Mercat del Peix Research Center, Barcelona Building, Spanish Design
Mercat del Peix Research Center in Barcelona
12 Jan 2023
Design: ZGF Architects
Location: Marina Port Vell, Barcelona, Catalunya, north east Spain

Renders: ZGF
Mercat del Peix Research Center, Spain
A jury has selected ZGF Architects with its Barcelona-based teammates MIRAG/Double Twist as the architectural competition winner for the design of the net-positive Mercat del Peix Research Center whose visionary transdisciplinary research is anticipated to foster new fields of knowledge and approaches to planetary well-being. The new laboratory, the Mercat del Peix Research Center, will unite global experts in the experimental sciences, social sciences, and humanities to address the world?s most complex and vexing challenges related to the future of our planet, including biodiversity loss and climate change economics and governance.
?Together with our partners at MIRAG/Double Twist, ZGF brings our expertise in sustainable laboratory design to create a net-positive home for the world?s most impactful planetary-health research,? said Ted Hyman, Managing Partner of ZGF. ?As a competition team, our expertise combines an understanding of the culturally important site and the complexities of building sustainable laboratories. It will result in a project reflective of the world-changing initiatives that will happen inside.?
The caliber of research and knowledge transfer anticipated for this world-class hub drew a rem...