African project
City markets – Senegal
market places
negal
ts, who are also the Young Architect Award Winners of 2015, are designing
designed with the request of the Senegalese Government, aim to organize the
13 different locations of the country.
and sites across the country in a total of 13 locations. The main starting point of
the project is to create a modular and flexible design built with local and modest
materials, keeping in mind the socio-economical factors of the community and with
an awareness of local climate conditions and requirements.
Variations according to site-specific needs
The basic module of the market is a 5x7m shop unit which can be diversified in
terms of storeys and materials, and can be reproduced in various numbers according
to the site-specific needs. The shop unit is proposed to be constructed by steel
frame for fast and easy implementation, to be prefabricated and mounted on site.
The coating of these units can be either bricks, which is a local material widely used
or dry process panels, according to the preferences. The shop front can also be
diversified according to different needs: the shop can have a glass shop window, a
metal/bamboo shutter folding sideways with a free shop entrance or a fixed counter
at the entrance of the shop with a shutter folding up.
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