Resumen

CERON CHAVEZ, José Eduardo; LARA JIMENEZ, José Jorge  y  CRUZ DAMAS, José de la. The Cistern of Vicente Maria Velazquez School, Underground Space in the City of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Registration and Intervention Project. Intervención (Méx. DF) [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.18, pp.65-79. ISSN 2007-249X.  https://doi.org/10.30763/intervencion.2018.17.201.

This REPORT presents the exploration and architectural record of an underground space found within the facilities of a primary school, located in the Historical Center of the City of Mérida Yucatán, Mexico. The characteristics of this space were analyzed, finding several constructive and functional similarities with medieval Spanish-Arabic hydraulic works. The foundations were laid for the formal generation of a heritage intervention project that didactically and recreationally integrates these spaces into the current context for the revaluation of this historical heritage and its immediate surroundings.

Palabras llave : underground space; cistern; Spanish-Arabic architecture; Mérida; Mexico.