Estacion de Metro Candelaria

Name of building
Estacion de Metro Candelaria 
Construction year
1967 
Structural system
Shell 
Primary use
Subway Station 
Architect
 
Architect2
Felix Candela 
Structural engineer
Felix Candela 
Constructor
 
Professional
Cubier Ala S.A. 
Country
MEXICO 
Address
Estacion de Metro Candelaria, Mexico, D. F.(Linea-1) 
Means of transportation
Estacion de Metro Candelaria(Linea-1). 
Admission
Outside : OK Inside : OK 
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.186-193. Japanese Language
②IASS Bulletin No.71+72, September 1979, p.27-38, Fig.13.
Notes for History The development of thin shell in Mexico, by Felix Candela.
③IASS Bulletin No.88, Auguest 1985, p.5-10. Fig.5.
Felix Candela and structural art, by David P.Billington. 
Note
Structural system:Shell,RC
Photo taken on January 30,1994 and February 2+3,2001. ③-100.⑩-107.
The owner of Cubiertas Ala S.A. is Félix Candela. 
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