The International Design Practice Aidia Studio has managed a wave -like vault roof with green details about a market in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
The 7,700 square meter meter (82,882 square meters) Mercado Nicolás Bravo is characterized by a series of inverted roof shapes that sail on a 3.2 hectare website on the Yucatan Peninsula.
“The project is proof of our commitment to a resistant architectural approach and prioritize construction techniques and materials that ensure minimal maintenance throughout the building of the building,” said Aidia Studio, which has offices in London and Mexico city.
The market, which was completed in 2024, is aimed at enabling the local community with handicrafts, as well as a place where tourists who visit the areas of archaeological sites near Maya offer fresh products.
The market is part of a program financed by the government to improve the underdeveloped Mexican communities and establish a connection between the tourism industry and the needs of the less than 5,000 inhabitants of Nicolás Bravo.
The studio arranged 50 market stalls in 14 closed blocks on an 8-meter grid with an 8-meter grid.
The building doubles as a community center for cultural events and educational workshops and was built with four elements: a light steel structure, reinforced converts and parapets, concrete blocks and clay bricks.
The masonry and concrete are pigmented with a natural sand color, which runs out the light olive green tone of the ornamental and market doors and continues the colors of the surrounding palm trees on the entire market.
The wavy roof, which comes from a series of hyperbolic paraboloid shapes, is increased over the market stalls like a tree tachino.
“This not only reflects our commitment to finding the form for architectural aesthetics and structural integrity, but also integrates a biophilic design philosophy and seamlessly combines the structure with its natural environment,” said the studio.
Toning bricks are placed on the metal structure, whereby the multidirectional curvature of the roof sections meets.
The courses run in alternating directions and create a structured network within the diagonal structural lines.
The roof is raised on the corners and directs rainwater to inner downward pipes that run down the columns and not on a perimeter channel system.
The columns consist of four square metal pieces that are connected in a light cluster.
The blocks are diagonally divided into four symmetrical triangles, which can be configured in displays, kitchens and toilets.
Brick hikes stretch under the roof and mark themselves from the square gardens that follow the rhythm of the market stalls.
The Mercado Nicolás Bravo is the latest constructions by Aidia Studio of sail -like roof structures in Mexico. Previously, the studio raised a zigzag metal roof over a sports rib stand and led a community center with a number of concrete barrels, both in Oaxaca.
The team also completed a conceptual design for a Tulum station, which was shaded by a curved, shell-like lattice roof.
The photography comes from Andrés Cedillo.
Project loan:
Architect: AIDIA studio
Main architects: Rolando Rodriguez Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Project coordination: José Luis Mulás
Project team: Alexis Escalante, Mariano González, Nitzen Magaña, Emilio Vásquez
Civil engineering: Project & Calc
Customer: Secretary of agricultural, territorial and urban development