Stakeholders and Their Roles

Figure 9: Images showing the interior of the market both proposed and constructed

Source: B720 Acquitectos/Google images

Solid waste blocks the drainage channels commercial space with a main façade to the Meridiana avenue and the Glories square.

The remaining businesses in the market (formed by the other shops that are not at the street level) and the new supply and services that it has (restaurant, play centres, offices, multipurpose rooms…) have been located over this zero level while preserving the sense of connection with the street.

The cover, the principal component of urban recognition, protects commercial activities and reflects the city inside the market. Each modular structure has different inclinations to reflect light, atmosphere and landscape.

The project includes an underground car park with capacity for about 300 cars, loading area, storage area, locker, offices and other auxiliary services.

Easbank Public Market Architect: Gregory Swift (Student) Location: Portland, Oregon Client: City Council of Portland Background The Eastbank Public Market was an upper division studio project. The goal was to design a market for Portland that is similar to those found at Pike’s Market in Seattle and Quincy Market in Boston. The concept was centered on capturing and highlighting the energy at the corners of the site.

Design solutions The structure on the south exterior side of the building creates an outdoor space for the temporary seasonal farmers market. The structure has attachments where temporary canvas canopies can be attached to provide more cover to the vendors below. The social energy created by the activity here and at the corners draws people in from the surrounding area. The permanent interior stalls open into this space to allow people to easily flow between the two.

The interior courtyard created by the three buildings creates a covered indoor space for temporary, seasonal food stalls. The permanent indoor stalls open up into this space, allowing people to flow freely between the two. This space also has restaurant spaces on the upper floor with deck that overlooks the space below. The courtyard is covered by a glass canopy imbedded with solar cells.

The site model shows the buildings relationship with the Willamette River to the far left, the interstate highway system and the existing city infrastructure to the right.

Figure 11: Images showing views of the exterior and the internal courtyard

Figure 12: Images showing views of the outdoor market space and the site model

Context and site

Context and site

Why Kinawataka Market?

Kinawataka market serves the neighborhood of Kinawataka, Mbuya and some parts of Banda. (ACTogether, 2012) In addition to being important for the supply of food to the neighborhood, the market also employs more than 120 vendors and is therefore an important source of livelihood in the neighborhood.

However, it currently has a poor customer base due to lack of visibility, the deplorable state of the market stalls and narrow circulation passage ways. Kinawataka market also doesn’t live up to the standards for markets set by the KCCA. Therefore to meet the regulations and frameworks for markets and improve the livelihoods of the market vendors, there is need for this market to be upgraded. Why upgrade as opposed to resettle?

The aim of this project was to upgrade this market on the current site, as opposed to resettling the vendors working there to a new location. Because there are no other markets in close proximity to Kinawataka, relocating this market would have far reaching consequences ranging from increase in transport costs to loss of employment. On the other hand, a redevelopment would not only improve the livelihoods of the vendors as earlier mentioned, but would also reduce the pressure on the city centre, drawing residents away from the central markets and in turn catalyzing development in the immediate neighborhood. Site in the larger context

As earlier stated, the site is situated off Kampala-Jinja Highway along Kinawataka road in Nakawa Division which is located east of Kampala City traversed by Jinja road approximately 4 km from City centre. The division has one of the biggest fresh food markets in Kampala with a long history of being the arrival point of fresh foods from Eastern Uganda. It has 8 gazetted and 8 un-gazetted markets, Kinawataka Market falling in the latter category.

According to an enumeration survey NSDFU conducted in 2011, it was indicated that there are 1500 families living in Kinawataka, one of the biggest informal settlements in Kampala. The area is characterized by a mix of land uses, including residential, commercial and industrial uses.

A neighborhood study carried out within the immediate context indentified; •The major access routes onto the site: Kampala-Jinja highway and Kinawataka Road •The different nodes in the context: Transport node located on Jinja road and the activity node created by the existence of the market and other commercial activities along Kinawataka Road •The major traffic conflict points: At the junction branching off into Kinawataka Road, created by the increased truck parking and at the corner next to the site created by the existence of heavy truck, smaller vehicles, motorcycles and pedestrians on a the narrow Kinawataka Road

Nodes Traffic conflict points Access routes Neighborhood study