Figure 4-20 – Diagrams and visuals explaining design for Option 02 - Adaptive reuse of existing market

Option 02: Adaptive reuse of existing market

Adaptive reuse of old buildings has become an increasingly common feature of urban regeneration. The traditional design process is linear, and cost driven. New constructions consume an abundance of raw materials and increase carbon footprints. Adaptive and sustainable reuse of old buildings uses interconnections between environmental, economic, and ethical factors within the built environment. It is an integrated process which is comprehensive and inclusive and facilitates a cost efficient and design optimised result. This proposal looks at doing just that.

In this scenario the market site is generally articulated over three larger volumes aligned to the site perimeter. Along the NE-SW axis. An elongated courtyard framed by the two structures acts as a civic space - highly visible and accessible to all.

The carpentry workshop shed is the seminal item to be upgraded and re-used, it is the anchor of the regeneration scheme. This shed acts as the matrix for the arrangement of the massing on-site. The proposal doubles its size thanks to a sympathetic northern extension in keep with the gable roof profile. The remainder of the site it is re-developed following the site perimeter arrangement.

The ground floor it is entirely open with views penetrating toward the inner, elongated plaza and enriched with active frontages.

Key components include:

> Removing the boundary wall of shops opening up the existing site; > Retains the current carpentry workshop structure with superficial upgrade and reconfiguring the internal uses to create display spaces and demo workshop areas; > The remaining structures are new builds from sustainable materials; > Ground floor also includes amenity spaces including circulation space, central semi-open bazar, food and beverage, and sitting and relaxing spaces, retail; demo/ showroom also complement the ground floor uses by providing dedicated spaces for products display. > A plastics collection and melting point helps demonstrating potential for reuse and acts as a small income generator as well as a community facility. > Similarly to Option 01, the first and second floors benefit by an open-plan approach whereby retail pods, prefabricated off-site and installed in the market, accommodate non-perishable items, clothes and similar items. Merchandise can then be safely stored away at the end of the business day; > The third floor exclusively used as a food court with indoor and outdoor seating spaces providing the market an additional dimension and interest (elevated views) and adding character to the skyline of Wote Town; > It increases capacity of the current market by consolidating uses on multiple storeys (subject to feasibility study and market demand); > The interconnected plazas and new multi-use civic spaces at ground level can be used for pop-up events, and temporary markets. > Enhanced streetscape surrounding the market plot, particularly on the G42163 Junction-Wote Road, are widened and used as shared surfaces. > Hawkers/traders occupying the streets can now access either spaces in the market or use temporary stall in the plazas thanks to the proposed market upgrade.

Figure 4-20 – Diagrams and visuals explaining design for Option 02 - Adaptive reuse of existing market

Barclays Street

Procy Street

Posta Road

Source: Atkins Analysis