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235:. José Casares Gil, Modesto López Oteri, Julio Palacios and Antonia Simonena were tasked with research of the most respected universities of Europe and North America. After studying several famous universities in Europe, they travelled to North America in November 1927 where they visited Yale, Harvard, M.I.T. and universities in Montreal, Toronto, Michigan, Rochester, Washington, Baltimore, Princeton, and New York City. The University City was planned in 1927–28. A final ideal perspective was created in December 1928. The plan was completed in 1929.
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318:, volumes of Hindu metaphysics and German philosophy of the early nineteenth century in the Philosophy building were "totally bulletproof." Another volunteer recalled that the main weapons were not guns but hand grenades and dynamite. At times the Fascists held one part of a building while the Republicans held another part. After the fascist advance was halted the University City remained divided between the opposing sides for the remainder of the war. The building-by-building, room by room fighting in the
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and additional buildings were designed an built in the following years. At the start of the 1960s there was a change in philosophy, and rather than attempt unity among the buildings each new structure was designed to be distinctive and unrelated to the others. More land was assigned to the
University City, some of it used for research facilities and student dormitories.
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University City Committee, with López Otero and Pedro Muguruza as directing architects. A scale model was made showing the buildings that had been designed and others that were planned for future construction. Work began on the Forestry and Naval Engineering faculties in 1942,
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joined the group in 1929. He worked with Sánchez Arcas, sharing his interest in new architectural forms that rejected preconceived formulas. In 1930 the architects Agustín
Aguirre and Mariano Garrigues were commissioned to build the Faculty of Pharmacy and Miguel Santos was chosen for the Faculties
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Universitaria in the northwest of Madrid had its origins in 1911, when a commission was formed to consider building a clinical hospital for Madrid. By the 1920s there were many problems with university education in Madrid. Faculties were scattered throughout the city
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Alejandro San Román had founded the Agromán construction company in 1927. In its early years Agromán obtained major contracts in public works and buildings, and was involved in some important projects in the 1930s including the University City of Madrid.
369:(Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia). There are sports centers and a botanical garden. It is also home to research institutions such as the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT),
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Moncloa was granted for the site and funding was obtained from the lottery, grants by the king and private donations. The campus covered 320 hectares (790 acres) on a site in the western margin of
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troops had been advancing relatively unopposed across Spain, conquering large swathes of territory in a few months. At the Ciudad
Universitaria for the first time they encountered fierce opposition. The famous anarchist
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developed the concept of the
University City in the summer of 1924. On 17 May 1927 he signed a royal decree that established the Construction Board of the University City of Madrid. The king would preside over the board.
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in outdated buildings. With few exceptions these could not accommodate the needs of disciplines such as
Science, Medicine and Architecture for laboratories, studios and so on. King
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between 15 and 23 November 1936. The Republican militias managed to halt the columns at the command of General Varela and avoid the fall of Madrid into rebel hands. Until then the
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district of Madrid, Spain, that holds buildings of two universities and several related organizations. The campus was built between 1929 and 1936, when the
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has been compared to the struggle for the University City. Most of the buildings were entirely or partially destroyed by bombs.
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