University City of Caracas

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

The University City of Caracas (Spanish: Ciudad

Universitaria de Caracas) is the main Campus of the
Central University of Venezuela. It was designed by the
Venezuelan architect Carlos Ral Villanueva and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The
Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas is considered a masterpiece of architecture and urban planning and is the only
university campus designed by a single architect in the
20th century that has received such recognition by UNESCO.

Victor Vasarely
Cloud Shepherd, by Hans Arp
Cloud Shepherd, by Hans Arp
Clouds, by Alexander Calder
L'Amphion by Henri Laurens

The Campus and buildings of the Universidad Central de

L'Amphion by Henri Laurens
Venezuela are considered to be Villanuevas masterwork.
Built on the site of the old Hacienda Ibarra (which origi Stained-glass window Fernand Lger
nally belonged to Simon Bolvar's family) and connected
Mural by Fernand Lger
to the new city center on Plaza Venezuela, the project
required a massive undertaking of both urban planning
Maternidad by Baltasar Lobo
and architectural design. The administration of President Isaas Medina Angarita bought the Hacienda Ibarra
by Antoine Pevsner
in 1942 in order to give the University a larger location
Tribute to Malevich by Victor Vasarely
than the Saint Francis Covent, giving Villanueva a unique
opportunity to apply his conscious integration of art and
architecture on a grand scale. This vast urban complex
of about 2 km included a total of forty buildings and it 1.2 Venezuela
became one of the most successful applications of Mod Miguel Arroyo
ern Architecture in Latin America. Villanueva worked
closely with all the artists who contributed with their oeu Armando Barrios
vres and personally supervised the project for over 25
years until the late 1960s when his deteriorating health
Omar Carreo
forced him to leave some buildings in the design stage.
Carlos Gonzlez Bogen

Pedro Len Castro

Artists who contributed to the

project

Mateo Manaure
Francisco Narvez

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Pascual Navarro

Hans Arp

Alirio Oramas

Andr Bloc

Alejandro Otero

Alexander Calder

Hctor Poleo

Wifredo Lam

Braulio Salazar

Henri Laurens

Jess-Rafael Soto

Fernand Lger

Vctor Valera

Baltasar Lobo

Oswaldo Vigas|by Vctor Valera

Antoine Pevsner

Lisbhet Mariela Ojeda DEla

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by Pascual Navarro
by Mateo Manaure
by Mateo Manaure
by Alejandro Otero
by Alejandro Otero
by Vctor Valera

External links
UNESCO World Heritage website on the Ciudad
Universitaria de Caracas
Exhibition on the Covered Plaza by the Architectural Association, London
Central University of Venezuela website dedicated
to the life and works of Villanueva(Spanish)
COPRED, Center for preservation of the UCV

Coordinates: 102925N 665326W / 10.49028N

66.89056W

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