The tour of this historic center, included the shopping promenade or traditional commercial pedestrian street (so-called bulevar in other provinces) ( 1), located on Calle Maceo, from the Maceo Plaza to the Solidarity Plaza (or de la Soledad, named so for the Catholic Church in which its visual perspective concludes). The historical and architectural values of this urban center, founded by the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez almost half a millennium ago (1514) in the Puerto del Príncipe (or Nuevitas) and refounded on more than one occasion on the east-central zone of Cuba, were recognized in 2008 by UNESCO and added to the World Heritage List. On the morning of Sunday October 2, event attendees took part in a visit to the historic center of Camagüey, headed by architect William Rodriguez Ramos. Linked to the central theme, an exhibition was inaugurated showing the exemplary life and professional work of architects Vicente Lanz and Margot del Pozo a presentation of which was delivered by architect Juan Garcia Prieto, on the opening day.Īerial view of the "Niña Bonita" dairy farm, Havana, Arch. The central themes of the discussion were: the architect and his work the circumstances and possibilities that exist or do not exist for these tasks to be carried out with a quality that matches the needs of Cuban society, implicating a critical review of the current situation for its immediate transformation ("changing everything that must be changed ") and the basis on which the correct formation of the new professionals is supported. This documentary, which is considered a paradigmatic testimony of the first revolutionary stage's construction activity, amply illustrates the various dimensions of the national plan for all types of buildings (agricultural, industrial, educational, sanitary, etc.), which the Cuban revolutionary government launched at the beginning of the decade of the 70s, supported by outstanding professionals and the creation of construction workers' micro-brigades. A special guest was the filmmaker Roberto Paris who presented his film "We Have No Right To Wait" released in 1971. Among those present were Professor Emeritus Lourdes Gomez Consuegra, representing the University of Camagüey's Construction Faculty, and Professor Emeritus Sergio Ferro Cisneros, for the Faculty of Architecture at ISPJAE. Patio of the Camagüey City Historian's Office, where the 2011 II Colloquium on Cuban Architecture took place Īrchitects, Art Historians, Historians of other specialties, teachers and students of Architecture took part in the event.
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