Central Library UNAM

The underground where the library stands is lava because of the nearby volcano. The ground is 60 deep! The architect thought best to mostly use the lava to build the library, As the ground was uneven, he had to first build terraces and the buildings.
When I stood in front of this building I was both in awe and I did not like it. A weird feeling.
In awe because of the vision the Architect had, the thought of so many little lava pieces, all cut and painted by hand and the time it took to build. Overwhelming.
At the same time I found it to be very ugly. I learned that the builder was a functionalist architect. Meaning that it is all about the function of the building not caring about the esthetics. Not my cup of tee!
But it’s cool that such a iconic building host’s a library!
If you wanna know more read here https://en.mxcity.mx/2016/03/juan-ogorman-mural…
Side note. The University campus is so big (770 hectares!) that they have a bus to transport the students. Of course for some unknown reason I was standing at the psychology stop:-)

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