TR05 Casa Prieto-López and Casa Cetto in Jardines del Pedregal

Tour Leader: Maxwell Smith-Holmes, Princeton University

$75 • AIA CES: 4 LU • Capacity: 30
Public Transportation with Walking • Mobility Level: ML4

This tour visits two of the earliest modernist homes built in Jardines del Pedgregal, a large residential development conceived by Luis Barragán in the mid-1940s for a site in an unspoiled lava field. Beginning at the Parque Pedregal, the tour group will then walk to Barragán’s Casa Prieto-López, built in 1949. Set in a slope and surrounded by a garden containing much of the preexisting natural elements, the home’s austere geometric volumes stand in striking contrast with their organic environs. Next, the tour will walk around the corner to the home German-Mexican architect Max Cetto built for himself and his family also in 1949. This guided tour provides an opportunity to experience these iconic works and to engage with their architectural, urban, and environmental histories.

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