Vallecas regeneration

Urban regeneration of a periphery district of Madrid

Vallecas Ensanche, Madrid

2015

The project area started to develop in the 2000's in the South-East of Madrid, according to an urban plan developed by the Municipality and based on PAUs, periphery areas supposed to become new urbanizations.

In the first years of 2000 many buildings started to be built in Vallecas following a grid of square lots, but after the Crisis of 2008 many subdivided areas remained empty and unused, though fenced. Because of this, Vallecas appears too fragmented, full of unusable empty spaces which confuse and disorient the pedestrian.

The project proposes a method to transform the free and unbuilt areas into temporary and affordable public spaces, to give back to the suburban areas their local identity, an easier fruition and a better quality of life.