Sofia Grinblat, Jeronimo Madariaga
student
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Tucumán
Argentina
Architektura
The idea of this project arises from the need to recover a degraded and unused urban area, restoring its historical, social, and environmental value. The goal… more
Jing Chen
advisor
Washington University in Saint Louis
United States of America
My architectural practice focuses on public and educational buildings, with a strong emphasis on… more
The project offers a highly effective and socially rooted urban vision with a thoughtful reuse of abandoned railroad infrastructure as a public park and cultural route. The multi-scale strategy, ranging from metropolitan transport to architecture, is particularly effective, demonstrating a profound understanding of how large infrastructure systems can be repurposed as public space. The project is highly effective in dealing with urban fragmentation, a damaged cultural identity, and a transportation disconnection problem through landscape, cultural initiatives, and transport connectivity. The architectural interventions in this project are subtle but effective, enabling a public park to act as a flexible urban framework rather than a monadic object.
One possible recommendation could be to make the phasing and implementation strategy even clearer. In the case of the large-scale nature of the project and the level of infrastructure involved, the inclusion of incremental steps for development could make the feasibility of the transformation easier to understand.
09.01.2026