A group of designers known as Colectivo C733 has completed a brick shopping centre in northern Mexico topped with roof volumes that bring in daylight and allow hot air to escape.
Matamoros Market takes its name from the city where it is located ? Matamoros, in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas ? where it is set in a residential area on the outskirts.
Matamoros Market has a modular roof
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. The collective consists of Gabriela Carrillo, Carlos Facio, Eric Valdez, Israel Espín and José Amozurrutia.
Colectivo C733 designed the roof to provide ventilation While envisioning their proposal, the designers were influenced by a historic market in their local city.
"Designed in the manner of a plaza including a garden, the project recalls the old market of Mexico City, El Parián, built in 1688 where the Zócalo square now is," said the studio.
Rectangular in plan, Matamoros Market consists of corridors and rows of stalls organised around a central courtyard. The building is set back from the street to make way for gardens and outdoor gathering space.
The market has a brick exterior
The perimeter wall is made of red brick, which helps protect the interior from solar heat gain ? an important consideration given that temperatures in Ma...