Architectural Design Competition | Fish market in Bergen, Norway | Kjellgren Kaminsky Architechture

The Bergen municipality launched a competition to design a new building on the towns major central marketplace. This was our proposal. By collecting all functions in a compact building with a small footprint the square can be used as a public space in the future as today. The resulting big open market space gives opportunities to different types of activities such as temporary markets, meeting point, outside bars, exhibition spaces, light installations etc. The public room reaches into the building and to the the balcony on the top floor which is public. Here visitors are given a beautiful view over the market space and the harbour!.....more

Bursa Wholesale Vegetable Market | Turkey | Tuncer Cakmakli Architects

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The requirements of this 50.000m² wholesale market facility called for orchestrating the continuous movement of vehicles, produce, waste, and 5000 daily visitors.
Text and images from:Tuncer Cakmakli Architects

Garak Fish Market | Seoul, Korea | 2009 | Emergent Architecture

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"The Garak Fish Market is the largest wholesale market in Korea. It covers 54 hectares or 540,000 square meters of land and is one kilometer long. This project, undertaken with Chang-jo Architects, was an invited competition intended to explore the future of the development of the market and in particular, how it could become more integrated with the city and the surrounding neighborhoods. Of particular concern was the visual chaos and smell associated with the market, and whether or not some type of enclosure was warranted.

Our point of departure was to split the site into two zones, one ‘natural’ and one ‘urban’. The West area, adjacent to the Tan Stream, is to be developed into wetland preserve and leisure area. The displaced market program is stacked onto the Eastern side of the market creating a hyper-dense, two-level organization. The intention is to urbanize the market by stemming its organic sprawl and creating sectional properties."

Building Type:Wholesale fish and vegetable market

Office:EMERGENT

Principal:Tom Wiscombe

Project Partner:Chang-jo Architects

Project Team:Chris Eskew, Bin Lu, Ryan Macyausk,Cody Derra

Besiktas Fish Market, Istanbul By GAD

"Located in one of Istanbul’s most populated and diverse neighborhoods, Besiktas is an eclectic area with a village-like atmosphere that is in the process of urban renewal. The Besiktas Fish Market is located on a triangular site. It is an iconic venue where many locals and visitors buy fresh fish daily. The construction of the old fish market was in very poor shape and needed to be replaced"....GAD

Mercabarna Flor/Flower Market-Willy Muller Architects

Architects: Willy Müller Architects
Location: Mercabarna, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Principal in Charge: Willy Müller
Associate Architect: Frédéric Guillaud
Project Team: Caterina Morna,Rupert Maurus (modelos 3D), Isabella Pintani, Valeria Santoni, Bruno Louzada, Francisco Villeda, Iris cantante, Marco Loperfido, Mara Cascais, Sabine Bruinink, Mario Perez Botero
Collaborators: Sérgio Pinto, Ricardo Amaral, Joana Lagès, Anne-Irène Valais, Christof Larbig, Jean-baptiste Scharffhausen, Deborah Schor, Jetske Kox, Andre Mota, Andres Ferner, Kelly Hendricks, Christian Lasch, Martin Ober-Hascher, Anja Summermatter, Kelly Klein, Gilda Camacho, Sérgio Ramos, Elke Gall
Structure Consultant: Area 5
Contractor: Iconsa
Project year: 2005/2008
Constructed Area: 15,000 sqm
Model Photographs: Adria Goula Sarda
Photographs: Jordi Puig, Ricardo Loureiro
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