Summary - TST 36
TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES
Aurora MARTÍNEZ CORRAL
Estudio arquitectónico comparativo entre estaciones históricas (1848-1929) y actuales españolas. Crónica de la silenciosa desaparición patrimonial
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[ Abstract ]
A lot of major historical stations have been replaced by banal
buildings that justify their existence based on concepts as
functionality or safety. Material values such as spatial
configuration, or immaterial ones such as the spirit of the
place or the collective memory, have been eliminated or
devalued. This paper performs a comparative and critical
analysis between the historic stations and the new ones in order
to determine what is actually happening with the heritage of the
stations and how far there is between the declarations and the
performances. In the new buildings we are losing not only the
architectural quality, but a part of our recent memory, as well
as a public space. This silent disappearance and the collective
disaffection may lead us to the sad conclusion that the
historical stations are doomed to die or to lose their
patrimonial consideration for the sake of their
commercialization and hypothetical speculation.