![UIAC / Landa + Martínez Arquitectos - Higher Education](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/50dc/a7f0/b3fc/4b32/3000/01af/newsletter/JVC-11.jpg?1361401328)
-
Architects: Landa + Martínez Arquitectos
- Area: 0 m²
Architects: SHINE Architecture + TAarquitectura Location: León, México Design Team: Salvador Ferreiro, Minche Mena, Michael Smith, Rubén Vázquez, José Zermeño Photographs: Courtesy of SHINE Architecture
The bicentennial torch, designed by José Pareja Gómez and Jesús Hernández Martínez, is inspired by the mural depicting the social struggle of Mexican independence by Jose Clemente Orozco in which the leader of the independence, Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leading the insurrection by tightly grasping a flaming torch. The structure manifested from this image by the architect is a 45-meter tall element emphasizing the main entrance into León, Guanajuato, México.
More information and images after the break.