2. LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain
ARCHITECTS
EMBT
Enric miralles
Benedetta tagliabue
This characteristically
uproarious design does more
than transform a dour
NEOCLASSICAL FRESH
FOOD MARKET into a flying
carpet of brilliant colors and
agitated forms.
3. A Concept of METAMORPH, bringing
together the people, culture and history
under one roof.
Makes a terrain that corresponds widely to
topography.
A building which is both ultra-modern and
very old in spirit and technique.
4. It fuses together the revived market, the
plan of which is constantly changing.
Includes a museum, two blocks of 59 low-rent
social housing and underground car park with
organic waste depository.
There are 100 or so stalls in the market
selling local products of almost every
description.
5. HISTORIC OVERVIEW.
There had been a market on the site, since
1848.
After 150 years of existence, in 1997 the
commission for a new design was given to
EMBT.
During renovation the work was stopped for
two years after the ruins of a roman
necropolis were uncovered.
6. CONSTRUCTION
Architect Tagliabue explains “we tried to break
with the pattern of brutal demolition followed by
rebuilding using very different typology ”.
In the new design, they retained the white
painted masonry walls on three sides of the
rectangular structure.
These walls has many arched opening
permeable to the surrounding streets.
7. They bought same granite pavers used on
city streets into the market interior.
The rear wall was demolished and cut in an
intimate plaza.
8. Built on the ruins of old market.
Project began in 1997 and was completed in may
2005.
The Outstanding feature is its roof (5,500sq-
ms).
9. Made by assembling 300,000 ceramic
hexagons, supported by forest of
steel pillars.
10. Projects beyond the perimeter of
construction (3,749sq-ms).
12. Although Computer helped to generate the
form of the roof but Many of the roof panel
had to be cut by hand to accommodate the
many curves.
Thus combining old techniques with new
architectural vision.
