Sacred Modernism in Southern Mexico City
Requires transit · Half a day, by taxi or public transit
Capilla de las Capuchinas and Capilla de San Vicente de Paúl sit in different southern districts — Tlalpan and Coyoacán — so this pairs two chapels by taxi or transit rather than a single continuous walk.
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At the Capuchin chapel, Barragán uses architecture to slow down perception.
A thin concrete shell spans the chapel with minimal visual weight.