Palacio de los Deportes

Name of building
Palacio de los Deportes 
Construction year
1968 
Structural system
Space trusses 
Primary use
Stadium 
Architect
 
Architect2
Enrique Castañeda / Antoni Peyri 
Structural engineer
Felix Candela 
Constructor
 
Professional
BACO Cotracts Ltd. London 
Country
MEXICO 
Address
Viaducto Rio de la Piedao / Ave. Rio Churubusco. Izatacalco. Mexico, D. F. 
Means of transportation
Walking 500m south from Estacion de Metro Velodrome (Line-9) 
Admission
Outside:OK, Inside:NO
At the time of events only. 
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. 194-211. Japanese Language
②ZSM-2, Analysis, Design and Construction of Braced Domes.
Edited by Z,S, Makowski, Granada Publishing Ltd, London. 1984.p..
③Arquitectos Contemporáneos de Mexico, Louise Noelle Editorial Trillas, Mexico, D.F. 2nd Edition, 1993.p.31.
④IASS Bulletin No.71+72, September 1979, p.27-38, Fig. 47-51.
Notes for History the development of thin shells in Mexico, by Felix Candela. 
Note
Photo taken on January 29,1994. ③-107
Span:134m. 
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