Architect Rui Mendes Ribeiro has lined {the marketplace} within the Portuguese city of Vila Nova de Famalicão with a perforated cover that shades the market sq..
The city council’s structure division led by Ribeiro oversaw the modernisation of the standard market, which had change into outdated and was now not attracting buyers to its stalls.
The primary intervention was the addition of a lined space to make sure the market can function in all climate situations and always of the yr.
Some buildings from city’s authentic market, designed in 1948 by architect Júlio José de Brito in a mode often called Portuguese Suave, had been additionally renovated and repurposing among the present buildings on the positioning.
The metallic cover’s triangular sample was knowledgeable by the unique market constructing, which features a ring of openings incorporating screens constructed from tiles organized in a geometrical sample.
A framework comprising angled pillars and trusses helps the cover, which is topped with glass panels that enable daylight to penetrate by way of it.
This design casts patterns of sunshine and shadow on the surfaces under.
The triangular motif can also be used for the market’s branding, together with an indication on the new entrance.
The courtyard might be reached by way of the unique buildings to the north or from the general public sq. to the west.
Stairs descend from these entrances to the courtyard, which is positioned at a barely decrease degree.
Inside the lined space are new stalls for distributors together with butchers, fishmongers and florists. The stalls take the type of gabled volumes that includes shutters that may be lowered to guard their contents when the market is closed.
The construction additionally types a brand new city frontage dealing with the adjoining Avenida Marechal de Albuquerque, with an entrance included on one nook of the positioning.
An present construction lining one facet of the courtyard was retained and upgraded to accommodate a sequence of economic premises that face in the direction of the courtyard.
An prolonged roof types a sheltered passage exterior these institutions which connects with an open-air landscaped backyard that includes decking and informal seating for guests.
Alongside the stalls and retail items, the market contains areas for occasions like cooking demonstrations. Cafes and eating places also can function from everlasting premises linked to lined out of doors terraces.
The municipality hopes the venture will revitalise the neighbourhood by creating the sensation of a full of life plaza the place individuals will collect and spend time, reasonably than simply passing by way of to select up their groceries.
Different markets embody a trapezoidal roofed construction which was designed by Colectivo C733 and is positioned in northern Mexico.
HW-Studio additionally constructed a white volumed meals market instead of an deserted meals warehouse between two present stone buildings.
Pictures is by Ivo Tavares Studio.
