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The reuse of waste heaps from extraction sites: An architectural methodology
Talento, Katia; Amado, Miguel; Kullberg, José CarlosNowadays, the rehabilitation of quarries is a widespread practice. It stems from the most significant environmental concern in the management of non-renewable resources. However, reusing quarry waste in the process of regeneration represents the aspect less prevalent. This procedure results from the non-commercialized material, accumulated in huge piles of waste, that constitute invasive elements of the landsca...
Quarries: From abandoned to renewed places
Talento, Katia; Amado, Miguel; Kullberg, José CarlosNumerous industrial pits are discarded after their exploitation in every part of the world. Humanity both transforms the original morphology of the landscape, due to industrial activity in the territory, and, at the same time, rejects this "new" situation. This is to the detriment of the landscape, which is witness to this transfiguration, degradation, and abandonment. What is the future of these impersonal and...