Configuration of an Architectural Model by Rehabilitation of the Exterior Space Combinations of Street Markets with Dynamic Usage of Screens

Abstract

The aim of the study is to create an architectural model configuration for rehabilitation of the spatial combinations in street markets with dynamic usage of screens which redefine the spatial layers of retail and circulation spaces and to offer a suggestion for this configuration to trigger spatial interaction processes. In this context, by evaluating the literature data of the prominent figures (authors?) studying street markets, examining how the related themes present common intersection areas and in which contexts they overlap, publications touching on the ability of digital media components to play a role as components in the spatial configuration of street markets constitute the conceptual and practical scope of the study. Therefore, the following street markets are aimed to be addressed: Ballarò Market (Palermo, Italy), Maltby Street Market (London, UK), Market Day (Sarlat, France), Mathallen (Oslo, Norway), Markthalle Neun (Berlin, Germany), Mercado de San Miguel (Madrid, Spain), Mercato Centrale (Florence, Italy), Östermalms Saluhall (Stockholm, Sweden), Belvarosi Piac (Budapest, Hungary), Mercado da Ribeira (Lisbon, Portugal). The findings of the study show that spatial transformation processes provided through dynamic horizontal components of screens create social intersection areas, unlike conventional space production processes. These intersection areas trigger a dynamic series of spatial solutions and bring into question the role of screen modules in the use of space in cities for the formation of new spaces. Consequently, for rehabilitation of the spatial combinations, data obtained from decisive points in the work of pioneering figures (authors?) give rise to the need for the configuration of an architectural model. This need provides a basis for the potential of open, semi-open and closed spaces to be incorporated into the functioning of street markets through dynamic usage of screens, which will be created by a series of media components in different sizes and arrangements for the ground and upper layers.