Town of Fuengirola, Spain Unveils its Plan for a New Indoor Environmentally Friendly Marketplace

Fuengirola, a town on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, has just put out to bid the construction of a new Mercacentro covered market. The project has a budget of 13 million euros and an execution period of just 18 months. The 11,000-square-metre centre, which will include underground parking, will have three entrances leading to the main commercial area, which will consist of 39 market stalls. The first floor will be reserved for bars and restaurants, while a roof-top terrace will be installed on the second floor.

The new building, will be located in the old market area in Avenida Alcalde Clement Diaz Ruiz, has been designed by the consortium of Verdasco Arquitectos + Gonzales + Getinsa, who have presented a plan to construct the facility with cross-laminated timber system (CLT), which they note is considered one of today’s most environmentally friendly construction materials.

According to the designers, the new building will meet all of the EU’s directives, such as sustainability and ecological quality, as well as the A energy rating, which will render it a nearly zero emission building (NZEB).