[1] One of the country's first urban sculptures of great dimensions, had its planning started in 1957 with the ideas of renowned Mexican architect Luis Barragán, painter Jesús Reyes Ferreira and sculptor Mathias Goeritz.

Goeritz originally wanted the towers to be painted in different shades of orange, but changed his mind later due to some pressure from constructors and investors.

It was finally decided that there would be one tower each in red, blue and yellow, the primary subtractive colors, and two in white.

The unnamed protagonist is hoisted up the red tower, which he then enters via a circular hole in its side (painted on for the purposes of the film).

The Towers are also featured in the Fool Again music video by the Irish pop Boy Band group Westlife.