This market in Mexico is a solid case study for passive cooling and post-occupancy
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Location
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Designer
Client
SEDATU (Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano)
Floor Area
2,868 sq-m
Structural Engineering
Gabinete de Ingeniería de Estructuras Especiales S.C.
Electrical, Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering
Enrique Zenón
Landscape Architecture
Hugo Sánchez Paisaje
For the design of a flexible market on the outskirts of Mexico’s Matamoros city, Colectivo C733 looked to local vernacular constructions that help to combat the hot climate and l
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