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Molina Cobos, María CarmenAuthorGonzález-Benítez, NataliaCorresponding Author

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March 13, 2025
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NATURE AND CONCRETE. ESPAI VERD

Publicated to:En Blanco: Revista De Arquitectura. 12 (28): 140-146 - 2020-01-01 12(28), DOI: 10.4995/eb.2020.13310

Authors: Gonzalez-Benitez, Natalia

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Valencia, Spain - Author

Abstract

Espai Verd, work of the CSPT studio architectural lead by Antonio Cortes Ferrando, is a singular building of modular architecture in space, located in the neighbourhood of Benimaclet, Valencia. It dates back to the beginning of the 1980s and it was achieved by the system of owners cooperative. The main concept, the starting point, is to materialize dwellings with private garden, placed inside a high multi-family building. Therefore, the main characteristic of this work is the integration of nature as part of the building and the necessary development of a constructive system capable of containing vegetation, highlighting the use of exposed concrete in situ and prefabricated. The design was influenced by the architectural trends at that time, brutalism and megastructure, in addition to having multiple individual references as the works of Moshe Safdie, Ricardo Bofill and Jose Antonio Coderch, among others. The text shows some strategies and decisions taken in this project that determine the formal aspect of the building and, at the same time, reveal the intense interaction between nature and concrete in Espai Verd.

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BrutalisConcreteEspai verdModular architectureNature

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (González Benítez, Natalia).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been González Benítez, Natalia.