- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Beyond Functional Obsolescence: Adaptive Reuse of Railway Heritage in Valencia Central Park
- Graziella Bernardo
- Luis Manuel Palmero Iglesias
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.73
Valencia Central Park is one of the largest urban regeneration projects in contemporary Spain. The project incorporates a group of former railway workshops and service buildings designed between 1911 and 1915 by the engineer Demetrio Ribes (1875–1921), designer of Valencia North Station and a leading figure in the modernization of Spanish railway architecture. Following the transformation of the former railway corridor into a public park, these buildings have been adapted to educational, cultural, social and recreational uses. Through historical research and architectural analysis, the paper investigates how structural robustness, material durability, maintainability and spatial flexibility supported this process. The study highlights the role of construction systems in enabling the adaptive reuse of railway heritage and the transformation of former railway infrastructure into civic space
- Keywords:
- railway heritage,
- Adaptive reuse,
- Civic space,
- Construction systems,
- Industrial heritage,
University of Basilicata, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-9291-6099
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0003-0046-5134
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Titolo del capitolo
Beyond Functional Obsolescence: Adaptive Reuse of Railway Heritage in Valencia Central Park
Autori
Graziella Bernardo, Luis Manuel Palmero Iglesias
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.73
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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