A new urban front. Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro

21/09/2021. [Vila Nova de Famalicão] Portugal
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The rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão, a Portuguese city in the district of Braga, consisted of the intervention of the existing building and the construction of a new metal structure designed by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

The premise of the rehabilitation has been to enhance the architectural character of the market and improve the existing conditions ensuring the capacity to meet the needs of the permanent and cyclical market.

Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.

Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.

Ground floor plan. Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

First floor plan. Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

Roof plan. Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

Section C2. Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

Section C3. Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

Section C1. Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro.

Rehabilitation of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro. Photograph by Ivo Tavares Studio.

The project by Rui Mendes Ribeiro allows the opening of a new urban front, where the main building is formed by three contiguous rectangular bodies, with a turret with the coat of arms of the city.

The main volume was maintained and rehabilitated. The new metal structure has a cladding that ensures the shading and waterproofing of the space and has as a reference the pre-existing triangular module of the pre-existing turret.

Description of project by Rui Mendes Ribeiro

Historical Background

Opened on September 21st of 1952, the construction of the Famalicão Municipal Market had a dual purpose: on one hand to decongest the old fairgrounds (nowadays D. Maria II Square) and on the other hand to make a more pleasant space with better hygienic conditions.

After a golden period, the Market presented itself, at the date of the intervention, as an obsolete space without a dynamic capacity to attract new and diversified consumers.

Urban Context

The main building consists of three contiguous rectangular bodies, with a turret that bears the City's coat of arms, which marks the transition between D. Maria II Square and Capitão Manuel Carvalho Street.

At a higher elevation, the access to the Market's courtyard (Square) is made through two entrances - to the North, by the captain Manuel Carvalho Street and to the West, by the D. Maria II Square. The courtyard, at a lower level, was supported by three buildings in which was sold meat, fish and fruit.

The main volume, which was maintained and rehabilitated in the architectural Project, takes form of a broken line in blueprint, but in a higher level it accompanies the street front. The interior spaces are occupied by several commercial establishments (street stores).

Concept

The intervention on the Famalicão Municipal Market aimed its rehabilitation, with the premise of enhancing its architectural character and improving the existing conditions.

Thus, in addition to the intervention on the existing building, a new metallic structure was built, guaranteeing the ability to meet the needs of the permanent and cyclical Market and still allow the opening of a new urban front to Marechal Humberto Delgado Avenue and Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square.

The coating of this new body guarantees the shading and waterproofing of the space and has as reference the pre-existing triangular module of the turret, which also allows a greater integration in the surroundings.

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Architects

Rui Mendes Ribeiro Arquitecto.

Collaborators

Engineering.- Gepectrofa.

Client

Famalicão City Hall.

Builder

Famaconcret, lda.

Area

3,748.20 sqm.

Dates

2021.

Location

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal.

Photography

Ivo Tavares Studio.

Rui Mendes Ribeiro

Rui Mendes Ribeiro, architect by the University of Lusíada and founder of Rui Mendes Ribeiro Arquitectura.

Main projects developed.-

- Youth House of Vila Nova de Famalicão;
- Bairro EB School, VNF
- One-stop shop for citizenship, VNF
- Famalicão MadeIn Business Incubator, Riopele, VNF
- Refurbishment of the Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão
- Headquarters of the Vermoim Parish Council, Vila Nova de Famalicão

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A new urban front. Municipal Market of Vila Nova de Famalicão by Rui Mendes Ribeiro

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