Al Natural_Prs. Southeast Regional Park, Community of Madrid
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Al Natural_PRS is a personal project by Carme Casulá for the Southeast Regional Park, along the axes of the lower courses of the Manzanares and Jarama rivers in the Community of Madrid. This Natural Protected Area (declared in 1994) is marked by the mining activities that resulted from the urban development of Madrid and its area of influence. It includes a dense network of infrastructures and industrial areas, which intermingle with some agricultural and leisure activities that have sprung from the existence of several lagoons generated from the extraction of sand and gravel. These lagoons enhance the ecological and ornithological value of this context. Al Natural_PRS focuses both on the visual quality of the space and on the quality of the soil. It also addresses the impressions of the people that live in the area and their ties with this land.