The Recovery of Non-Residential Vacant Plots in Southern Madrid Districts Through Green Infrastructure Implementation

The current climatic and health crisis has led, once again, to the questioning of urban planning of todayʹs cities.This article collects the social demand from Usera and Villaverde districts in Madrid and shows the necessities of their compact and dense urban fabric derived from the obsolete configuration of real estate parks from the 1960s-70s Spanish Developmentalism.Quality public spaces and safe mobility can be potentially covered through the implementation of green infrastructures across the inter-block spaces, improving usability, mobility, and interior-exterior accessibility, while taking advantage of the large green perimeter available in both districts.