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Last week we guided the students of the Nantes ENSA  (School of Architecture) through part of their study trip to Madrid.

The tour included the new urban developments in the outskirts of the capital (Vallecas, Sanchinarro and Carabanchel), of great pedagogical value, as they plainly and simply show the do-nots of urban planning, while being a showcase for some of the best examples of recent Madrilean architecture.

Besides the latest projects of public housing we include in HoCo or Dbook, we visited the lavish Distrito C, by Rafael de la Hoz, and two classics of the 20th Century, like the Gimansio Maravillas, by Alejandro de la Sota, or the Teologado de San Pedro Mártir, by Miguel Fisac.

Photos taken by Ricardo Espinosa and Javier Arpa, available under request.

Ecosistema Urbano. Air tree, Ecobulevar. Vallecas urban development (Madrid) 2005. Project published in The Public Chance. In the background, 132 housing units building, by Aguinaga y Asociados 2008. Project published in HoCo

Alejandro de la Sota. Classroom interiors. Maravillas School, Madrid 1961

Alejandro de la Sota. Stands of the Maravillas School gym 1961

Miguel Fisac. Interiors of the church at the San Pedro Mártir theological studies centre 1955

Miguel Fisac. Interiors of the church at the San Pedro Mártir theological studies centre 1955