Reform and a new deck of the Mercat de Santa Caterina

The total reform of the Santa Caterina Market and public space that surrounds it is the first reform since the thirties, when the cover was renewed. The oldest market in Barcelona, was opened in 1848, when the city was still walled and services covered a good part of it.

Market reform has been affected by the act, at the start of the works, emerged archaeological remains of great importance, which have forced conduct research that inevitably have delayed the work. The draft expected to reshuffle the archaeological remains of the apse of the former convent of Santa Caterina can be visited once the market.

The final draft, prepared by the study of i Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT Arquitectes Associates), includes, in addition to the construction of what is proper for the Santa Caterina Market, an underground parking merchandise, parking lot of clients with direct access market and residential facilities for older people with capacity for 40 apartments, some next to a plaza. It was also installed central air collection of waste across the central sector of the Old Town.