Barcelo Market

"K2T Wisata"

The vision for the Barcelo Market and its environment is in fact the sum of various different innovations: an urban complex featuring elements of differing scale and function which are required to transform quite remarkably a densely inhabited and central zone of Madrid. The Temporary Market has been conceived as a recyclable complex which, despite its provisional nature, is able to prompt a new perception of its urban surroundings. Situated in Plaza del Arquitecto Ribera, on top of an underground car park, the idea of the project evokes traditional markets in public squares consisting in self-contained structures on a single level which can be used in a variety of different ways. Given the need of hosting the many stalls of the former market, the complex is made of six pentagonal constructions, of different heights and sizes, thus avoiding excessive volume with respect to the surrounding buildings.