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Counselors Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Counselors Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Counselors
| Pedro Ramírez Vázquez |
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 He was born in Mexico City in 1919. He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) [National Autonomous University of Mexico], where he later became professor of Urban Planning and Design. He was the first Rector of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) [Autonomous Metropolitan University], and has also taught and lectured at many universities around the world. He is the Mexican architect and urban planner most prolific and influential on the nation’s way of life of the twentieth century. Although he always considered the design and construction of a prefabricated model rural school, with housing for the teacher, which was instituted in Mexico and in several other parts of the world his most important project, it was his architectural work what brought him international fame and recognition. Although the Museo Nacional de Antropología [National Museum of Anthropology], for decades considered the most avant-garde of the world stands out, he designed and built works of great significance in the urban landscape of Mexico City. Examples of this are the Torre de Tlatelolco [Tlatelolco Tower], the Estadio Azteca [Azteca football Stadium], the new Basilica of Guadalupe, the Museo de Arte Moderno [Museum of Modern Art], the Torre de Mexicana de Aviación [Mexicana Airlines Tower], the Escuela Nacional de Medicina de Ciudad Universitaria [National School of Medicine at the University City campus], the Congreso de la Unión at San Lázaro, [a building housing the Nation’s Congress], and works abroad as the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican; the Museum of Black Cultures in Dakar, Senegal; and the complex of government buildings in Dodoma, Tanzania's new capital. Architect Ramírez Vázquez was president of the Comité Organizador de los Juegos Olímpicos México 68 [Organizing Committee of the Mexico 68 Olympic Games]. He served as head of the Secretaría de Asentamientos Humanos y Obras Públicas [Ministry of Human Settlements and Public Works]. He was president of the Colegio de Arquitectos de México [College of Architects of Mexico] and the Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos [Society of Mexican Architects]; vice president of the International Union of Architects. He is a member of the Consejo Consultivo de Ciencias de la Presidencia de la República (CCC) [Science Consulting Council of the President’s Office]. He has received the Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes [National Award for Science and Arts]; recognition of the College of Architects of Mexico; the great Gold Medal of the Academy of Architecture in France, the Grand Prize of the XII Triennale di Milano for the project of Prefabricated Rural School; Gold Medal of the VIII Sao Paulo Biennial; Jean Tschumi Prize of the International Union of Architects. He received numerous awards for his work as head of the Organizing Committee of the Mexico 68 Olympic Games. He was appointed Advisor General of the Universal Forum of Cultures, Monterrey 2007. He has published several technical books on architecture, but the book dealing with the design and construction of the National Museum of Anthropology, stands out as an international classic on architectural design and museography. |