Beatriz CabauUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid | UPM · Hydraulic Energy and Environment Department
Beatriz Cabau
PhD in Architecture
Researcher at the Miguel Aguiló Foundation and Assistant Professor at the School of Civil Engineering of UPMadrid
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Introduction
Ph.D. Architect, Assisttant Professor at the School for Civil Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in the subjects of landscape, construction history, and creative design. She works in the Miguel Aguiló Foundation (FMA) and she is a member of the LoCUS UPM Research Group. She focuses her substantive research work on the fields of landscape, heritage and design issues in relation to the urban built form. She has 20 years of professional experience as a freelance Architect.
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La extensa red de canales navegables que se desarrolló en Europa durante los siglos XVIII y principios del XIX se convirtió paulatinamente, con la llegada del ferrocarril y posterior proliferación del automóvil, en un sistema obsoleto para el fin para el que se creó. Desde 1990 vemos sin embargo, cómo los canales de transporte, uno de los iconos de...
The historic water supply to large cities constitutes a constructed heritage characterised by comprising a range of public structures—dams, canals, tanks, siphons and aqueducts—over a large geographical area. Within this international context, this paper looks at the case of Canal de Isabel II (CYII) and its historic infrastructure, built in the se...
This paper describes an innovative, accessible, and sustainable method for enhancing cultural heritage. Documenting and disseminating the public works heritage have now come of age, digitally speaking, with the adoption of new technologies both to further research on and heighten the esteem attributed to the public works heritage. Nonetheless, acad...
A lo largo de los siglos XVIII y XIX se construyó en Europa una extensa red de canales. Su desarrollo permitió la conexión del territorio, en donde los puntos de intercambio y confluencia de rutas comerciales formaron focos de actividad. Estos lugares, situados en su momento en la periferia, pronto empezaron a conformar ámbitos de crecimiento urban...
During the 18th and 19th centuries an extensive network of canals was created in Europe, which forms the basis of the current system. Its development led to more regular and safer transport. This canal network has built and connected territories, where confluence places of exchange and commercial routes formed focal points of activity and urban gro...
Since the 1990s, important regeneration processes have been carried out around urban waterfronts and canals. Urban waterways have undergone a transformation from industrial canals and navigation corridors towards focal points for revitalization and urban development. But, what new roles and values do the canals have as part of sustainable cities de...
Public works’ relationship with the landscape should be among the factors addressed in heritage studies. Their association with place defines their purpose while contributing to the construction of the cultural landscape. Unawareness of the existence of public works is their most powerful enemy. Inventorying and cataloguing are therefore imperative...
