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June 9, 2019
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The true Eduardo Torroja's hall in Villaverde

Publicated to:Informes De La Construccion. 70 (551): - 2018-01-01 70(551), DOI: 10.3989/ic.59350

Authors: Garcia, R.;

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Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper summarizes the research by which has been able to prove that engineer Eduardo Torroja authored one o the industrial halls of the old complex Boetticher & Navarro in Villaverde, Madrid. Originally it was used as mechanical workshops. The hall is close to the today famous nave Catedral, restored in recent years as New Technologies Centre of the Madrid Council. The interest of this hall no only lies in the authorship but also in its structural solution, innovative in Spain in the years in which was designed and built (1940-1942). The structural system is described and compared with other similar structures built later. Fortunately, the structure is still standing, but with a different purpose than the original and belonging to another company. The original plans of the true Boetticher & Navarro Torroja hall are published here for the first time.

Keywords

Arquitectura industrialBoetticherCercha de hormigónConcrete trussIndustrial architecturePrefab concretePrefabricado hormigónTorrojaVillaverde

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Informes De La Construccion due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Architecture. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Construction & Building Technology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-31:

  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-31:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 1.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.85.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GARCIA GARCIA, RAFAEL) and Last Author (GARCIA GARCIA, RAFAEL).