Mercado del Born Square / Vora Arquitectura

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Barcelona, Spain
  • Architect In Charge: Pere Buil, Toni Riba
  • Design Team: Adrià Guardiet, Miquel Camps, Jordi Riba, Eva Cotman, Ondrej Fabian
  • Engineers: PCG arquitectura e ingeniería
  • Vegetation Project: Josep Selga
  • Archaeology: Isidre Pastor
  • Building Coordination Architects: Toni Riba
  • Building Coordination Engineers: Federico Giacomelli
  • City: Barcelona
  • Country: Spain
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© Adrià Goula

Text description provided by the architects. The urbanization of the streets surrounding the old Born Market has the goal to respond to needs and potentials, which an opening of a renovated building like Born Cultural Center will generate in public space.

Mercado del Born Square / Vora Arquitectura - Facade, Windows, Arch, Arcade
© Adrià Goula

Connectivity and permeability.

Traffic in the Comerç Street infront of the market has been eliminated and the pedestrian space was included in the continuum of the rest of the district, up to the limit of the Citadel Park.

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© Adrià Goula
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Centrality and identity

There has been created a vacuum around the building to highlight its monumentality. The paving is an element of connection to history and memory of the place.

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Site Plan

Flexibility and functionality

The project was defined with the premise to promote maximum diversity of uses. With the launch of BornCC the current uses were intensified and new ones appeared. The open space, the single platform and the character of the plaza strengthen this diversity.

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Address:Mercat del Born, 08003 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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Cite: "Mercado del Born Square / Vora Arquitectura" 29 May 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/634071/entorno-mercado-del-born-vora> ISSN 0719-8884

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