Antorcha Bicentenario by José Pareja + Jesús Hernández

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The sculptural and architectural proposal consists in a 45-meter tall element that emphasizes the hierarchy of the main entrance to the city of León, Guanajuato, México.

The inspiration it’s drawn from the mural “Lucha social” (in English: “Social struggle”), by Jose Clemente Orozco, which shows the leader of the independence, Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leading the insurrection by tightly grasping a flaming torch.

The monument consists of a 10-meter tall concrete volume, followed by a 35-meter steel structure made of one hundred rings, interspersed with a hundred voids, which act as optical negatives as a result of the shadow projected onto them.

By nightfall, the sculpture becomes a great urban lamp, which aims to enlighten the surrounding environment through its body and scars.

Its body, marked by 200 scars, reveals on its skin its longevity, giving life at night to a hundred rings of light, representing also the centennial of the revolutionary movement and its importance in the independent living of Mexico today.

The rings are crowned at 45 meters high with a cauldron from which a powerful beam of light is projected to the infinity, a perpetual flame symbolizing the independence and the nation’s future.

The Bicentennial Torch is born as a tribute to the heroes who gave Mexico a homeland, where the fire lights the brave in times of darkness and injustice. It emerges from Mexican soil, illuminating the purest ideals of freedom and sovereignty.

A light path drawn from the bottom to the top of the monument links land and object, leading to the sky the perpetual flame of the Mexican independence, projecting it to the infinite.

这个45米高的雕塑（建筑）屹立在墨西哥莱昂市瓜纳华托的门户。

其形体就像为了独立而领导起义时举起的火炬。灵感来自于西班牙Jose Clemente Orozco的壁画作品“Lucha social”（社会斗争 ）。壁画中的Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla正手持火炬，领导起义。纪念雕塑下方10米是混凝土材料，上方35米是100个环状钢构组成的形体，环和环之间又形成100个空隙，透过这些环状结构的空隙，可形成丰富的光影效果。

夜幕降临，雕塑就会变成城市里一个伟大的灯具，照亮周边环境。从形体上缝隙中透出的光芒璀璨迷人。

形体上有200个印记代表着墨西哥的独立岁月的奋斗，夜间赫赫生辉的100道光芒象征着百年革命运动及其对墨西哥的重要性。

45米高处的顶部能向天空投射具有力量的光束，就像是象征民族独立和未来的永生之焰。

两百周年纪念火炬是为了纪念那些在黑暗和不公正时期挺身而出的英雄，是他们用纯洁理想追求的自由及主权照亮了墨西哥的土地。

从纪念碑的底部一直向上营造出一条通天的光芒，这是象征着墨西哥独立的永久火焰。

Monument to the bicentennial of Mexican independence in the city of León, Guanajuato, México.

Location:León, Guanajuato, México.
Authors:Architects: José Pareja + Jesús Hernández
Project Team: Abdiel Miranda + Isaí Padilla + Eduardo Muñoz + Claudia Pérez
Architectonic and lightning design:
Jesús Hernández / José Pareja / Abdiel Miranda / Isaí Padilla / Eduardo Muñoz / Claudia Pérez
Landscape design:José Pareja Gómez / Jesús Hernández Martínez
Executive project:
Project Leaders: Jesús Hernández / José Pareja
Project Team: Abdiel Miranda / Isaí Padilla / Eduardo Muñoz / Claudia Pérez
Structural Project: Lucio Lerma
Construction date: August 2010 – November 2010
Photographer: Daniel Pareja

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