Wo king in he ecicled inne ci y
Inse ions and ex ac ions
Au ho s:
CUAC A qui ec u a:
Ja ie Cas ellano Pulido & Tomás Ga cía Pí iz
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The con empo a y ci y g ows and becomes a
elen less mo emen o expansion om he
conques o new e i o ies. Ex ensi e g ow h
se he pace o la ge ci ies de elopmen
h oughou he las cen u y. Howe e , he
ci y also ex ends looking inwa d om
mechanisms ha inc ease i s densi y and
al e i s uses as a p ocess o con inuous
o e lapping and ecycling ac ions. This is he
main model ha ha e ollowed he his o ic
s uc u es in he con inuous consolida ion
and upda ing o i s u ban ab ic in Eu ope, a
model ha mode n u banism decided o
o ge in o de o ocus on he po en ial o i s
edges and pe iphe ies, ha was p e iously
conside ed in ini e.
The abula asa o he mode n ci y has
sp ead uns oppable oday h ough a
o acious u banism ha de as a es he
e i o y. In a momen when majo
de elopmen s and u ban expansion,
especially in he Wes e n wo ld and Eu ope,
ha e been nipped in he bud by he c isis ha
has a ec ed g ea ly o he cons uc ion sec o
is imposed ca e o back o he ci y o ind
new oppo uni ies inside i o a measu ed
and sus ainable g ow h. Gaps in he u ban
ab ic, obsole e in as uc u es
( anspo a ion, indus ial, mili a y ...) o
unused equipmen ha e acqui ed a new alue
o new models o u bani y based on he idea
o ans o ma ion wi h he leas possible
ene gy in es men .
F om ou a chi ec u e o ice, inse ed in he
dense Hispanic-Muslim his o ical ab ic o
G anada, we e lec on he o ganic s uc u e
o u ban se lemen s wi hou sepa a ing i
om i s p ocesses, many o hem in isible,
which ake place in i s hea i sel . I is abou
o e lays p ocesses de i ed om he a ious
ci ies ha ha e li ed on op o each o he ,
h oughou i s his o y. Ci ies cha ac e ized
by cyclic econs uc ion o physical o
ene ge ic elemen s o hei s ee s, public
spaces o buildings bu also o o he
in angible, symbolic componen s,
co esponding o i s inhabi an s: hei
cus oms, ac i i ies o hei collec i e
imagina ion.
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Fig 1. A elie in San Je ónimo s ee , G anada: in e io
in as uc u es inse ion. Pho og aph: Fe nando Alda
This idea o ecicled inne ci y is concei ed
om i s own accoun as a li ing he i age in
cons an ans o ma ion ha does no
depend on a delibe a e o mal s a egy bu on
he in e wining ime, ma e ials and
ac i i ies.
In he las i een yea s we ha e s udied i s
many o ms and scales h ough ou own
wo k o cons uc ing si es and p ojec s.
These p ojec s assume ha he ac i i y builds
di e en ci ies a all imes: supe imposed
ci ies, unning in pa allel, con inuously
en iched.
In his sense we can highligh wo o ou
p oposals ha can clea ly e lec his way o
unde s anding he ac o ecycling he
Eu opean ci y, bo h o hem loca ed in
G anada (Spain): The i s one, A elie in San
je ónimo, is a cheap in e en ion, ou own
a chi ec u al a elie . On a small scale, we
p opose a cou se o ac ion based on ecycling
ma e ial and symbolic o a collec ion o
agmen s o he ci y ha a e physically and
concep ually displaced wi hin an old
p emises (a mo ua y and a pa lou
a e wo ds). The second one, Babydog O ice,
is an ad e ising o ice inse ed in an old
building in which he exis ing b ick loading
walls a e cu , o ming, h ough he
e lec ions, an in ini e in e io landscape o
discha ge a cs.
P ojec /s: A elie in San Je ónimo & Babydog B ick
O ice
Loca ion/s: San Je ónimo s ee nº 17 & Da illo de la
Magdalena (bo h in G anada, Spain)
Da e o all phases: A elie in San Je ónimo (design, 2014
– building, 2015); Babydog b ick o ice (design 2016,
building 2017). Su ace a ea/s: A elie in San Je ónimo:
146 m2; Babydog B ick O ice: 96 m2.
Agen s in ol ed: Collabo a o s a chi ec s: Al a o
Cas ellano, Ped o Salinas, Miguel Jiménez, F ancisco
Ruiz; g aphic designe : 2041/ Fe nando Cien uegos;
s uden s: Ma ia Enca nación Sánchez, Ma a dell'O o,
Helena Doss, Alessand o Remelli. Ca pen e : Jo ge Cal o
(Lauxa); me alwo k: Leona do Cena
Es ima ed budge : A elie in San Je ónimo: 21.000 €;
Babydog B ick O ice: 45.320€
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Fig 2 Babydog O ice in G anada: s uc u al ex ac ions o ming
discha ge a cs. Pho og aph: CUAC A qui ec u a