Seville: Through the Urban Void

List of contents

Introduction, 1. Towards Understanding Urban Voids, 2. The Bricolage of an Urban Space: Seville and the Alameda as Colonial Centres in the 16th Century, 3. Clashing Urbanisms: Enlightened vs. Religious Ritualisation in the Alameda de Hércules, 4. A Void Again: Decay of the Alameda from the 19th Century to Francoism, 5. Fetishisation and the Recovery of the Alameda, Conclusions, Appendice

About the author

Miguel Torres García is an architect, holding an MSc degree in Spatial Planning (KTH, Sweden) and a PhD in Human Geography (University of Manchester, UK). Experienced in the fields of architecture, planning, heritage, and landscape, his research interests encompass urban studies, history, and the rapport between practice and the built environment.

Summary

Urban voids are spaces for encounter, conflict and otherness, and can be springboards to foster change, creativity and political action. The author describes how the void in the city intervenes in place-making, and uses the example of the Alameda de Hércules in Seville, Spain as a case study which stands both as an outstanding instance of urban

Product details

• Authors: Miguel Torres, Torres Miguel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2023
• EAN: 9781032477206
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3247720-6
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Built Environment City Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Spain, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Landscape architecture and design