Tavira Fish Market
Requalification of the Tavira fish market — a waterfront facility, between the memory of its use and the new programme.
Year:
2024
Category:
Commercial Spaces
Location:
Tavira, Portugal
Area:
800 m²
Status:
Preliminary Design
Description
Proposal for the new Tavira fish market, developed as a competition entry, in strict compliance with the brief — setbacks, number of floors, ceiling height, façade alignments and layouts. The regulatory constraints were reinterpreted to build a contemporary image, integrated into its physical and social context.
The building is defined by a cubic volume clad in a semi-translucent material, set on a base of exposed concrete — almost transparent, merging with the horizon yet anchored by solid elements. Two stacked volumes rise to 4.85 m in height, with differing threshold levels that clearly separate the users' area from the quay and dispatch zone.
Intervention
- Competition entry faithful to the brief
- Semi-translucent cubic volume on an exposed concrete base
- Two threshold levels separating users from the quay and dispatch
- Contemporary architecture integrated into the riverfront
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