00-20:00 - 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.76-103. Japanese Language
②Builder in The Sun, Five Mexican Architects, Clive Bamford Smith, Architectural Book Publishing Co,, Inc. NY,1967,p.126-127.
③The Architecture of Mexico Yesterday and Today,Hans Beacham, Architectural Book Publishing Co,, Inc. NY,1969,p.102-103.
④IASS Bulletin No.71+72, September 1979,p.27-38, Fig.21-22.
Notes for History The development of thin shells in Mexico, by Felix Candela. - Note
- Structural system:Shell,RC
Photo taken on January 25,1994. ③-104.
The owner of Cubiertas Ala S.A. is Félix Candela.
