The book traces the continental and transcontinental design influences that shaped the creation of the University city. It maps their spatial evolution by exploring the relevance of the autonomous university campus as a pole for urban development. Culled through extensive site visits and the examination of archival material, the book constructs a campus atlas that links campuses into a de-facto Pan-American urban project.

Introduction by: Peter G. Rowe
Contributions by: Silvia Arango Cardinal, Cristian Berrios, Fares el-Dahdah, Silvia Hernandez de Lasala, Franco Marigliano, Beti Martins, Rahul Mehrotra, Louise Noelle, Enrique Vivoni-Farage