The administration of President Isaías Medina Angarita bought the Hacienda Ibarra in 1942 in order to give the University a larger location than the Saint Francis Covent, giving Villanueva a unique opportunity to apply his conscious integration of art and architecture on a grand scale.
Præsident Isaias Medina Angarita's administration købte Hacienda Ibarra i 1942, for at give universitetet en større plads end Saint Francis Covent og gav Villanueva en enestående mulighed for at anvende deres bevidste integration af kunst og arkitektur i stor skala.