Unscrambling Madrid: Describing the Urban Mix

Probably, today the idea of diversity is what best reflects European cities and, above all, large capitals like Madrid. Cities that concentrate a diversity of urban fabrics, with buildings of different characteristics, various uses, multiple ages, qualities and densities. A diversity that is the result of complex urbanization processes that are difficult to reproduce, the result of half-applied theories, political tensions, individual ambitions or collective impulses.