Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Aperto. Per un ritratto dello spazio aperto / Open. For a portrait of open space
Memoria / Memory

Agrarian voids as dynamic spaces in the contemporary city. The historic orchards of Nerja, Malaga

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  • Celia Chacón Carretón,
  • Mar Loren-Méndez,
  • Pablo Millán-Millán
Celia Chacón Carretón
Department of Architectural History, Theory and Composition, Higher Technical School of Architecture, University of Seville, Spain
Mar Loren-Méndez
Department of Architectural History, Theory and Composition, Higher Technical School of Architecture, University of Seville, Spain
Pablo Millán-Millán
Department of Architectural Projects, Higher Technical School of Architecture, University of Seville, Spain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/rv-16937

Published 2025-10-28

Keywords

  • productive landscape,
  • agriculture and city,
  • orchard huerta,
  • dynamic cartography

How to Cite

Chacón Carretón, C., Loren-Méndez, M., & Millán-Millán, P. (2025). Agrarian voids as dynamic spaces in the contemporary city. The historic orchards of Nerja, Malaga. Ri-Vista. Research for Landscape Architecture, 23(1), 92–111. https://doi.org/10.36253/rv-16937

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Abstract

Agriculture and architecture are realities in continuous dialogue in many territories where the productive landscape is an inherent part of the built environment, especially those on a smaller scale with an immediate presence in the city, such as the orchards, which has been attacked by urban development, causing a fracture detrimental to historical logic. Through a detailed typological study of the orchards of Nerja, Malaga, this research places these lands at the center of the narrative, providing a historical analysis that addresses the uniqueness and idiosyncrasy of the orchard as a holistic space, both agricultural and urban. Using a methodology that combines the study of the historical dimension and the unprecedented contemporary drawing of the orchard in its complexity, the potential and urgency of these agrarian voids in the contemporary city is confirmed. Forgotten and marginal redoubts, whose informal presence currently represents the dynamic, spontaneity and identity-driven escapism of Nerja and its inhabitants.

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