The School of Architecture successfully conducted its 2025 Academic Study Trip to Mexico City from September 23 to 25, bringing together students from all semesters along with faculty members. The objective of this academic visit was to strengthen architectural education through direct engagement with emblematic works of modern and contemporary Mexican architecture.

According to the official itinerary, the program was carefully structured to include significant architectural landmarks representing diverse historical periods, theoretical positions, and formal languages. The experience enabled students to analyze spatial concepts, structural systems, material strategies, and urban integration at multiple scales.

Day 1: The Legacy of Luis Barragán

The group departed from Universidad Panamericana Campus Aguascalientes early in the morning on September 23. In the afternoon, students visited Casa Prieto, designed by Luis Barragá. On site, participants examined Barragán’s masterful use of natural light, chromatic composition, spatial sequencing, and the relationship between interior space and courtyards. The visit provided a direct understanding of how atmosphere, silence, and contemplation are constructed architecturally.

The day concluded with hotel registration and an academic reflection session led by faculty, encouraging critical discussion about the spatial and conceptual principles observed.

Day 2: Contemporary Verticality and Cultural Heritage

On September 24, the group visited Torre Reforma, designed by Architect L. Benjamín Romano. This visit allowed students to analyze high-rise structural engineering strategies, seismic performance solutions, sustainability measures, and the challenges of inserting vertical architecture within a consolidated urban fabric.

Later, students toured the Luis Barragán House and Studio, deepening their understanding of modern Mexican residential architecture, spatial introspection, and the integration of tradition with modernist abstraction.

In the afternoon, the group visited the Cineteca Nacional in Coyoacán, where discussions focused on public space design, cultural infrastructure, and the relationship between architecture, landscape, and civic life. The day concluded with a guided tour of Casa Azul (Frida Kahlo Museum), offering insight into domestic architecture as a cultural and historical artifact that embodies identity and memory.

Day 3: Functionalism and Formal Experimentation

On September 25, after breakfast and hotel check-out, the group visited the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Studio House in San Ángel, designed by Architect Juan O’Gorman. This landmark of Mexican functionalism provided an opportunity to study exposed structural systems, industrial materials, and the early adoption of modernist principles in Mexico.

The final visit was to the Studio House of Architect Agustín Hernández in Bosques de las Lomas. This work exemplifies sculptural monumentality, structural expression, and the reinterpretation of pre-Hispanic architectural references through a contemporary lens.

The group returned to Aguascalientes that afternoon, concluding a highly productive academic experience.