Mexico City

Eastern wall. Contemporary world.
The atom as the center of a new cosmovision. On the top left, the red star of Socialism; on the top right, an open book. In the roots, on the left side, the industrial and revolutionary Mexico; on the right side, rural, traditional, but also revolutionary Mexico.

http://bc.unam.mx/imagenes/murales11.jpg

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All in all, an astonishing building:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le3gix73ru1qfnxd7o1_500.jpg

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@fbaezer,

Bravo!

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A partial view of "the Isles", the big explanade in front of the Dean's building. To the right, the Faculty of Filosofía y Letras. And behind it, a small park, students of that school nicknamed "Park Eros".

http://frecuenciaalterna.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/unam.jpg

http://www.deportes.unam.mx/recreativas/imagenes/islas.jpg

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This is a very partial view of the Faculty of Architecture. It's divided in different "workshops":

http://www.ciudadmexico.com.mx/images/zones/cu/talleres_facultad_arquitectura.jpg

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And this is the entrance to my alma mater, also the school where I taught for 10 years, the Faculty of Economics:

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/12601_519260711441411_2057536889_n.jpg

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Gee, I forgot to say that UNAM's main campus is so big (no wonder it is called University City), you can't possibly walk it through, unless you are an athlete.

This is a map of Pumabús, the inner bus line.

http://www.arq.unam.mx/edcontinua/imagenes08/planonvo.jpg

Most of the students that arrive by car, have to park at the stadium and then get the bus.

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@fbaezer,

Naturally, this interests me. When I was at the site, and didn't really go through it, I had no idea I would later be very interested in architecture. But... I did notice buildings in the city.

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This is "Humanities Tower 2".
When I was a student is was "Sciences Tower", and next to it, the Faculty of Sciences (Physics, Mathematics, Actuary, Biology), but it moved to another part of CU:

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/45631716.jpg

As you can see, the building on the right looks like a serpent, ending in an auditorium, with an outer mural.

The mural is by José Chávez Morado, it's named "The Conquest of Energy".

http://ciudadania-express.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/muralconquistamorado.jpg

All I had to do to watch it, during my first semester as a student, was to look left, since the classroom was all windows.

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This is the Faculty of Medicine:

http://www.ciudadmexico.com.mx/images/zones/cu/facultad_medicina.jpg

http://latinpost.mx/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/medicina-unam.jpg

The mural, by Francisco Eppens.

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Right in front of Medicine, a interesting little building, the Cosmic Rays Pavillion:

http://www.ciudadmexico.com.mx/images/zones/cu/pabellon_rayos_cosmicos.jpg

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A partial view of the Faculty of Psychology, where my oldest son studied:

http://www.cuaed.unam.mx/boletin/boletinesanteriores/boletinsuayed18/variosimagenes/psicologia.jpg

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Chemistry:

http://ambiental.quimica.unam.mx/images/FacQuimicaA.jpg

Engineering:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2638/4086931929_915a6c2fce_z.jpg

Law:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Edificio_A_Facultad_de_derecho_UNAM.png

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And behind the Faculty of Engineering, the pool:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/2141404275_f0d60309b9.jpg

... and different sporting grounds:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_p7UceSBMCYk/TLEuJ_NZ1gI/AAAAAAAAABE/pwXCVCGY0HY/s1600/beis.jpg

Architecturally, the frontones are notable.

On one side...:

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6239/6213600962_64a7ff5142_z.jpg

On the other:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_p7UceSBMCYk/TLExZfnawYI/AAAAAAAAABc/3L2HrWIpQwc/s1600/fronton_a.jpg

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Damn, I was forgetting the Faculty of Dentistry (perhaps because my ex-wife studied there), but it does have a nice mural by Francisco Eppens:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/6900385256_8369703ba6_z.jpg

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@fbaezer,

Hah, that's where our friend studied, and the one place I went in, at least for a few feet, or I think I did.

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Before leaving the old part of the campus (we still have to visit the faculties of Political Science, Commerce and Sciences, plus the places of research, post-graduate studies, and cultural centers), a must is the Olympic Stadium, originally built in 1952, and where the ceremonies and athletic competitions of the 1968 Olympic Games were held.

The stadium, full, at a soccer game:

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/assets/images/ruta_estadios_olimpico_cu_ago11.jpg

And the mural by Rivera in its entrance:

http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/assets/images/ruta_estadios_olimpico_cu_mural_rivera_ago11.jpg

The mural was not made for the Olympics, but for the National University Games of 1952.

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Oddly enough, the stadium was originally built for American football:

http://www.proyecto40.com/_source/img/?i=6741

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Just to say that I root for the Pumas in futbol:

http://img.ibtimes.com/spanish/data/images/full/2012/10/01/23555-pumas-logra-primera-victoria-con-carrillo-gana-2-1-a-puebla-.jpg

and for the Pumas in American Football:

http://euro.mediotiempo.com/media/2011/09/16/pumas.jpg

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Behind the stadium, the Botanic Garden of UNAM:

http://ciudadmexico.com.mx/atractivos/imagenes/jardinbotanico.jpg

And, in the middle of the garden, the Seminary Unit (where the world academic big shots give lectures to a chosen few, or discuss with them), from where the picture is taken:

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/3960119.jpg

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