29 CASCAIS MARKET
The proposal to renovate cascais market as a centralizing and organizer pole of economical and cultural activities in the city,was based on the following data: its great centrality and accessibility to the historical center, the relations between the neighborhood and the urban park of Ribeira das Vinhas and finally the future relations with the predicted light metro on the surface.
As the proposal developed it was clear that the consolidation of a unity Market/Park would be fundamental, to create a strong identity for the new market.
As a result, the renovation of the market as a public space and it's transition to the predicted Urban Park of Ribeirinha das Vinhas, is considered to be the main key of the project.
The main factor that defined this project was the substitution of the original structure that supported the open space market by an 80 metre pergola, with an irregular width defined by open space, between trees of great dimension(plantanes and cedars).
This pergola closes the west market square and functions as an entrance to the urban park facing north
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