Uploaded on 2014-10-15 by DanielMO

[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14133888695604561.jpg The photo has been taken in AZCA, the main financial and business area of Madrid (Spain) in Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 18.00 pm. In this area more than 20,000 people work every day. VISIBLE INFORMATION: We can see big buildings, modern Architecture towers made of steel and glass and a big central public space with a green area. All that buildings are dedicated to offices of important companies of the tertiary sector. There are some reparation works in progress in the public space. In other way, that space is almost empty, only few people is there entering or leaving some of the buildings. INVISIBLE INFORMATION: Regarding the information we can´t see at first sight, I would highlight two aspects: - The misuse of the public space: during the working time the public space of the area is misused and the same happens during the weekends, when the offices are closed. If the area has other uses or activities, residential or commercial areas for example, probably more people take advantage of this zone. We should be able to design cities with a good combination of uses that permit the diversity of activities and create nodes of centrality. - The high building density of the zone and the amount of people that attract daily the area involves that it might be properly connected with the rest of the city. There is in fact a metro and train station in one of the corners of the site and two more in the borders. There are also several bus stops of different lines in the surroundings. The interior space is pedestrian, only emergency vehicles are allowed, so that should be parking lots for the private vehicles nearby. Actually there are four underground floors for parking under the area. If we could analyze with data which is the public transport capacity and the real demand, how many people use the private or the public transport, how many parking lots are needed or what routes are the most used by the commuters, we could extract conclusions to apply measures for improving the transport network in the zone, for reducing the traffic and the pollution or for planning new strategies to do more attractive the area out of the working times and open it to new users.