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BRIDGING A SCAR IN THE LAND-<br />
SCAPE: RAILROADS<br />
Following the trajectory of the<br />
selected railway, Refugium gives<br />
a new character to the neglected<br />
spaces around it, introducing a<br />
new system of transportation.<br />
THE SCAR<br />
Railroads became a part of landscapes with<br />
the outbreak of the industrial evolution. The<br />
network has been growing ever since, following<br />
new trends of society, free trade and globalization<br />
in general.<br />
However, railroads have formed cuts in the<br />
landscape, restraining the movement and<br />
forming an informal border. The spaces around<br />
it are usually abandoned and less desirable for<br />
local inhabitants.<br />
152 REFUGIUM<br />
INTRODUCING THE CHANGE<br />
With technological progress, more sustainable<br />
transportation systems will be developed. The<br />
railroads could evolve into MagLev systems, a<br />
method that uses magnetic levitation to move<br />
vehicles without making contact with the<br />
ground. The system would be integrated into<br />
the Refugium, elevated within the structure<br />
itself.<br />
NEW SYSTEM<br />
In this way the ground would be given back to<br />
the surrounding, enabling the circulation underneath<br />
it. It represents a blank canvas ready<br />
to be filled with the new needs or left for nature<br />
to overtake.
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