ABSTRACT

Since its foundation in 1721, the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) has been a public institution that has contributed not only to the scientific, technological, and cultural development of Venezuela, but also to the urban growth of the city of Caracas. The development of the Caracas University City (CUC), university campus of the UCV, has been a key factor in the city’s urban structural and morphological shaping. In fact, the construction of the CUC carried out in the 1940s had a positive impact on the development of the city’s Plaza Venezuela-Sabana Grande sector, subsequently fostering the real estate appreciation of that part of the city during the 1950s and 1960s.