Enveloping the marsh. Reflections on interventions in fragile landscapes. The case of the Odiel Marshes

Abstract

This article is based on a reconciliation between the marshlands of southern Europe and nature and man, recovering the energy that made them the engines of local economies and turning them into spaces of opportunity and fertile producers of contemporary ecologies. At a time when society is calling for a new approach to the management of its landscapes, the aim is to contribute by using the layout of a green infrastructure in one of these cultural waterscapes of the Odiel marshes as a guiding thread. To this end, an itinerary is established through territories, scales, essences and materials, culminating in reflections on memory, time, and identity as project materials.

Keywords

• coastal landscape
• postindustrial landscape
• green infrastructure
• ecological urbanism
• marshes
• water
• territory