Derivas de Arte y Arquitectura: Max Cetto en los inicios del Pedregal
Conversation with Julián Arroyo Cetto
Arte Abierto presents the talk Derivas de Arte y Arquitectura: Max Cetto en los inicios del Pedregal, a conversation with Julián Arroyo Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm at Espacio Arte Abierto, located on the 2nd floor of Artz Pedregal.
El Pedregal, a magnificent and unique terrain-almost untouched by humans since the seven successive lava flows from the Xitle volcano 2,000 years ago-became the setting for a virtuous blend of nature, art and modern architecture. Barragán's vision, nurtured by Diego Rivera and Dr. Atl, among others, needed a unique architecture for this singular place.
The task fell to Max Cetto, a German architect-engineer with a great cultural background - already with a career in his native Germany, a brief stay in Neutra's office in California and almost ten years in Mexico - whom his friend Barragán commissioned to design the first architecture for the Jardines del Pedregal.
Thus arose the Casas-Muestra on Fuentes Avenue and the Casa Estudio Max Cetto, the first house in the development and today's witness to the passage of time on this site.
— Arte Abierto