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In 1896 Viennese authorities built Europe's largest gas plant, wich included the gasometers, they also laid more than 500 km of gas lines. However, coal gas was eventually replaced by natural gas and the gasometers became abandoned. Since then they have been seen in movies such as James Bond: The Living Daylights. The gasometers was also used as a rave venue – the special echo of the buildings enhanced the acoustics of the Gazometer Raves. The Gasometers are four cylindrical telescopic gas containers, each with a volume of about 90,000 cubic meters Each tank is enclosed by a red-brick facade. They are each 70 meters tall and 60 meters in diameter.
Eventually, Vienna undertook a remodelling and revitalization of the protected monuments. The renovation of the structures took place during 1999 and 2001. Each gasometer was divided into several zones; living apartments on top, working offices on the middle floors and entertainment and shopping malls on the ground floors. The shopping mall levels in each gasometer are connected to the others by skybridges.
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URBAN ECOSYSTEMS IN MADRID
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