Rigenerare nella memoria | Il caso di Madrid

In Madrid, the Mercado de Frutas y Verduras de Legazpi is the result of a technological and innovative transformation, whose additional value is to be found in the constructive culture developed in Spain at the beginning of the twentieth century. Since its construction in 1934, the building has been an emblem of the neighbourhood and a landmark for the identity of the community thanks to its historical, architectural, social and symbolic qualities. A better awareness of history linked to the building allows the development of a projectual idea that does not modify its image, re-elaborating the available space on which to operate. What is currently happening to the building is the attempt to rehabilitate it, the results of which remain uncertain, leading to irreversible changes that put the most important institutions for the protection of industrial heritage on the warning line. The paper is therefore a critic of the definitive project in progress and offers an alternative that, through the knowledge of historical memory and the active participation of citizens, proposes a project of regeneration that preserves all its characteristics.