The Moorish Kiosk is a kiosk, pavilion "Pavilion (architecture)"), located in the center of the Alameda, at the intersection of Dr. Atl and Salvador Díaz Mirón streets, in the neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera, in Mexico City, being the symbol of the neighborhood, one of its most characteristic buildings and a meeting center for the community. It was called Moorish because of its resemblance to Moorish architecture and its detailed decoration.
History
From the end of the century, it was designed by the engineer José Ramón Ibarrola "to serve as the Mexican Pavilion at the Universal Exposition of 1884-1885"), and it was probably cast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the furnaces of Andrew Carnegie, a friend of Ibarrola.
After the exhibition, it was brought to Mexico at the beginning of the century, settling on the south side of the Alameda Central, in front of the Former Temple of Corpus Christi, hosting the draws of the National Lottery "Lotería Nacional (Mexico)"). During the Centennial of Mexican Independence, President Porfirio Díaz ordered the construction of the hemicycle in Juárez at the location of the kiosk, which was moved to its current location at the request of the settlers of Santa María La Ribera.[1].
It has been repaired on different occasions by different administrations, with the stained glass windows being replaced with regular glass and the pink cobblestone with cement squares, which took away from its color and the placement of railings.
Sporadic artistic acts and events have been held there to give it more use.[2].
Description
The kiosk serves as the guiding axis, in both directions, being located in the center of the Alameda de Santa María la Ribera. It rises one and a half meters from the finished floor level of the mall. Its plan consists of an octagon centered by a glass dome that projects outside and with a rectangular addition corresponding to the access portico.
It is made up of a metal structure made up of columns, capitals, girders and other components that support the roof of the kiosk. Perimeterally it is formed by an arcade of simple columns with a cubic capital with geometric and vegetal decoration. These columns can also be paired, or in a triad on the edges of the octagon of the plan and are continued with pillars that frame banked arches.
Historic Kiosk Architecture
Introduction
The Moorish Kiosk is a kiosk, pavilion "Pavilion (architecture)"), located in the center of the Alameda, at the intersection of Dr. Atl and Salvador Díaz Mirón streets, in the neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera, in Mexico City, being the symbol of the neighborhood, one of its most characteristic buildings and a meeting center for the community. It was called Moorish because of its resemblance to Moorish architecture and its detailed decoration.
History
From the end of the century, it was designed by the engineer José Ramón Ibarrola "to serve as the Mexican Pavilion at the Universal Exposition of 1884-1885"), and it was probably cast in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the furnaces of Andrew Carnegie, a friend of Ibarrola.
After the exhibition, it was brought to Mexico at the beginning of the century, settling on the south side of the Alameda Central, in front of the Former Temple of Corpus Christi, hosting the draws of the National Lottery "Lotería Nacional (Mexico)"). During the Centennial of Mexican Independence, President Porfirio Díaz ordered the construction of the hemicycle in Juárez at the location of the kiosk, which was moved to its current location at the request of the settlers of Santa María La Ribera.[1].
It has been repaired on different occasions by different administrations, with the stained glass windows being replaced with regular glass and the pink cobblestone with cement squares, which took away from its color and the placement of railings.
Sporadic artistic acts and events have been held there to give it more use.[2].
Description
The kiosk serves as the guiding axis, in both directions, being located in the center of the Alameda de Santa María la Ribera. It rises one and a half meters from the finished floor level of the mall. Its plan consists of an octagon centered by a glass dome that projects outside and with a rectangular addition corresponding to the access portico.
Access to the kiosk is through a staircase determined by a wall in enclosure and quarry factories, on both sides, starting from a base in the shape of a Tuscan pillar; This wall extends around the entire perimeter of the kiosk as a skirting board from which it extends, and which supports a metal parapet of geometric shapes as protection, approximately one meter high.
The entablature and the geometric and stepped parapet, in this case, broken, can also be observed. The central part of the parapet is flanked by pillars that end in a pinnacle and in the middle a medallion above which a flagpole rises.
Inside, a central octagon in plan corresponds to the diameter of the radial dome of glass and metal structure that rises from an eight-sided drum supported by an arcade similar to the one on the outside. The dome is crowned by a Porfirian eagle.
All the coatings, both exterior and interior, are decorated with Islamic motifs based on geometric shapes and stylized vegetation, and glazed ceramics can also be found.
The interior presented an exhibition that forced users to visit it by circulating around the center, where a pyramid was located that culminated in a large onyx stone, a mineral of which Mexico is the main producer worldwide.[3].
• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Moorish kiosk.
It is made up of a metal structure made up of columns, capitals, girders and other components that support the roof of the kiosk. Perimeterally it is formed by an arcade of simple columns with a cubic capital with geometric and vegetal decoration. These columns can also be paired, or in a triad on the edges of the octagon of the plan and are continued with pillars that frame banked arches.
Access to the kiosk is through a staircase determined by a wall in enclosure and quarry factories, on both sides, starting from a base in the shape of a Tuscan pillar; This wall extends around the entire perimeter of the kiosk as a skirting board from which it extends, and which supports a metal parapet of geometric shapes as protection, approximately one meter high.
The entablature and the geometric and stepped parapet, in this case, broken, can also be observed. The central part of the parapet is flanked by pillars that end in a pinnacle and in the middle a medallion above which a flagpole rises.
Inside, a central octagon in plan corresponds to the diameter of the radial dome of glass and metal structure that rises from an eight-sided drum supported by an arcade similar to the one on the outside. The dome is crowned by a Porfirian eagle.
All the coatings, both exterior and interior, are decorated with Islamic motifs based on geometric shapes and stylized vegetation, and glazed ceramics can also be found.
The interior presented an exhibition that forced users to visit it by circulating around the center, where a pyramid was located that culminated in a large onyx stone, a mineral of which Mexico is the main producer worldwide.[3].
• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Moorish kiosk.