26 BARREIRO MARKET | COMPETITION, FIRST PRIZE
The contest aimed to redefine the functions of the old market building, as well as its connection with the urban park adjacent to it.
A variety of possibilities were presented by the basic program of the contest: the relocation of the market to another area of the city, preserving the building for other purposes; the demolition of the building and the construction of another structure with a greater number of functions: the preservation of the current market and the construction of a new one, to allow the modernization of the equipment and of the current functions.
The intervention project is based on the notion that the current market, as well as its function, have a crucial role in the commercial dynamics of the city centre and, subsequently, should be intensified.
Complementing the existent market, we suggest, in a strategy of addition, the construction of a new building with the following functions: fish market, multipurpose room, restaurants and terraces. It will be in this combination of the two buildings that the new 1º de Maio Market will emerge.
In the connections between the two buildings, two public spaces of different features were defined: the Square and the Park. In both outdoor areas, the intervention proposes the continuation of the activities of the interior markets, such as weekend open air markets and fairs.