Antídotos contra la obsolescencia: ¿Densificación o vacío? Actitudes para la renovación urbana
[EN] The constant growth of cities, since their creation have been followed by lethargy, and finally shrink until they reach decline. The 20th century has been an urban period in which many of the planet's old cities have stabilized becoming almost frozen, and then underwent a period of re...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/204232 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/204232 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Renovation of cities Urban renewal Densification Voids Urban acupuncture Renovación de ciudades Reciclaje urbano Densificación Vacío Acupuntura urbana |
| Sumario: | [EN] The constant growth of cities, since their creation have been followed by lethargy, and finally shrink until they reach decline. The 20th century has been an urban period in which many of the planet's old cities have stabilized becoming almost frozen, and then underwent a period of repair and renewal. This text will present different project attitudes towards the obsolescence of some large cities; Whether through densification or emptiness, the urban antidotes turn out to be disparate, but in all cases one strategy or another is used, or both at the same time. Caracas is a model city for young informal megalopolises or super-city, by managing to construct an aerial tramway with new equipped cable car stations distributed throughout the extensive and compact urban mass. Tokyo resorts to surgery in the form of new street openings and small parks to face a seismic disaster, and little by little build a safe city. On the hyper-dense Manhattan Island, urban operations of selective demolition and insertion of new architectures and new urban spaces have taken place. In Amsterdam, activities are intensifying with architectures close to the railway stations to benefit from their connectivity. Paris resorts to building extension. While Berlin had to fill the gaps of the war. And the ex Novo city of Chandigarh is trying to renew and connect Le Corbusier's super-blocks, while Barcelona is recovering the genius loci of the expansion projected by Ildefonso Cerdá. All these cases, due to densification or emptiness, show us successful strategies to adapt and extend the life of our cities. |
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