Enchants Market / b720

By:  | February - 10 - 2014

b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, Barcelona, catalunya, spain, mercat del encants, new encant market, mirror roof, reflection

This unique attraction by b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, designed for Barcelona, is the winning proposal for European Competition for the construction of the new Encants Market. The new Encants Market is installed as a device to mediate between the reform of the Plaza de las Glorias and the axis of Meridiana, an area popularly known as les Glories de Bosquet.

The proposal raises a platform, or commercial square, at various levels as a continuous surface suitable for all commercial activities. By bending the platform, the different levels of the street are reconciled, understanding the market as a large square deck, capable of instilling activity in all parts of the program. The architects aimed to avoid the building of multiple floors thus rejecting the model of a commercial center.

The casing, the principal component of urban recognition, protects commercial activities at the same time that becomes a mechanism reflection of the city into the market. Each modular structure has different inclinations to reflect light, atmosphere and landscape, as it is clad in mirror, bringing the dynamic and ever changing presence to the attraction. The roof is therefore the main element of this architectural statement, giving it the iconic character and becoming a mechanism of reflection of the city into the market.

The building has two underground levels. The first one is for the logistic needs of the market and the second one houses a public car park for the users. This unique and highly seductive complex is completed in 2013.

b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, Barcelona, catalunya, spain, mercat del encants, new encant market, mirror roof, reflection

b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, Barcelona, catalunya, spain, mercat del encants, new encant market, mirror roof, reflection

b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, Barcelona, catalunya, spain, mercat del encants, new encant market, mirror roof, reflection

b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, Barcelona, catalunya, spain, mercat del encants, new encant market, mirror roof, reflection

b720 Fermin Vasquez Arquitectos, Barcelona, catalunya, spain, mercat del encants, new encant market, mirror roof, reflection

 

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