THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY BETWEEN PLAN AND VOLUME: THE PLAN OF PRADO AND THE SCALE MODEL OF GRAN VIA

Abstract

Two productions in the field of urban representation applied to the City of Madrid are introduced here. They may be understood as partial “portrayals” of two monumental areas, the Prado- Recoletos Axis and Gran Via. The conceptual unit is established on the basis of two mixed considerations: on the one side, the possibilities of action in the context of new graphic media and the ancient purposes of drawing; on the other side, the relationship between research and dissemination in the field of urban cartography in a broader sense.

Keywords

• dibujo de arquitectura
• representación de la ciudad
• maquetas urbanas
• cartografía