URBAN LINKAGE - THE RAILWAY LANDSCAPE IN VALLADOLID
ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION V:CONTEMPORARY GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE
UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID/SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
URBAN LINKAGE: fill the gap between Valladolid and Delicias Hood
The site is a railway complex in a strategic point in the middle of the city, near the historic centre and close to important roads. It´s composed by the station, the train line and the repair shop for damaged wagons. In the past, it represented a key point on the industrial development. Some of the buildings in the area are protected by oficial heritage institutions.
Now the works made in this complex are going to be moved to the outskirts which leaves a huge urban gap between two disconnected and opposed neighbourhoods.
This projects pretends to fill this urban gap and conect both neighbourhoods using the public space for cultural and public activities that attracts all kinds of people. The project takes place in the northest part of the site, constituting an example of intervention for the rest of the area.
The project has three key points: historic enhancement, new quality public site and urban conection.
It pursues to mantain its industrial legacy using its architecture and traces to create a new public spot. The project also contains green areas combined with water sheets and memory railway structure.
It presents three main paths: the direct one, just crossing the area, the playful one, entertaining with cultural boxes, meeting points or urban square, and the sighteeing one, touring the railway complex from the heights by walking on its spectacular walkway that conncects with three towers sited in different parts.