EMBT Architects - Mercat Santa Caterina

Join my PAGE on Facebook: Join my GROUP too: #!/groups/ EMBT Architects - (2005) - Mercat Santa Caterina (Barcelona, Spain) Wonderful Mercat Santa Caterina [] strikes a magical balance between local producers and consumers, contemporary architecture and tourism. There is happiness around, a blaze of colors and lights, a celebration of cheering and smiling people, voices and gestures that express agreement and participation. The Avenida Cambó [41°23’11N-02°10’40E], the area where the project is located, is an isolated fragment from the main lines of the urban tissue then returns to life after years of isolation and marginalization. The project, begun as restoration of the old market, has expanded to include the redevelopment of the entire district on an urban scale, the proposal sought by designers EMBT architects (Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue [http: