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Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Context · Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
1/7 · Context · Ciudad Universitaria de CaracasPhoto: Robert Marín · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Exterior · Photo taken at Central University of Venezuela
2/7 · Exterior · Photo taken at Central University of VenezuelaPhoto: R Barraez D´Lucca from Caracas, Venezuela · CC BY 2.0 · source
Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Exterior · Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas
3/7 · Exterior · Ciudad Universitaria de CaracasPhoto: José Alfaro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Exterior
4/7 · ExteriorPhoto: R Barraez D´Lucca from Caracas, Venezuela · CC BY 2.0 · source
Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Exterior
5/7 · ExteriorPhoto: R Barraez D´Lucca from Caracas, Venezuela · CC BY 2.0 · source
Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Context · Bimural de Fernand Léger, 1954
6/7 · Context · Bimural de Fernand Léger, 1954Photo: GermanX · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas: Plan · Movement plan of the UCV Plaza Cubierta based on original designs by Carlos Raúl Villanueva
7/7 · Plan · Movement plan of the UCV Plaza Cubierta based on original designs by Carlos Raúl VillanuevaPhoto: Kingsif · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Context · Ciudad Universitaria de CaracasPhoto 2: Exterior · Photo taken at Central University of VenezuelaPhoto 3: Exterior · Ciudad Universitaria de CaracasPhoto 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: ExteriorPhoto 6: Context · Bimural de Fernand Léger, 1954Photo 7: Plan · Movement plan of the UCV Plaza Cubierta based on original designs by Carlos Raúl Villanueva

Public space · Modernism

Covered Plaza, University City of Caracas

Carlos Raúl Villanueva · Caracas, VE · 1954

Key featuresCovered plaza made as an open museum: perforated walls, gaps in the roof and ramps among murals and sculpture.

Architect
Carlos Raúl Villanueva
Place
Caracas, VE
Year
1954
Typology
Public space
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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