Eugenio Peschard
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Eugenio Peschard Delgado | |
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Durango, Durango, Mexico | |
| Died | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | National Autonomous University of Mexico, Facultad de Ciencia |
Eugenio Peschard Delgado was a Mexican architect. Prior to joining the faculty of the National University in 1940, Peschard was an architect in the Ministry of Communications and Public Works and a member of the Council of Architecture of the Federal District. He translated a number of architectural books, including works by Hardy Cross, S. Timoshenko, and Vanden Broek.[1]
Early life
Born in Mexico sometime between 1877 and 1937, Peschard was the son of José Guadalupe Peschard and Concepción Delgado de Peschard. One of six children, Peschard's brothers were José Angel Peschard Delgado, a doctor and academic; Armando Peschard Delgado, a Mexico City doctor; and Guillermo Peschard, an orthodontic dentist and academic at the Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango.
Tour of the United States
Peschard traveled to the United States on a trip that was featured in the
Contribution to Mexico City architecture
In the 20th century,
According to architecture historian Valerie Fraser, Peschard's Science Faculty design "counteracts the rather more rigid geometry of the Rectorate," with its mural by José Chávez Morado at the upper part of the facade placed on a convex curve. Entitled The Conquest of Energy,[4] Morado's mural, according to Fraser, is "an allegory of the pursuit and conquest of scientific knowledge," which culminates, "on a slightly ambivalent note," with the discovery of nuclear energy.[5]
In 2004, Celia Ester Arredando Zambrano wrote that the placement of the Science Building at the center of the university's main plaza "reveals that even though the campus was inspired by the modern city, a symbolic arrangement seems to prevail in the composition."[6]
Art historian Justino Fernández highlighted the building's auditorium, as well as its interior peculiarities, in particular what he termed its "unusual classrooms."[7]
Books
- Resistencia de Materiales (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1963), ISBN 978-8438001028
References
- ^ The Record (5-6 Volumes ed.). United States Department of State, Division of Publications. January 1, 1949. p. 26.
- ^ The Department of State Bulletin (Volume 19 ed.). Office of Public Communication, Bureau of Public Affairs. November 24, 1948. p. 619.
- ^ "Everyday life in Mexico City in the 1950s". International Photography Magazine. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Case, Daniel. "'La Conquista de la Energia' ('The Conquest of Energy')". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ISBN 978-1859843079.
- ISBN 978-0300102550.
- ISBN 9780226244211.
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