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Call for papers Revista de Arquitectura N.º 48. 

 

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Urban design based on the architectures of large spans from a transport vision

Authors

  • Dr. Alberto Humanes Cisnal Madrid, Spain

Abstract

At the dawn of the XXI century, with the technical resources available, it is necessary to ponder on how we understand the city. The means of transportation have shaped cities as an adaptation to the times. Nowadays, this understanding has to be linked to the spatial conception of the project and the large spans, since they constitute the field of experimentation, in which the seeds of a new urbanism is found. Thus, the large spans have to be taken into consideration as a means to achieve the new urban concepts, since they are an indissociable project resource of our time. A brief tour of some projects in recent years can offer us an image of the panorama of change in which we are, and of its feasibility, since each of the project is in itself a prototype of what the city could become.

Keywords:

large spans, urban design, means of transport, public housing in Madrid, Caixa Forum

Author Biography

Dr. Alberto Humanes Cisnal, Madrid, Spain

- PhD in Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2017
- Master in Advanced Architectonic Projects, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2011
- Bachelor of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2008