Central project in Cartagena's contemporary urban development. The rail station as articulation among neighborhoods (1896, 1900-1906, 2006)

Authors

  • Celia Martínez Hidalgo UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/ace.10.29.3775

Keywords:

Urban history, urban project, urban renewal, railway stations, mediterranean cities

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to describe, from a historical perspective, the adequate relation between the local rail network system and the city -the centrality of the rail station and its connection with the neighborhoods of its surroundings- at Cartagena.

The article analyzes Cartagena's urban issues taking into consideration the singularity of Cartagena's railway station, from its opening in the nineteenth century until the current opportunity provided by its upgrade to high speed rail networks. To that end, three decisive moments of its evolution are narrated as follows: 1 The station within the 1896 Ensanche's draft context, 2 The passenger terminal building and its connection with the historicalcity center by Station Street (1904, 1906 and 1912), 3 the open process for urban renovation in the first decade of the century, regarding railway facilities together with station district.

The last chapter highlights the possible benefits of the station’s central location upon both the city and rail service.

Author Biography

Celia Martínez Hidalgo, UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

MURCIA 1978.
Arquitecta (Granada 2007). Obtención del diploma de estudios avanzados (Granada, 2009). Personal investigador del Departamento de Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio de la Universidad de Granada desde 2003. Actualmente en elaboración de la tesis doctoral sobre la construcción del territorio de Cartagena y su Campo. Beca-Contrato FPU 2010-2014 e  investigadora del  “PROYECTO PAGO: El patrimonio agrario. La construcción cultural del territorio a través de la actividad agraria”.  Plan Nacional de I+D+i , ambos del  MICINN. La actividad docente se ha desarrollado en la E.T.S. de Arquitectura, en el Centro de Formación Abierta de la Universidad de Granada y en varias ediciones (2006-2013) del Workshop Internacional Granada-Roma entre La Universita degli Studi Roma Tre. Facoltá di Architecttura. Roma (Italia) y la Universidad de Granada.

Principales líneas de investigación: Diseño Urbano, Arquitectura del Paisaje, Ordenación del Territorio, Planificación Urbana y Territorial, reflejadas en diferentes proyectos de investigación, congresos y publicaciones vinculados a las problemáticas urbanas y ambientales tanto del litoral andaluz y murciano, como de las cuencas fluviales mediterráneas del rio Guadalquivir, Genil y Segura, o en Concursos Internacionales de Urbanismo y Arquitectura como: “Concurso de ideas para la integración urbana del río Guadalmedina. Fundación CIEDES. Málaga, 2012”, “Concurso europeo  EUROPAN 2011 con el proyecto CA212. SLOW URBANISM. Sestao, 2011” o “Flowpolis (La Forma del Espacio Nodal) .Gran Canaria, 2006”.

 

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Published

2015-10-25

Issue

Year 10, issue 29 (Oct. 2015)

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