Restoration Project of La Casa General León 51, from a plastic artistic approach

Abstract

This article wants to show an option of preservation of tangible and intangible heritage in cities through the preservation and intervention of the General León 51 House, located in Colonia San Miguel Chapultepec in Mexico City, and seeks to show an option to build and live in cities, against the increasing problem of the current urban densification that builds in an indiscriminate way buildings and condemn to the demolition a considerable number of houses (although they can have aesthetic value), as well as the transformation of the urban environment and the traditions of the old colonies Mexico City.