African Design Magazine September 2016 | Page 51

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. africandesignmagazine.com 51