TY - JOUR AU - Noelle, Louise PY - 2021/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - President Alemán Urban Housing Project JF - Docomomo Journal JA - docomomo VL - IS - 65 SE - Essays DO - 10.52200/65.A.8WSJWTA7 UR - https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/39 SP - 16-21 AB - <p>The Centro Urbano Presidente Alemán, inaugurated in 1949, was a pioneer in more ways than one and can be considered as one of the most transcendent works of Mario Pani. It is the first Mexican high-rise housing complex, where many of the ideals of the European masters, especially Le Corbusier, are gathered together but with a design suited to its place and time. Mario Pani shattered the scheme of the single unit dwelling and proposed a density that allowed the presence of garden areas and integrated diverse services. Moreover, he invited the artist José Clemente Orozco to paint a mural, which he commenced on an undulating wall designed by him.</p> ER -