Alicia Peña Gomez - Master Thesis

PORTFOLIO master thesis Alicia Peña Gómez Architect

// MASTER THESIS // calification: 9/10

MADE IN LONDON

a lineal market in London’s suburbs November 2016

In the middle of a continuous growth of the city, the project seeks the empty spaces created by the train infrastructure in order to find its location. The different units take their place along the tracks creating public spaces that bring back together the existing urban pattern and the repetitive vault structure which supports the tracks. The neighbourhood benefits from these new public spaces available as well as from the economic activity reinforced by the new market developed.

The lineal market is set up in nine sites along the tracks. The plot adapts to each scenario according to the uses in each case in order to create an important network of services and economic activities.

As a result, we find three types of markets: daily market, specialized products market and productive activities market. Similarly, the variation in the location of the different modules creates three types of public spaces: public plaza in an open block, public plaza in the inner courtyard and park next to the tracks.

The systematic concept developed throughout the project ends up in a construction system based on manufactured materials and dry assembly so that costs can be reduced at the same time the construction can be shortened. The specific and detailed design of all the structural joints allows to make directs cuts to the material and then use only bolts and screws. In this way, steel plates are not required as the wood works by friction. The wooden coatings give to the architecture a warm finish inviting the visitors to stay.

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Master Thesis briefing video Different neighbourhoods share the same urban context: depressed areas with a strong sense of community. The video provides a quick overlook to the project and the population in Elephant and Castle.

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