Carlos María de Castro
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Expansion plan of Madrid, 1860
Carlos María de Castro (24 September 1810 - 2 November 1893) was a Spanish architect, engineer and urban planner. He created the plan of the urban expansion (Ensanche) of Madrid.[1] The New Plan of Madrid was commissioned in 1857 and adopted in 1860.[2] It was inspired by some technical aspects of Ildefons Cerdà's early studies and plans for the extension of Barcelona.[3] But unlike Cerdà who sought to avoid social segregation, Castro proposed functional and social zoning.[3]
References[]
- ^ Correos (2010) "Carlos María de Castro y ensanche de Madrid", retrieved 22 January 2019
- ^ Luis de Sobrón Martínez and María José Muñoz de Pablo (2018) "Madrid's Expansion Palimpsest" in EGA: revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica, Vol.23, No.33, pp.118-129.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hall T. (1997) Planning Europe's Capital Cities. London: E&FN Spon., pp.144-157
Categories:
- 19th-century Spanish architects
- Spanish urban planners
- 1810 births
- 1893 deaths
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni
- Spanish architect stubs