Ciudad Satélite, Mexico, North America
Year 1954 latitude: 19° 31' longitude: -99° 15' Period 1954-1957 Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Mario Pani Design organization Inhabitants Target population 200,000 Town website Town related links http://www.solutionsabroad.com/a_locationsmexico.asp#N Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Ciudad Satélite was one of many housing developments built at that time to lighten the growth in Mexico City. It is located in the northern periphery of the capital. Pani aimed for the city to be completely self-sufficient and called it a tomorrow 'built today'. It was built for the middle class and arranged in sectors and super locks zoned to provide areas for habitation, recreation, education, civic and commercial functions, parking and transportation. Ciudad Satélite is comparable to Ciudad Universitaria, but its functions more diverse and architectural forms more homogeneous. Neighbourhoods are generally middleclass as intended. Luis Barragan and Mathias Goeritz designed five large abstract towers to signify this huge residential area (1957). source:
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