Sacred Modernism in Southern Mexico City
Two modernist chapels, in different southern districts, that reimagined religious space in concrete and light.
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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- Capilla de las CapuchinasLuis Barragán
At the Capuchin chapel, Barragán uses architecture to slow down perception.
- Capilla de San Vicente de PaúlFélix Candela, Enrique de la Mora, and Fernando López Carmona
A thin concrete shell spans the chapel with minimal visual weight.