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Urban form in Valencia

Comparison of the Eixample grid, open-block development and the historic centre: alignments, typologies, uses and public-space quality, using fieldwork, geotagged photography, orthophotos and QGIS.

UPV · 2026
team project, 8-page report
Sheet “Recorrido de formas urbanas — València” with orthophoto, observation points, walking route and a legend for the three zones.
Overview sheet of the walking route.
Overview map on an orthophoto with the walking route linking the three study zones.
Urban-form walking route.
Orthophoto map of the Eixample zone around the Mercado de Colón.
Eixample grid · around the Mercado de Colón (L’Eixample).
Orthophoto map of the open-block zone on Gran Via Marquès del Túria.
Open-block development · Gran Via Marquès del Túria.
Orthophoto map of the historic-centre zone at Plaça de la Mare de Déu.
Historic centre · Plaça de la Mare de Déu (Ciutat Vella).
Field photo: tree-lined street with apartment blocks, street lamps and wide pavements.
Fieldwork: open-block development.
Field photo: pedestrian square in the historic centre with historic buildings and café terraces.
Fieldwork: historic centre.