32-599: Ciudad Universitaria may refer to: Universities [ edit ] University City of Buenos Aires , a complex housing two University of Buenos Aires faculties University City of Caracas , the main campus of the Central University of Venezuela University City of Madrid , a complex that houses Complutense University of Madrid and the Technical University of Madrid University City of Mexico ,
64-671: A centralized campus for the university somewhere in Buenos Aires. One of these, for instance, proposed the establishment of a "university city" in the empty terrains where the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery now stands. In 1956, the university began developing a modernization plan which included the establishment of a "Commission for the Construction of a University City", formed by academics and architects such as Alberto Prebisch . The original plan sought to benefit
96-615: A free-of-cost bus line that connected the three main buildings. It was known as Transporte Interno Ciudad Universitaria . Founded in 1821, the University of Buenos Aires had its first seat on Perú street, in what is now known as the Manzana de las Luces , a compound previously owned by the Society of Jesus . Toward the 1950s, some of the university's faculties still had to use old, overcrowded buildings, leading to proposals to establish
128-469: A group of people founded a self-described "eco-village" named Velatropa in the abandoned groundwork of Pabellón V . The village's homes were built using recycled plastic and clay. Velatropa was relatively tolerated by UBA authorities and received benevolent media treatment, being featured in news reports and documentaries. The settlement was evicted in November 2018 by the city government, which alleged it
160-512: A sports center. It is located in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires, on the far-northern side of the city. The complex sits on the banks of the Río de la Plata and boasts one of the city's largest green areas, as parts of it are presently an ecological reserve. Ciudad Universitaria is located on the limit between the northern Buenos Aires barrios of Belgrano and Núñez , on the banks of
192-649: A station on the Caracas Metro Ciudad Universitaria (Madrid Metro) , a station on the Madrid Metro Ciudad Universitaria (Mexico City Metrobús) , a BRT station in Mexico City See also [ edit ] University City (disambiguation) City University (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
224-582: Is an urban campus of the University of Buenos Aires , the largest and most prestigious university in Argentina . Originally designed as a potential centralized campus for all of the university's facilities, nowadays it only houses two of its thirteen faculties: the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism and the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences , as well as a number of dependent institutes and
256-681: The Río de la Plata . It is within walking distance of Club Atlético River Plate 's Estadio Monumental and the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery , one of Buenos Aires' two international airports. Within Ciudad Universitaria, the three buildings housing the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU) and the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN) are known as pabellones (" pavilion "). Pabellón I and Pabellón II house FCEN, while Pabellón III houses FADU. The lower floors and basement-level floors of Pabellón III also house
288-418: The 1976 coup d'état . To this day, only the groundwork of Pabellón IV remains. A number of proposals to finish the original masterplan have surged since the return of democracy in 1983. A 2006 proposal to finally erect Pabellón V and grant it to the Faculty of Psychology even won a bidding contest in the name of the architecture firm Diéguez-Fridman, but the proposal was never followed through. During
320-407: The autonomous city and capital of Argentina , is composed of 48 neighbourhoods (locally known as barrios ). Since 2008, the city is also legally divided into communes ( comunas ), each one including one or more barrios . Among the most visited and populated barrios are Palermo , Recoleta , Puerto Madero , Belgrano , San Telmo , La Boca , Monserrat and Caballito . Sectors of
352-559: The gentrification process that Palermo and its peripheral areas are undergoing. Parque Centenario is sometimes used to refer to the area around Centenario park, at the limit of Almagro, Caballito, and Villa Crespo. The southern parts of Flores were reclaimed from swampland, and the names Bajo Flores and Bañado de Flores are used for these areas. Within Belgrano , there are Belgrano "C" and "R" (widely and incorrectly believed to signify "commercial" and "residential", respectively) and Bajo Belgrano ("Belgrano lowlands"), which since
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#1732765817030384-594: The 1980s a number of smaller buildings were completed near Pabellón I . These were granted to the two CONICET institutes affiliated with UBA, the Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE), designed by Rodolfo Livingston, and the Instituto de Geocronología y Geología Isotópica (INGEIS), both completed in 1984. In 1986, FADU 's Secretariat of University Habitat drew an "urbanization plan" with participation of Mederico Faivre, Carlos Maffeis, María Cecilia Ceim, Mario Sacco, among other architects. The plan envisioned
416-521: The 1986 urbanization plan were finished in the 2000s, when they were re-envisioned as the Parque de la Memoria , which opened in 2005. Recent developments in Ciudad Universitaria include a new building for the Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFiByNe) and the Cero + Infinito building, designed by Rafael Viñoly and Sebastián Ceria, which serves as an annex for FCEN. Cero + Infinito
448-800: The Ciudad Universtaria branch of the Ciclo Básico Común , the university's entrance course. Adjacent to Pabellón I are the buildings of the INGEIS and IAFE, as well as the Pabellón de Industrias . Ciudad Universitaria is accessible through different means of public transport, such as bus lines (lines 28, 33, 34, 37, 42, 45, 107 and 160 all serve the complex) and train (through the Belgrano Norte Line 's Ciudad Universitaria station ). From 2005 to 2006, UBA operated
480-520: The Northern end of Buenos Aires City, in the neighborhood of Belgrano . The blueprints followed a proposal by Swiss architect Le Corbusier from 1938 (in collaboration with Ferrari Hardoy and Kurchan), and re-adapted by the city government's 1962 Plan Regulador . The final projects were drawn in 1959 by a team of FADU architects, made up of Francisco and Raúl Rossi, Elio Vivaldi, Enrique Massarotti, Alberto Trozzoli and Florencio Alvo. The original plan
512-529: The city are also traditionally known as neighbourhoods by the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, but not officially by the authorities of the city; some examples include Barrio Chino , Barrio Norte and the Microcentro . In alphabetical order, with the corresponding population and the commune they are grouped in. The name Barrio Norte refers to the area around Avenida Santa Fe , encompassing parts of Retiro , Recoleta , and Palermo . The name Barrio Sur
544-413: The construction of a new railway station within Ciudad Universitaria to grant better access to the complex, a pedestrian street connecting all of the complex's buildings, new housing projects for students and professors, two public parks, an open area for street vendors, among other initiatives. By 1988, only the pedestrian access connecting FADU and FCEN had been completed. The two public parks proposed by
576-429: The financial district, while Catalinas Sur is used (quite rarely) for the lowlands south of San Telmo (notably the area around Cosme Argerich hospital and at the bottom of Parque Lezama). Palermo is the largest barrio by area and has several informal subdivisions; Palermo Viejo is the name usually given to the area between Coronel Díaz, Córdoba, Scalabrini Ortíz and Güemes; Palermo Chico and Barrio Parque ,
608-736: The main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico University City of the National University of San Marcos , the main campus of the National University of San Marcos, located in Lima Places [ edit ] Ciudad Universitaria (Madrid) barrio , Madrid Transport [ edit ] Ciudad Universitaria railway station , a station in Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria station (Caracas) ,
640-446: The most relegated faculties in the university first, envisioning a staggered construction plan. Initially, the campus' Pabellón I would be assigned to the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pabellón II to Philosophy and Letters , Pabellón III to Architecture and Urbanism, and Pabellón IV to Economic Sciences . The complex was also to house the rector 's offices and the university's central library. Nowadays, FADU and FCEN are
672-578: The most upmarket part of Palermo, is on Palermo's north-eastern edge, includes the National Museum of Decorative Arts and the Museum of Latin American Art , and many of the wealthy and famous old homes some now used as Ambassador's residences; Palermo Soho , the city's fashion district, refers to Plaza Julio Cortázar and its surroundings; Palermo Hollywood is a distinctive quarter located in
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#1732765817030704-477: The new plan was approved, and construction started on Pabellón I , which was to house the FCEN departments of mathematics, physics and meteorology. This first building was completed in 1961 and additionally house the Instituto de Cálculo. The Pabellón de Industrias was finished shortly afterwards. Pabellón III , the third-largest building in the plan, originally designed to house the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters,
736-548: The northern edge of the barrio where radio and television stations, movie producers and workshops have settled in the late 1990s. Las Cañitas refers to a few blocks around the Campo Argentino de Polo , crowded with trendy bars, fancy restaurants and nightclubs. Palermo Queens is used sometimes to refer to the parts of Villa Crespo close to Palermo Viejo. Other than Palermo Viejo and Palermo Chico, these names are of recent vintage (1990s and later) and are related to
768-472: The only two faculties to have their seat at Ciudad Universitaria, alongside a number of research centers and other minor facilities. In 1958, during the administration of Rector Risieri Frondizi , a decree issued by the President of Argentina granted the terrains where Ciudad Universitaria presently stands to the University of Buenos Aires. The terrains were land reclaimed from the Río de la Plata on
800-486: The settlement before they were forced to leave in July 1998. Many of them were resettled in hotels and shelters operated by the city government. Illegal settlements continued to grow in the area even after the eviction of Villa Gay. In 2006, as part of the construction plans of the Parque de la Memoria , the city government demolished and burned a number of precarious homes where up to 87 families had been living. In 2007,
832-536: The title Ciudad Universitaria . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ciudad_Universitaria&oldid=1171151757 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria ("University City")
864-475: The zone around the Abasto market (now a shopping mall), many times in association with the life of singer Carlos Gardel . It encompasses north-western Balvanera and north-eastern Almagro . Congreso is the area around Congress square , encompassing southeastern Balvanera, northern San Cristóbal and western Monserrat . Catalinas Norte is the high-rise district next to Retiro transportation center and to
896-526: Was completed in 2019. The Ciudad Universitaria railway station was opened in 2015, connecting the complex to the Belgrano Norte railway line . In the early 1990s, a settlement formed by a gay community known as "La Aldea" or "Villa Gay" was founded in the vacant lots adjacent to Pabellón I . The settlement's population grew over time, and its composition went from a gay collective to a mostly mixed population. At its height, up to 100 people lived in
928-435: Was never completed all the way through. Out of the over twenty envisioned buildings, only two were completed in the style of the masterplan. The government of President José María Guido scrapped the original plan and decided to launch a new contest to find a new masterplan proposal. The winners of the contest were US-based architects Eduardo Catalano and Horacio Caminos, alongside engineer Federico Camba. The following year,
960-399: Was re-designed to house the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, which began operating in the building in 1971. Pabellón II had been completed the year prior in 1970. Construction work had already begun on Pabellón IV . A second stage for the project envisioned further land reclamation in order to construct the rest of the masterplan's buildings. These plans were scrapped abruptly following
992-448: Was temporarily displacing Velatropa's inhabitants due to security concerns regarding the upcoming G20 Summit , to be held some 7 kilometers away from the place. The settlement's inhabitants, however, were not allowed to return and Velatropa was eventually demolished. At present, Ciudad Universitaria houses the following institutions (all dependent on the University of Buenos Aires): Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ,
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1024-530: Was used in the past to encompass the southern neighbourhoods. This name has mostly fallen out of use, but survives in the lyrics of the tango Sur , which refer to specific places in Nueva Pompeya and Boedo , and in the short story " The South " by Jorge Luis Borges , where the conventional wisdom is recalled that "the South begins when crossing Rivadavia Avenue ". Abasto is sometimes used to refer to
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