Are our neighborhoods stuck in the 20th century? My latest research for my architecture thesis dives into Madrid’s Sanchinarro district, where outdated functionalist urbanism creates a socio-spatial disconnect

Madrid’s PAU was built for the 9-to-5 commuter, but the modern hybrid worker is left with empty streets and non-places
Using Actor-Network Theory to deconstruct the closed city of Madrid’s PAU. My work investigates how we can transform the legislative setbacks and blind plinths of Sanchinarro from municipal liabilities into self-governed urban commons