BACHELOR THESIS:
RAILWAY
INFRASTRUCTURE
INTEGRATIONS IN
URBAN LANDSCAPES
DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED RAIL IN SPAIN, A TREND TO TREAT RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AS A MERE SERVER ELEMENT OF THE CITY THAT MUST CROSS IT COMPLETELY HIDDEN, LEAVING NO TRACE, EMERGED. THIS VISION HAS PROVEN TO BE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND IGNORES THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SYNERGIES BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITY CAN OFFER. THIS THESIS AIMS TO SHED LIGHT ON RAILWAY INTEGRATIONS, OFFERING OTHER SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN BURYING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED RAIL IN SPAIN, A TREND TO TREAT RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AS A MERE SERVER ELEMENT OF THE CITY THAT MUST CROSS IT COMPLETELY HIDDEN, LEAVING NO TRACE, EMERGED. THIS VISION HAS PROVEN TO BE QUITE EXPENSIVE AND IGNORES THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT SYNERGIES BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITY CAN OFFER. THIS THESIS AIMS TO SHED LIGHT ON RAILWAY INTEGRATIONS, OFFERING OTHER SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN BURYING THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
