DISTRITO CASTELLANA NORTE, MADRID (SPAIN)

The most important renewal intervention of Madrid in the last twenty years and one of the greatest in Europe. It will be an engine of change for the city and a great strategic opportunity for Madrid to make the qualitative leap within the main European capitals.

A balanced and sustainable city project, with building heights similar to the surrounding neighbourhoods and six new towers that will redefine the capital's skyline.

> Total surface of the area. 3,114,336 sqm, of which 2,491,468.8 sqm (80%) are devoted to infrastructure and public facilities.

> Building coefficient (m²e / m²s). 1,05 less than other popular neighbourhoods of Madrid and other similar projects at international level.

> Roads and urban services. 794,155.68 sqm (25.50%).

> Railway use. 853,328.064 sqm (27.40%.

> Green areas. 557,466.144 sqm (17.90%).

> Public equipment. 289,633.248 sqm (9.30%).

> Housing units, offices and commercial premises. 619,752.864 sqm (19.90%).

> Sustainable urban mobility. 60% total transport is public and non-polluting transportation. Renovation of Chamartin Station, new high-capacity bus network, 2 new medium distance train stations, expansion of the metro network with 3 new stations, 3 new walkways, 5 new flyovers for vehicles, a new 12.8 Km. long cycle path connected to the existing cycle network of 240,000 sqm of covered paths that will become public spaces for the city.

> A large central park of 200,000 sqm (equivalent to 25 football fields) next to Chamartín Station that will become the second urban park of Madrid after El Retiro and the largest public urban orchard of Madrid with 33,000 m².

> Architect. Estudio Richard Rogers and the Engineering ARUP.

> Project Management. Desarrollo Urbanístico de Chamartín (DUCH), investee of Grupo SANJOSE and BBVA.