Mateo Arquitectura

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona

Mateo Arquitectura

PHOTOS
Adrià Goula (5)

STATUS
Built

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain

TYPE
Commercial › Shopping Mall Supermarket

The market, since its origins, has been a large covered place. 

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula
Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula

We conserve and repair the beautiful structure that supports that roof.

Beneath, we dig into the site to introduce new services that complement sales activity: logistics, parking, installations.

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula
Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula
Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula

Rather than changing the visible volume, we change the surfaces that enclose it to improve the conditions of use and space, control the entrance of daylight and organize the adjacent urban space, integrating the presence of the outdoor stalls.

The interior is like a city. Two orthogonal axes (N-S and E-W) form the layout along which the stalls are organized, with the emphasis on their individuality.

A large open foyer space on Carrer de Mallorca receives visitors.

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula
Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula

It is a plaza leading into this virtual city of commerce.

The inside space, bathed in the milky light we filter in from the exterior, is a hive of activity.

On the outside, the skins with which we clothe the existing structure open as they reach the ground to offer produce.

Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula
Remodelling of El Ninot Market in Barcelona
© Adrià Goula

The market relates with the city by communicating its use; the streets and the plazas that are gained are places of exchange, not just of transit. 

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