Article source: Miquel mariné+césar rueda boné

The old marketplace of Alcañiz has not been home to a market for some years, but now it has once again become a part of the town square, an area for socializing, passing time, and education. The enormous space inside the building has been reconnected to its environment via the introduction of a newly built element. Independent of the existing structure, it is an exercise of occupation strategic, respectful and reversible. Its two levels are enclosed within a homogenous and continuous skin.

Image Courtesy José Hevia

• Architects: Miquel mariné + césar rueda boné
• Project: Refurbishment of an old Marketplace
• Location: Plaza del Mercado, Alcaniz, Spain
• Collaborators: Eduard González Mataró y Cristina MoretaBurch, architects
• Photographs: José Hevia

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