On the rocks- a breakable heaven

A new water system and way of living for the Guadarrama mountains, in Spain.

Master thesis (2023)

Authors

J. Sánchez Jiménez Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

I. Bobbink Landscape Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
U.D. Hackauf Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2023 Javier Sanchez Jimenez
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Published Date

22-06-2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The Guadarrama mountains are a mountain range crisscrossing the Spanish highlands, dividing the historic region of Castile in two and separating the wealthy, but rampantly overbuilt region of Madrid from the rural and undeveloped Castile-and-Leon. This project explores the possibility of addressing the three main current challenges in the area (climate change, energy crisis and urbanistic disparity) through a drastic landscape intervention in the water system.