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el born market
Daniel Molina, Antoni Rovira i Trias (first project) Josep Fontserè, Josep M. Cornet i Mas (definitive project and construction) rem / a mp Pere Espinosa, 1977-1979 re s t / rec J. Pascual, E. Soria, R. de Cáceres (Competition 1998). Remodeling as
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a library. Under construction.
This project is one of the most important local examples of the application of the new iron technology. Drawing on an original scheme by Rovira i Trias, Fontserè, the architect in charge of construction, brings together in El Born, the old central fish market, a wish to combine a rigorously hierarchical constructional order with the use of artisanally produced elements (as seen in the use of ceramic materials for the enclosures and the roof). A precise structure based on metal trusses and cast pillars (due to the engineer Cornet i Mas) disposes the whole in the form of two main naves and four subsidiary ones, achieving a rectangle that is perfectly adjusted to the perimeter of the site.