PROJECT: TENDERING PROCESS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE WHOLESALE FOOD MARKET  IN PORTUGALETE

CONTRIBUTORS: JON MONTERO MADARIAGA Y NAIARA MONTERO VIAR ARCHITECTS / EPTISA ENGINEERING

LOCATION: Portugalete. Vizcaya.

DATE: March 2012

SPONSORS: SOCIEDAD URBANÍSTICA DE REHABILITACIÓN DE PORTUGALETE S.A. (SURPOSA)

BUILDER: ______

BUDGET: ______

BUILT SURFACE: 3.996 m²

Having thoroughly analyzed the area, we decided to preserve the function of market, reducing the number of market stalls, but also seems appropriate to give the building a series of rooms designed to a social and cultural use, linking them directly with the market. Therefore, the proposal also has an auditorium in the basement, some enterprise incubators on the first floor and dynamic restoration areas on the first floor that support the marketing program. Also on the first floor is an area of ​​training available to the council. Our proposal for this area would be to create a space dedicated to the culture of the kitchen, fully linked with the market, where leading chefs could teach people of the county or other visitors or where they can make even cooking shows. And thanks to the creation of the conference areas in the basement, these uses might work on a large scale, being a large claim and not just for the building and the area, but also for Portugalete and the province. Therefore, we want to provide the city council with these proposals:

• Provide the Village with facilities that it doesn’t have up to now.

• Recover the use of the market, but on a smaller scale.

• Ensure that this building will become a place of leisure and culture for the city council.

• Enhance and add value to the area thanks to this intervention.

Furthermore, the more important concepts in our project for this building and surroundings are:

• Improve the performance of the property with new vertical cores.

• The introduction of a new floor (second floor) to enrich the use of enterprise incubators.

• Try to provide this market with an underground car park.

• Raise the height of the square to the height of ground floor to get a better connection between public space and the market, even can be unified them at certain times, like weekend market stalls…