Roundtable discussions focused on Félix Candela

Three discussions dedicated to his legacy, his impact on global architecture, and the creation of the exhibition.
Coordinator: Juan Ignacio del Cueto / Faculty of Architecture, National Autonomous University of Mexico (FA-UNAM)

Day's program :

The Legacy of Félix Candela

Moderator: Valeria Méndez

Juan Ignacio del Cueto (FA-UNAM) / Félix Candela, Prodigious Shell Builder
Eduardo Lima (FA-UNAM) / Felix Candela and His Industrial Architecture: Living Heritage
Leonardo Figueroa (FA-UNAM) / Transit Under the Shells: Felix Candela and Mexico City's Metro
Andrés López (FA-UNAM) / Rescue Manantiales: Restoration of Candela's Masterpiece in Xochimilco

The Production of an Exhibition

Moderator: Marisela Mendoza

Valeria Méndez (FA-UNAM) / Shaping the Memory: Media and Archives about Concrete Shells
Marcos Ontiveros (FA-UNAM) / The Playful Teaching of Candela's Philosophy of Structures
Moisés Escárcega and Daniel Romero (FA-UNAM) / Plastic Shell Structures: Making of the Hypar of Felix Candela with 3D Printing
Luis Borunda (Virginia Tech School of Architecture) / Shell Structure Design and Fabrication with 3D Printed Non-Uniform Lattices
Davide Zampini (CEMEX Innovation Holding AG) / Exposition of a Novel Fabrication Technique – Thin Shell Structures Inspired by Materiality and Digitization

The International Impact of Candela

Moderator: Juan Ignacio del Cueto

María González Pendás (Cornell University) / Hispanism in Concrete: Global Politics of a Shell
Marisela Mendoza (Nottingham Trent University) / Shells in Britain
Giulia Boller (ETH-Zürich) / Shells in Switzerland: Heinz Isler and the Sicli Pavilion
Luis Manuel Ochoa (UdeG: Universidad de Guadalajara) / Shells in Guadalajara (Mexico) and Bilbao (Spain)
Laura Fontaine (ENSAM: École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Marseille) / About the book : L’intelligence de la forme, writings of Félix Candela