Barrio Jardín, Montevideo

Barrio Jardín
Pocket neighbourhood
Coordinates: 34°54′54″S 56°9′58″W / 34.91500°S 56.16611°W / -34.91500; -56.16611Coordinates: 34°54′54″S 56°9′58″W / 34.91500°S 56.16611°W / -34.91500; -56.16611
Country  Uruguay
Department Montevideo Department
City Montevideo

Barrio Jardín is a small neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, which is part of barrio Parque Rodó. It was formerly known as "Parque del Pueblo".[1] It is delimited by España Boulevard to its north, 21 de Setiembre Avenue to its south and west and Artigas Boulevard to its east. Directly to the north is situated the Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Republic, while to its east is the barrio Pocitos.

The park area of Parque Rodó starts directly to its south, with the Defensor Sporting Club, the Parque Rodó Infantil and the National Museum of Visual Arts just across its southern limits. On the side facing Artigas Boulevard is also situated a villa housing the Embassy of Japan.

Architecture

The architectural concept of the neighbourhood was developed by Eugenio Baroffio in the 1920s. Baroffio designed the area influenced by the European modernist architecture.[2] In 1936, architect Gonzalo Vázquez Barriére built a set of buildings that shared features of Art Deco: curves, porthole windows, rounded stairs and balconies.[3] The residences are located on a terrain of different reliefs, and blocks, streets, and passages are curved.[4]

Other places with the same name in Montevideo

Barrio Jardín is also the name of a district in barrio Sayago, delimited by the streets Quicuyó, Tacuabé and Gabriel Velazco.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Facultad de Arquitectura. "Archivo IHA p.24 of 28" (PDF) (in Spanish). Universidad de la República. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Pedro da Cruz (16 September 2011). "El arquitecto Eugenio P. Baroffio y Montevideo: Creador de la trama urbana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Alejandro Michelena (2005). "Art déco, un modo de ser". Montevideo la ciudad secreta (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Alejandro Michelena (21 August 2009). "D16 Montevideo y el art déco: un largo romance" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Municipio G - Barrio Jardín de Sayago en imágenes" (in Spanish). Montevideo de Todos & Municipios de Montevideo. Retrieved 23 October 2012.


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