Case Study For

Market Square
(Matamoros Market)
BY:
Rahaf Bashaireh

Dr.Lara Al-shawawreh
What is the Market Square?
The market square is an open area where market
stalls are traditionally set up for trading, usually one
day a week.

It usually consists of a rectangular or square area,

and sometimes it is an expansion in the main street,
surrounded by many mm commercial buildings and
hotels
Matamoros Market:

Area Architects
2868m² Colectivo C733

Year
2020
Location

Mexico
Matamoros
Site plan

Main street
Sun Bath

24 feb 2022 24 May 2022

Time:10:30 am Time: 10:30 am
24 Apr 2022
Time: 10:30 am
Climate
The Concept

The shopping centre was conceived for a competition calling for

prototypes for public facilities in the country's vulnerable areas.

Mexico City's Colectivo C733 created a design that is

intended to be durable, flexible and partly prefabricated.
For these reasons, we considered three main design
strategies; the first, the constructive criteria: where we
rationalize the use of civil works by fifty percent and the rest
we leave it to light prefabrication
, the second, the response to material flexibility to the place
and the last:the versatility to its spatial spirit. Recognizing the
haulage, the changes in population density as a result of
migration, and the lack of resources in infrastructure in the
areas to be intervened, were the axis to imagine a public space
of varied use accompanied by green areas and recreation.
The Concept

Background ;Markets are more

than simple spaces for buying and
selling for daily supplies, they are a
synthesis of the culture and history
of a region as well as of the
commercial relations with its
neighbors.
Historically; not only products have
arrived at these sites but also uses
and customs, artistic forms,
knowledge, and different ways of
seeing the world.
The Concept

Vernacular constructions in the northeast

of the country naturally have a defensive
and resource-saving character:
security, climate, heat, and lack of
humidity were reflected in solid
archetypes, in massive proportions.
The Concept

Matamoros in the northeast of Mexico experiences long, hot

summers, with temperatures reaching the mid-30s. To make
buildings habitable in hot weather, architecture in the region
often features dense façades to protect the interior from direct
sunlight, and inner patios for natural shading and thermal
control.

This wall, low in height and made of red brick, acquires its
rigidity due to the divisions of the premises in the manner of
buttresses and creates the entrance hallways to the heart of
the portico.
The Concept

The roof structures also act as skylights

The building's distinctive roof is composed of inverted,
trapezoid-shaped modules that the designers refer
to as "umbrellas’’
enabling daylight to be funnelled to the market below, while
also allowing for the escape of heat .

The exterior is made of brick, which provides insulation. The

interior layer, which faces the sky, is wrapped in light-toned,
galvanized sheet metal – a material well suited for rainwater
harvesting and heat
reflection
The Concept

The roof slope is calculated to reduce load-bearing and allow

proper runoff for water and snow," the team
.said
Under the roof modules are orange-coloured pillars that are
spaced nice metres apart, and form a
hypostyle gallery within the market. The whole system is
designed to withstand hurricanes and flooding
the oasis is a garden sensitive to local
conditions, in this case, a low-maintenance
swamp garden that is watered from the
retainment of water and that unfolds on
the main facades penetrating the building.
A flexible space that in time will increase its
green to promote natural shadows, thermal
mattresses, and spaces of silence
Materials

Red Brick
It is characterized by its
rigidity due to the
divisions of the building
on the way of the pillars
Materials

Metle
frame
Materials

The canopy system relies on a

three demenisional metal structure
in the form of trapezoid , previously
manufactured hollow from inside
the angles of inclination :
1.worked the load
2. Perfect water and snow flow
Plan
space

7 1 Loading and
6 unloading
5 area
4 2 Machine room
8 3 Storge
4
3
1 4 store
2 5 Management

6 Bath room
7 Laundry room
8 Garden
Circulation
Interior Shots
Elevations
Entrance

North Elevation

South Elevation
Section A-A

Machine room Storge

Section B-B

Loading and unloading

Garden area
Section C-C

Shope area
Garden

Machine room
 Structure system

1.Metal structure covered with

red brick
2. Brick retaining walls
Design principles :

Symmetry variety
 Conclusion
Advantages:
Use of the courtyard in the building . .1
Using more than one type of building construcation inside .2
building
Garden inside building .3
Use insulation materials .4
Use of indoor spaces for other activities .5

Disadvantages :
There is no parking .1