Nuevo Mercado Barcelona, Spain
Market, Cafe, & Public Park
     The Nuevo Mercado, located in the Eixample district of Barcelona in Spain, embodies the history of the market typology in the city while providing modern convenience, both reflected in the formal language and program orientation. The open-air market is recessed on the site, responding to the grid lines of the irrigation systems originally located in this neighborhood that has left vestiges in the lot lines and parti-walls on surrounding blocks. The surrounding park space provides social leisure space and a play areas for patrons and residents, whether coming to buy groceries for tonight's dinner or simply passing through to visit with friends at the street-side cafe.