Marti Miralles Arquitectes
DeveloperAYUNTAMIENTO DE PALMA
LocationPalma de Mallorca
Project2009
Floor area16,515 m²
The proposal answers the desire to restore the public space by extending the pedestrianized area around the market surroundings, highlighting this unique space in the urban fabric of the whole area. The proposal includes work on the outside spaces where the open-air market is held; adjacent squares and streets, which stimulate the life and economic activity of the neighbourhood.
The new market building will efficiently resolve the clash between the movement of goods and parking with the pedestrianization of the urban space, at the same time providing a building with energy, environmental and comfort technology levels in line those required in new buildings.
We have grouped the different spatial requirements into one building, located in the same place as the current market. The inside of the market building, its offices, the youth centre, multi-use room, library and crèche are housed together in one overarching shape. The building envelope is transparent to the floor and permeable, allowing continuity between the square and the interior of the market. On the first basement level there are entrances to the car park and an area to be used exclusively by the market for the movement of goods, storage for stallholders and facilities rooms. The car park is situated on the second and third basement levels.
The new market building will efficiently resolve the clash between the movement of goods and parking with the pedestrianization of the urban space, at the same time providing a building with energy, environmental and comfort technology levels in line those required in new buildings.
We have grouped the different spatial requirements into one building, located in the same place as the current market. The inside of the market building, its offices, the youth centre, multi-use room, library and crèche are housed together in one overarching shape. The building envelope is transparent to the floor and permeable, allowing continuity between the square and the interior of the market. On the first basement level there are entrances to the car park and an area to be used exclusively by the market for the movement of goods, storage for stallholders and facilities rooms. The car park is situated on the second and third basement levels.
