Ghost Town: Madrid

julio 2, 2021

Madrid has been built around the idea that its people should enjoy the public space and the architecture that surrounds it. The COVID-19 lock down was, therefore, a breaking point for how its inhabitants experience the city. The urban space is in current transformation: the use of it has been restricted and subtle, yet critical, changes are taking place before our eyes. This project portraits an unusual sight of the city: the loneliness of the city, the opportunity to focus on Madrid’s architecture and urban space, and the breaking point that this implies. I’d like to draw attention to these transformation processes by portraying emblematic places in Madrid’s down-town. The economical crisis and unemployment, the discredit of the political class, the situation of migrants, the change of consumption habits, culture and tourism. An empty city represents the possibility of radical change, this project is a way of visualizing the relation between architecture/urban space and society in the setting of the health crisis.