Tegucigalpa’s Modernist Revolution: Metroplan and the Shift in the Urban Identity of 1970s Honduras

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In 1975, Honduras was under a military regime that had been in power for over a decade, led at the time by General Juan Alberto Melgar Castro. During this period, Tegucigalpa underwent several big and unprecedented changes. The influx of people from various parts of the country due to rural migration transformed the city from a compact urban area into an expanding metropolis. This unexpected growth prompted the government to implement a municipal development and planning scheme, a project that would define the city's future and the evolution of its old town. This article was developed with the collaboration of the Honduran architect Lisandro Calderón, who specializes in Urban Planning and is currently a professor at the Central American Technological University (UNITEC), located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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The Creation of the Metroplan

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Cite: Moises Carrasco. "Tegucigalpa’s Modernist Revolution: Metroplan and the Shift in the Urban Identity of 1970s Honduras " 30 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026205/tegucigalpas-modernist-revolution-metroplan-and-the-shift-in-the-urban-identity-of-1970s-honduras> ISSN 0719-8884

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