Ruta del Peregrino

Artículo sobre la Ruta del Peregrino en Jalisco, México. La Ruta del Peregrino tiene 117 kilometros de largo, y es una ruta de peregrinación popular en México que antes tenía poca infraestructura. A través de nuevas estaciones de servicio y monumentos arquitectónicos, ahora es atractiva no sólo durante las fiestas religiosas. -------------------- ABSTRACT: "Every year, especially at Easter, more than 2 million people come from all over Mexico to walk along 117 kilometers of the western mountain range in Jalisco, from the village of Ameca to the sanctuary of the Virgin of the Rosary in Talpa de Allende." Recognizing the importance of this religious tourism the State of Jalisco "commissioned a master plan from Dereik Dellkamp and Tatiana Bilbao for the strategic incorporation of spaces for worship, leisure and services with functional infrastructure for the pilgrims' needs." As a result, 15 interventions have been created, including chapels, rest stops and pavilions. [Quotes from Arquine, Autumn 2010].

COST Action Urban Agriculture Europe Training School «Urban agriculture inside the city:alternatives for vacant lots and public space»

The third Training School of the Action took place in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque country, Spain) from 24th to 26th September 2014. Vitoria-Gateiz has experimented an important urban outgrowth in the last decade, mainly through the planning and development of two new neighborhoods, Zabalgana and Salburúa, situated at the eastern and western border of the city, by the Greenbelt. These new development are well-equipped and designed according to sustainability principles. Nevertheless, among the main problems they present is their over-dimensioned public space, which creates some areas lacking enough density and mix of uses. On the other hand it is very expensive for the municipality to maintain these public space with the high Vitorian urban standards for public space. The proposed solution for this problem is a strategy of "re-densification" through the insertion of new uses The debate has arisen about which are the most adequate uses to insert in order to get an increasing of urban vitality, specially considering that housing has reached its peak and that Vitoria-Gasteiz is well served with social and sport amenities. The main goal of the TS was to offer an opportunity for the reflection about how urban agriculture might be an optimal alternative for the re-qualifying of this over-dimensioned public space in the new neighbourhoods, especially considering it synergic potential as a tool for production, leisure and landscaping, including the possibility of energy crops within the limits of urban space. Continuity with rural and natural surrounding area through alternatives for urban fringe at the small scale is a relevant issue to be considered as well within the reflection. Taking Zabalgana neighbourhood as a practical field for experiment, the Training School is conceived as a practical and intensive design charrette to be held during a whole day after two days of local knowledge-deepening through field visits and presentations.