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Cicatrice reimagines Torrelavega’s railway scar as a green civic axis, transforming a fragmented urban edge into a landscape of healing, memory, and reconnection.

The winning proposal views the former railway trace not as a barrier, but as a resilient urban layer capable of reconnecting the northern zone with the city center. Located near the Besaya region’s key transport corridors, the intervention positions the site as a new gateway to Torrelavega, shaped through pedestrian links, ecological restoration, adaptive reuse, and inclusive public space.

The project proposes a green axis over the old railway tracks, supported by east-west and north-south pedestrian connections, improved bicycle mobility, water-sensitive landscapes, native vegetation, biodiversity habitats, and the reuse of industrial and railway heritage. Through its focus on circularity, climate neutrality, public accessibility, and mixed urban life, Cicatrice turns an infrastructural wound into a shared urban future.

👥 Project By: Authors: Villalaín González Manuel (ES), Mateu Sanchís Manuel (ES)
Project: Cicatrice
Location: Torrelavega, Spain
Status: Winner
𝐔𝐃𝐋 𝐆𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬
𝐆𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲 – 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐩, 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬

𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: 𝟔𝐭𝐡-𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

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𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔


Cicatrice Torrelavega, railway regeneration, green urban axis, post-industrial urban design, adaptive reuse, public realm design, climate-neutral city, biodiversity in cities, water-sensitive urban design, pedestrian mobility, circular city, urban healing

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𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱.

Runnivegen Health Community in Årnes, Norway, is a strategic master plan for a health-promoting residential environment that integrates housing, care, recreation, social infrastructure, and preventive health services within one coherent urban framework.

Designed by NORD Architects, the proposal responds to demographic change, evolving care needs, and the future of welfare-oriented urban development. The neighborhood brings together care homes, dementia care homes, senior collective housing, family housing, youth housing, a health center, a community house, green areas, and spaces for physical activity.

Its planning approach is structured around accessibility, recreation, social infrastructure, and healthy buildings and places, creating an inclusive environment where residents across generations can live with dignity, autonomy, support, and community connection.

Located in Årnes, Nes Municipality, the 14,000 m² master plan demonstrates how private, public, civic, and research-based collaboration can shape healthier residential models for future cities.

👥 Project By: NORD Architects
📍 Location: Årnes, Nes Municipality, Norway
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𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀, 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀

𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

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𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔


Runnivegen Health Community, health promoting neighborhood, strategic master plan, healthcare urban design, senior housing, dementia care homes, intergenerational housing, healthy cities, welfare urbanism, NORD Architects, Årnes Norway, Nes Municipality, community infrastructure, active living neighborhood

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