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In 1960, the "Eleven Year Plan" (El plan de once años), promoted by Jaime Torres Bodet, the Secretary of Public Education at the time, was launched in Mexico. This program intended to compensate for the deficiencies in elementary education through the construction of primary schools and the restructuring of teacher training. The program planned two pilot Regional Teacher's Colleges (Centros Regionales de Educación Normal) where teachers would be trained according to a holistic point of view. Both colleges were conceived as spaces that would promote the transformation of regional education and culture. This article focuses on these two educational establishments, which responded to a certain line of thought. The methodology used for the research involved a comparative analysis of the program, ideology and pedagogy of the plan of study, versus an analysis of the architectural design. This leads to an explanation of the role of modern architecture in the process of renovating education in Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]