NonA Weekly: TRADING HUBS 🛍️
Hey there, design enthusiasts! 🤩
It’s a bustling symphony of sights 👀, sounds 🔊, and scents 👃. Under the open sky 🌤️, each stall forms a part of a bigger puzzle, and together, they create an enduring monument 🏛️ of human interaction and enterprise – the street market.
Street markets are not just commercial hubs 💼, they are living, breathing organisms 🌿 that have grown organically, adapting to the socio-cultural fabric of their cities 🏙️. Each market tells a unique story 📖 about its people, their traditions 🎎, and their needs. They are an integral part of the city’s infrastructure, contributing to the urban landscape in ways no other structures do 🏗️.
For architects, street markets offer an endless source of inspiration 💡 and challenge 🧩. They require a delicate balance of functionality and aesthetics 🎨, of tradition and innovation 💡, of individuality 🚶 and unity 🤝. They stand as testaments to how design can shape community interactions, enhance local economies 💰, and adapt to changing urban environments 🌱.
1. HISTORY OF MARKETS
Markets became not only a place for buyers and sellers to do their jobs, but a PLACE where people can come freely and socialize and interact with each other.
2. THE IDEA AND EVOLUTION OF BAZAARS
Bazaars have always been a centre of social, economic, and cultural exchange. Over a period of time, the CONCEPT of Bazaars has changed in its spatial arrangement and offerings
3. THE HISTORY OF MARKETS REVEALS A LOT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
Want to understand global socioeconomic trends and your role within them? Just look to the history of how we buy groceries. Ancient food MARKETS played a significant role in the development of local economies and also contributed to the social fabric of communities.
4. STREET MARKETS ARE PART OF OUR URBAN CULTURE
These street MARKETS have grown organically with their towns and cities and quite often are better known than the towns they are located in, such is their iconic status.
5. STREET MARKETS: ADAPTING TO SURVIVE THE INTERNET AGE
Street markets have had to EVOLVE as town and city centres face challenges from out-of-town shopping, the growth of supermarkets, the birth of online retail, and economic cycles.
6. THE SPATIAL LOGIC OF STREET MARKETS
Street markets are a fundamental part of CITIES. They are present in most cities around the world, and play an essential role not only as centers for the supply of produce to lower class populations , but also as vital spaces for social cohesion and community strengthening.
Stay creative and see you all next week 👋
Daniela
