Mercado Artesanal en el centro de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The Artisan Market in Guayaquil is a site functioning for 37 years that supplies commercial and tourist needs to people coming from different provinces around the country and the world. Due to the increase of user demand evidenced in the last years, it plants as an objective to elaborate a project of the new “Artisan Market in the Center of Guayaquil” for the city. The design must represent the multicultural uniqueness of the four regions of Ecuador and promotes unified modular flexible spaces, allowing the users develop commercial, touristic and recreational activities in a comfortable and permeable area. The project of two levels counts with 240 modular commercial shops, 7 restaurants for use of visitors and personnel, 3 workshop classrooms for training courses, administration and complementary services. It has a structure of big lights where the circulation is not interrupted, and a first floor that integrates with the plazas, green areas, meeting zones and pedestrian circulation annexed that generate spaces for users to stay and exchange ideas. The roofs are conceived and located according to the spaces provided and their activities.