Barcelona’s new wholesale flower market — Mercabarna-Flor — near the Barcelona International Airport was designed by
Willy Muller Architects.
The
most striking features of the new market are the multi-faceted angular
roof structure and the multi-colored outer shell inspired by an aerial
view of flower fields in full bloom.
The new complex — 15,000 square-meters of buildings on a 44,000
square-meter lot — houses three main sections, one for cut flowers, one
for plants and one for accessories. The location near the airport cargo
terminal is crucial to the flower business that relies on fast air
delivery of fresh flowers.
The impressive building joins a line-up of several much talked-about
new structures in Barcelona: Fira de Barcelona’s (Barcelona Fair
grounds) nine pavilions and two 114-meter towers designed by Japanese
architect Toyo Ito; Terminal Sur at the Barcelona Airport by
Barcelona’s own Ricardo Bofill; and the Hesperia Hotel and Towers by
the British Pritzker Prize winner, Richard Rogers.
Willy Muller’s Barcelona office is led by Muller, a native of
Argentina, and by Frenchman and associate architect, Frédéric Guillaud.
They also have an office in Brazil.
- Tuija Seipell
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