MARKET COMPETITION

Project competition for the new market of Bon Pastor.

The proposal for the new market of Bon Pastor understands the building as a hinge between Sant Adrià street and the other minor public buildings and the surrounding streets that appear between the apartment buildings of the area.

For the new market, it intends a one-storey simple structure with metal pillars that support a lightweight flat roof; the most visible part of the building which also has two underground floors for storing and parking.

Under the large flat roof of the building are organized the different spaces of collective use which relate between them and the surrounding depending on the function and the privacy level they need: the shopping area is linked to the main street and a passage to the streets behind is created. The supermarket, which is less permeable, is located in one corner of the building.

The facade has two layers: one glazed in the interior and another one in the exterior made with horizontal wooden slats that appear and disappear depending on the privacy level of each space of the market.

While the exterior is sober, the interior is coated with colorful panels that emulate the liveliness of the market shops.