Talk:University City of Caracas

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Unesco dispuesta a ayudar a recuperar la UCV tras el desplome de un pasillo cubierto, Efecto Cocuyo, 2020
Historia y decadencia de la Universidad de Venezuela, el monumento que ha sobrevivido a todo menos al régimen de Maduro, El País, 2020

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Latest comment: 15 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This seems incorrect. In the Spanish, "universitaria" (relating to a university or universities in general) is an adjective qualifying "ciudad" (city) -- so this is not the university of the city, but rather the city of the university, or the university-based city. In English, that ought to the "University City of Caracas". swyves 201.241.157.54 (talk) 03:54, 4 March 2009 (UTC).Reply

You are right. If we follow the naming convention used by UNESCO in relation to the UNAM Campus [1] then it should be University City of Caracas. Page is going to move to University City of Caracas. Caracas1830 (talk) 04:14, 4 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Shouldn't it be "Universitary City" ? 21:57, 13 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.201.77.199 (talk)

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Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

~~Convert art/artists list to table, hopefully with years of when the art was created~~
Add sections on buildings, history, and cultural references
~~Create metro station article~~ Ciudad Universitaria (Metro)
Notes from sources:

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- 1939 began new urban planning of Caracas, but "bureaucratic obligations" restricted this to Libertador municipality. The plans resumed towards the end of WW2 ^[1] 55
- After JV Gomez' death, urban renewal took off, and Caracas saw "extraordinary urban-renewal plans", including CR Villanueva's "Synthesis of Arts" architecture, beginning with the El Silencio complex in the city centre. (above, 56)
- 1944 work began on Ciudad Universitaria, under continued construction until 1967 (above, 57 & 59, 355)
- The campus is unlikely to be seen as an urban project by modern definitions, but it is among the grand architecture that put Caracas on the map and helped promote tourism and migration (above, 57)
- University City is an example of one of Villanueva's "museographic" spaces, taking the qualities of museums and applying them to public places (above, 350)
- Villanueva visited France in '44 and '48, gaining inspiration for the artistic and architectural design of the campus. (above, 355)
- In '44 he had done the first studies and a tentative plan. The first buildings erected included the medical complex, the design changed in '49, the stadiums were built in 1950 and inaugurated in '51. The stadiums' construction signaled a new phase in developing the Conjunto Central (Central Complex) of the campus. Villanueva was able to redesign and complicate the process because of the economic and political situation he and Venezuela were in, wanting to do so for personal and professional reasons. (above, 355)
- The Plaza Cubierta is considered an "open museum" for its many works by respected artists. Aula Magna considered the "consummate example of synthesis", opened in 1954 (above, 356)
- description of map design. Plaza Cubierta connects many different buildings in the Central Complex. Include quote: "It is a space of permanence... making and unmaking" ; design makes use of environment as well as combining the architecture and art (above, 358)
- List of artist names and art piece names 359
- University City also a model city, which supposedly brought into reality urban visions of utopia (above, 360)
- Kingsif (talk) 15:23, 25 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
- Rectory Plaza intended to be a car park, built 1952, but then too many people wanting to park so closed in or after 1958 ^[2]

List of buildings:

Hospital Clínico Universitario
Nursing School
Institute of Tropical Medicine
José Izquierdo Institute of Anatomy
José Gregorio Hernández Institute of Experimental Medicine
José Antonio O'Daly Anatomopathological Institute
Institute of Immunology
Caracas Botanical Garden^[3]
- Botanical Institute^[3]
- Xerophytic Garden at UCV [es]
- Palmetum at UCV [es]
- Venezuela Lagoon [es]
- National Herbarium of Venezuela [es]
- Henri Pittier Library [es]
Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)
Estadio Universitario de Caracas
Covered Gymnasium (UCV)
Central Complex
- Sala de Conciertos
- Paraninfo de la UCV
- Aula Magna
- Library of the Central University of Venezuela [es]
- Plaza Cubierta
- Rectory building
- Rectory Plaza [es]
- UCV Clocktower [es]
Faculty of Humanities and Education
Faculty of the Sciences^[4]^[5]
- Faculty of Physics and Mathematics^[4]
- Tropical Zoology Institute^[6]^[7]
- Museum of Biology of the Central University of Venezuela^[7]
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
School of Engineering Library and Auditorium
School of Metallurgical Engineering
School of Sanitary Engineering
School of Law and Political Sciences
Olympic Swimming Pool and Covered Gymnasium Complex
Covered Walkways and Entrance Arches

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Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Kingsif (talk) 05:06, 4 September 2019 (UTC)Reply

References edit

^ Negrón, Marco; Pintó, Maciá (2008). Jiménez, Ariel (ed.). Alfredo Boulton and His Contemporaries: Critical Dialogues in Venezuelan Art, 1912–1974. Translated by Kristina Cordero and Catalina Ocampo. Museum of Modern Art. pp. 55–60, 350–365. ISBN 9780870707100. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "La Plaza del Rectorado". Patrimonio CUC. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela Dr. Tobías Lasser 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20111027015910/http://www.fibv.org.ve/jardin/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=5&Itemid=38
^ ^a ^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA. 1978: “UCV prospecto de estudios Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas – Venezuela. 123p.
^ TEXERA, YOLANDA. 1992: “La Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Central de Venezuela”. En: Ruiz Calderón, Humberto et. all. “La ciencia en Venezuela pasado, presente y futuro”. Cuadernos Lagoven. Lagoven, S.A. Caracas Venezuela pp:50-63.
^ UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA. 1990: “Instituto de Zoología Tropical (IZT)”. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas – Venezuela. 16p.
^ ^a ^b MACHADO ALLISON, ANTONIO. 2005: “Memorias 40 años del Instituto de Zoología Tropical”. Editorial Brima Color. Caracas – Venezuela. 155p.

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[jimenez-1] Negrón, Marco; Pintó, Maciá (2008). Jiménez, Ariel (ed.). Alfredo Boulton and His Contemporaries: Critical Dialogues in Venezuelan Art, 1912–1974. Translated by Kristina Cordero and Catalina Ocampo. Museum of Modern Art. pp. 55–60, 350–365. ISBN 9780870707100. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[2] "La Plaza del Rectorado". Patrimonio CUC. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[web.archive.org-3] Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela Dr. Tobías Lasser 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20111027015910/http://www.fibv.org.ve/jardin/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=5&Itemid=38

[UCV_prospecto-4] UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA. 1978: “UCV prospecto de estudios Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas – Venezuela. 123p.

[5] TEXERA, YOLANDA. 1992: “La Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Central de Venezuela”. En: Ruiz Calderón, Humberto et. all. “La ciencia en Venezuela pasado, presente y futuro”. Cuadernos Lagoven. Lagoven, S.A. Caracas Venezuela pp:50-63.

[6] UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA. 1990: “Instituto de Zoología Tropical (IZT)”. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas – Venezuela. 16p.

[MACHADO_2005-7] MACHADO ALLISON, ANTONIO. 2005: “Memorias 40 años del Instituto de Zoología Tropical”. Editorial Brima Color. Caracas – Venezuela. 155p.

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