Dutch architect Mecanoo has designed "Marktkwartier (Market Meadow) Amsterdam" a redevelopment of the area around a food market close to Amsterdam’s centre.
Located between Jan van Galenstraat and Haarlemmerweg, Mecanoo has created a 200,000 sq m "varied residential programme" of 1,700 homes, catering to families, singles, students and seniors, located around a redesigned food centre.
Other features include a hotel, restaurants, an open-air events space, and a food lab hosting food-related education.
Mecanoo commented that the market had been used by shops and restaurants to buy groceries for decades, and that the area was in need of renovation.
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The market is based on a long quay between two canals, and will be halved in size by repurposing harbour basins, and will be flanked on two sides by six-storey residential blocks, with facades inspired by the existing buildings along Jan van Galenstraat.
The project is due to open in 2023.
Recently, Mecanoo won a competition for the Senezh Management LAB in Moscow, and another to design the world’s largest "artificial natural park".
Images courtesy of Mecanoo