Sant Antoni Market: Heritage and Restoration

Middle Density, Project, RavetllatRibas, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, Agency of Urban Organization, Archaeology, Barcelona, Heritage, Market, Project, Public Catalyst, Refurbishment, Restoration, Space-time relationship, Spain, Territorial Approach, Urban Paradigms

Photographer: Adrià Goula and Simón García

The Mercat de Sant Antoni building, designed by the architect Antoni Rovira i Trias and the engineer Josep M. Cororg i Mas in 1882, is one of the most iconic buildings in Barcelona’s Eixample district. It occupies an entire block and is shaped like a Greek cross, its geometry and dimensions typical of Eixample alignments. The central octagon, crowned with a large dome, is typical of an intersection from the Cerdà Plan.