From “Ribera Plan” to “Diagonal Mar”, passing through 1992 “Vila Olímpica”. How urban renewal took place as urban regeneration in Poblenou district (Barcelona)

Producción CientíficaThe paper aimed at analyzing the Poblenou district evolution after the 1970 s–1980 s due to postindustrial development in Barcelona, especially its regeneration by some large urban projects such as Vila Olímpica (1986–1992) and Diagonal Mar district (1990–2004). As to address this analysis, the methodology used is the following. Starting from a desk research analysis on the Poblenou’s urban transformation process and a fieldwork by the Author, this study analyzes the different Poblenou’s process of spatial production by three key moments. These moments are materialization, emptying/dismantling, and regeneration of large industrial and railway properties understood as a “capital in land” strictly linked to real estate development. This work demonstrated that the last 20th century decades growing tendency of neoliberal urbanism has been legitimized by public administrations so as to let private actors search for urban rent benefits despite belonging to different political contexts. Additionally, the research shows how Poblenou’s industrial urban environment has been manipulated as a tool which led to the global homogenization of the urban landscape, the destruction of the historical legacy, and the dramatic change of socio-economic structure. Regardless of the fact that the urban renewal project “Ribera Plan” did not take place in the 1970s, following the real-estate market purposes a similar intervention was developed twenty years later taking advantage of the 1992 Olympic Games.European Joint Doctorate “urbanHIST”. European Union. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 721933

ECLAS CONFERENCE GHENT 2018 Landscapes of Conflict

Producción CientíficaThroughout the twentieth century, Friuli Venezia Giulia, the north-eastern region of Italy that borders Austria and Slovenia, played a strategic wartime role. From the Great War to the Cold War, the installation of defensive works including barracks, fortifications and infrastructure distinguished the territory. A significant rationalization in the territory and modification in the organizational structure of the Armed Forces took place from the end of the Cold War, through the EU expansion to the countries located on the north-eastern border of Italy, and up to the Army’s transformation from conscription to voluntary service. The town of Casarsa della Delizia represents a case of important significance due to the presence of the “Trieste” barracks, a settlement of extensive and significant environmental impact, a part of which has not been used for years, becoming over time a landscape-abandonment issue, on which action is needed. The paper focuses on the proposals to recover this former military area as a new integrated part of the city, merging the necessity of saving the past heritage and developing a new landscape vision, bringing together the historical and contemporary ways of living and promoting urban regeneration complex operations.European Joint Doctorate “urbanHIST”. European Union. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 721933

Regenerating Bilbao: From "productive industries" to "productive services"

Producción CientíficaThis paper aims at analysing the maintenance, preservation, and (re)interpretation of the urban heritage of the industrial city of Bilbao (Spain). Particular attention will be paid to the effects of globalisation at the end of the xx century in Bilbao’s, the relationship between proposals and completed actions put forward by Bilbao’s strategic plan (Partial Territorial Plan), and their urban and socio-economic impacts on the city starting from the beginning of the 1990s. This work focuses on three of the most emblematic actions which have been carried out thus far in the Ria river territory to consider end discuss the treatment of the historical memory of the industrial legacy: the Abandoibarra’s abandoned shipyards, the Ametzola railway station, and eventually the Galindo River estuary. En italiano: Questo contributo analizza la gestione e la (re) interpretazione del patrimonio urbano della città di Bilbao (Spagna) e gli effetti della globalizzazione alla fine del xx secolo nel suo ambito urbano. Sarà prestata particolare attenzione al rapporto tra le proposte e le azioni completate del piano strategico di Bilbao (Piano territoriale parziale) e i suoi impatti socio-economici e urbani sulla città a partire dall’inizio degli anni ’90. Il saggio si concentra su tre delle azioni più emblematiche portate a termine ad oggi nel territorio fluviale per dimostrare come è stato impostato il trattamento della memoria storica dell’eredità industriale: le trasformazioni dei cantieri navali abbandonati di Abandoibarra, della stazione ferroviaria di Ametzola e infine dell’estuario del fiume Galindo.European Joint Doctorate “urbanHIST”. European Union. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 721933

Opening the barrier of military immured spaces in Italy: is their regeneration going beyond the threshold of boundaries?

Producción CientíficaThe essay critically addresses the issue of military settlements as immured spaces by the analysis of their relation with the built environment in three diverse moments (in use, in disuse, and regenerated). The objective is to demonstrate that although military premises are perceived as 'forbidden spaces', the abandonment provides the opportunity to open their physical barriers, create different dynamics, perceptions, attitudes, and reshape the urban fabric. I propose a transdisciplinary approach dealing with the role played by the military in the city-making process from the mid-19th century-quartering in the city to the late 20th-century abandonment and current regeneration. Based on a desk research activity and specific fieldworks on the Italian case, the paper comprises three sections corresponding to the phases of use, abandonment and regeneration of military assets. These phases can be intended as different steps with diverse conceptions of military sites as immured spaces.Este trabajo se ha realizado dentro del proyecto de investigación ‘Antiguos emplazamientos militares como Oportunidades urbano-territoriales en España e Italia: una clasificación cualitativa como indicador de regeneración sostenible y resiliente en territorios post-emergencia’, financiado por el programa GoforIT de Fondazione CRUI (The Conferencia de Rectores de Universidades Italianas

Regenerating Former Military Sites in Italy. The Dichotomy between 'Profit-Driven Spaces' and 'Urban Commons'

Within the last decades, the reorganisation of the Armed Force left many voids in the territories. Being located in highly lucrative and desirable locations, former military sites can be redeveloped into either profit-driven spaces or proper urban commons. This paper focuses the attention on the Italian case and scrutinises former military barracks in the dichotomies between the generation of profit-driven spaces and urban commons. Also, the analysis questions the actual role of these voids in guaranteeing the right to the city, especially in times of severe shortage of public resources to undertake urban regeneration processes

Young urban(H)IST Conference. 8th Meeting of Young Historians in Košice. Abstracts

Understanding the Western European globalized city evolution is a fundamental objective of urban history analysis to interpret a situation marked by the advance of capital during last three decades of the 20th century, also taking into account its social, economic and urban effects influenced by urban regeneration interventions

Contemporary European City-Making Process Materialization-Emptying-Regeneration on Large Land Properties

Producción CientíficaThis chapter provides a particular methodology in the field of Urban Studies for understanding the European cities’ making process from the late 19th century onward, its features are the following. Firstly, the proposed approach refers to the construction, emptying, and regeneration of specific high-consuming-land activities and functions (i.e., industrial, military, and railway settlements and, more generally, equipment and services such as markets and schools). Secondly, the particularity of these activities and functions is the need of large properties of land to conduct their activities. As a result, while performing, they are producing an ‘urban land rent’ (Campos Venuti 1971: 1–44) and subsequently they can undergo real estate and financial operations to foster urban renewal and regeneration processes (Álvarez Mora and Camerin 2019)

Feasibility of Hybrid Thermoplastic Composite-Concrete Load Bearing System

Thermoplastic composites have many advantages over thermoset composites such as being recyclable, rapidly manufacturable, and more impact resistant. The goal of this thesis is to assess the feasibility of using thermoplastic composites in structural applications through literature review, mechanical testing, design of a load-bearing hybrid composite-concrete structures, and the implementation of thermoplastic composites for tensile reinforcement of concrete. The study had four objectives covering the stated goal. Conduct a literature review to direct thermoplastic material selection Characterize thermoplastic material mechanical properties using standardized mechanical testing Design a hybrid composite-reinforced concrete beam, and Develop thermoplastic shear connectors to develop composite action between thermoplastic reinforcement and concrete Initially, thermoplastics that can be reinforced with E-glass fibers to be used as a structural part were investigated. Materials were selected for experimental characterization after extensive literature review based on performance, cost and manufacturing methods. Two industry accepted processes were selected for use in fabrication: vacuum infusion, a longstanding and highly accepted process traditionally used for the manufacturing of thermoset composites; and thermoforming, a fast production process that takes advantage of many properties of thermoplastic materials. Next, properties of these materials required for structural applications were quantified through mechanical testing. These properties include the modulus of elasticity, Poisson’s ratio and the ultimate strength in tension, compression and shear in principal material directions. Having a complete list of material properties is necessary in composite design. A design for a load-bearing composite-concrete beam was developed. In conventional construction, steel reinforcing bars are used to carry the tension in a concrete beam, but steel is susceptible to corrosion. These hybrid composite-concrete structures rely on the transfer of forces (composite action) between the thermoplastic composite, which acts as reinforcement, and the concrete section of the beam. The composite action is necessary for the composite reinforcement to develop tension through shear flow at the interface. The initial design to demonstrate the use of thermoplastic composites in this manner is the fabrication of a simple prismatic beam with the bottom-face reinforced with the composite. This provides a simple structure to demonstrate the feasibility of this technology for use in structural applications. Finally, the ability of the shear connectors developed to produce composite action in the proposed beam was experimentally assessed. Hybrid composite-concrete specimens were tested in compression to assess the feasibility of shear connectors (studs) to carry the shear flow at the interface between the thermoplastic reinforcement and concrete. Conclusions and recommendations are presented in Chapter 5. Recommendations for future work include the implementation of small-scale short-beam tests in four-point bending to further assess the degree of composite action being generated in the structure. Recommendations for future research on more effectively achieving composite action in hybrid thermoplastic composite-concrete members is also addressed

Investigating European Cities in the Modern Age through the Lens of the Global Urban History Approach

Producción CientíficaThis review article focuses on two key developments in urban history. The first is that the new transnational approach to urban history is significantly advancing the field and the second is that within the European context an important new emphasis is being placed on Eastern and Southern Europe. As claimed by Claus Møller Jørgensen in his review of nineteenth-century transnational urban history: transnational urban history entails a measure of comparative work to find commonalities as hints of connections . . . The enlargement of scale and the search for connections does add new perspectives to urban history and produces new knowledge . . . Focusing on cities as the location of transnational processes of modernity brings urban place more centrally into discussions of national space and national histories