Throughout the decades between 1920 and 1960, the new proposals made by the Modern Movement in architecture and urbanism caused a substantial change in urban landscapes. This phenomenon spread mainly in industrialized countries but very soon transcended the context of Latin-American countries. In the Mexico of the time, the end of the Mexican Revolution coincided with a renovating movement, both social, cultural and urban, in which the main intellectuals and architects of the time met in order to introduce the country to modernity. The post-revolutionary renovation, which included the development of numerous public supplies and services, had also a reflection in the urban landscape. Part of these changes were due to the aesthetic significance of the Modern Movement the emergence of the automobile and the new urban proposals, but also to the contributions of industrial advances in the design of objects and more specifically in the design of urban furniture, which had acquired relevance during the second half of the 19th century. Urban objects for the rational city, together with the introduction of new materials and industrial processes, were in line with the functional character of the Modern Movement , resulting in a more sober urban image, with respect to that derived from industrialization. In the capital city of Mexico, the appearance of new functional public spaces, accompanied by lights, benches, wastepaper bins, signage and advertising, public transport stops and green spaces, as well as architecture, was combined with the existence of elements taken from other currents and aesthetic products that developed in parallel, especially in the early years, such as Art Deco or nationalist manifestations realized mainly according to the Neo-colonial style.
Silvia Susana Segarra Lagunes (Fri,) studied this question.