Dutch studio Shift Architecture Urbanism has developed a model for a street food market where people can buy fresh produce without coming into contact with one another during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hyperlocal Micro Markets is a concept for a network of public markets, where customers can buy fruit and vegetables, dairy products, and meat and fish, without risking spread of coronavirus.
The design consists of 16-square grids that can be easily set up in the public squares of any town or city, allowing people to shop local while also following social distancing guidelines.
Hyperlocal Micro Markets is a concept for a network of public markets
Shift Architecture Urbanism developed the proposal in response to the decision made by many cities around the world ? including Rotterdam, where it is based ? to close or restrict their public markets. This is putting additional pressure on supermarkets, which can pose just as much of a contamination risk. Some people are having to wait in long queues to enter, only to find empty shelves when they eventually get in.
"Even with protective measures it seems very difficult if not impossible to rule out the risk of contamination in traditional fresh produce markets," said architects Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Oana Rades and Harm Timmermans.
These markets would allow customers to buy fresh produce while also following social distancing guidelines
"But this is also the case at the supermarkets that do stay open," they expla...