Madrid Nuevo Norte

As the third largest city in the EU (after London and Berlin), Madrid’s urban plan has supported and performed aggressively to address the complex infrastructural, social and economic issues demanded by its residents and visitors. Anchored and defined by natural and man-made infrastructure, from the Rio Manzanares to the Paseo de la Castellana, the city’s physical and spatial organization has demonstrated itself as being very capable, resilient and expandable. However, for the past 25 years, the city has not had the full machinations of all its available infrastructural sites. Despite the celebrated southern anchor of Atocha Station; its bookend northern counterpart, Chamartin Station, suffered through an underperforming plan by defaulting to a large transportation wasteland that limited city life and prevented a healthy cohesion of the surrounding new suburban housing plans known as PAUs.