COMPETITION EUROPAN 13
Team Leader Maria Anton
Team Members Beatriz Acon, Ismael Díaz Mingo
Location: Torrelavega,ES
Strategic site: 35.94 ha – Project site: 13.24 ha

Blur the limits between public and private space >> Create a system of public spaces and services >> Redraw the market’s fence >> Create a new public square in the space previous dedicated to the fire station >> Give part of the parking lot to the city >> Create new access and ramps>> Transform the market into a covered square

Create a research and fabrication lab – Industry 4.0 >> From Functional Infrastructure to Productive Cities>> Bring together Industry and University>> Facilitate resources to Torrelavega’s youth to innovate

Create a research and fabrication lab – Industry 4.0 >> From Functional Infrastructure to Productive Cities>> Bring together Industry and University>> Facilitate resources to Torrelavega’s youth to innovate

Torrelavega is a productive industrial town that is also characterized by the deeply rooted cattle farming traditions of the Cantabria Region. However, the scale of livestock farming is now smaller than in past times. The aim of this project is to refocus the National Cattle Market, maintaining its core activity while adapting it to productive, exhibition, leisure, cultural and other uses which will be integrated into the building and its environs. New activities will be generated to coexist with the main emblematic activity.

The project area is just south of the centre of Torrelavega. It is surrounded by consolidated residential areas including the Nueva Ciudad and El Zapatón districts, and is adjacent to Manuel Barquín Park. The site currently covers a vast area that exerts a barrier effect on circulations in the zone.

The project integrates and expands the existing parkland with the building and its plot in a way that enables the interior of the building to operate as an extension of this green zone for citizen enjoyment.