Mercado del Born Square / Vora

Architects: Vora
Location: Mercat del Born, 08003 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Architect In Charge: Pere Buil, Toni Riba
Design Team: Adrià Guardiet, Miquel Camps, Jordi Riba, Eva Cotman, Ondrej Fabian
Area: 14000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Adrià Goula

Engineers: PCG arquitectura e ingeniería
Budget Control: PCG arquitectura e ingeniería
Lighting Project: Anoche
Vegetation Project: Josep Selga
Arqueology: Isidre Pastor
Contractor: Copisa
Building Coordination Architects: Toni Riba
Building Coordination Engineers: Federico Giacomelli

From the architect. The urbanization of the streets surrounding the old Born Market has the goal to respond to needs and potentials, which an opening of a renovated building like Born Cultural Center will generate in public space.

Connectivity and permeability.

Traffic in the Comerç Street infront of the market has been eliminated and the pedestrian space was included in the continuum of the rest of the district, up to the limit of the Citadel Park.

Centrality and identity

There has been created a vacuum around the building to highlight its monumentality. The paving is an element of connection to history and memory of the place.

Flexibility and functionality

The project was defined with the premise to promote maximum diversity of uses. With the launch of BornCC the current uses were intensified and new ones appeared. The open space, the single platform and the character of the plaza strengthen this diversity.