PROJECT: Contest for the New Fish Market of Pasaje.

CONTRIBUTORS: COTECNO 

LOCATION: Pasaia, Guipuzcua 

DATE: 2010

SPONSOR: PASAIA´S PORT AUTHORITY 

BUILDER: ______

BUDGET: _________

BUILT SURFACE: 24.850 M2

Considerating the conditions given by the port authority, the project has been designed with these characteristics:

1. The building must necessarily grow horizontally along the cliff without exceeding the gauge.

2. The pedestrian path on the cliff of the port, should be resolved without cause interference with fishing activity.

3. The development of the facade facing the Esnabide street must adopt a deformation in the form of folds or dilation.

4. The deformations in the lineal development of the plant, providing light to the whole building without disturb the performance of the fish market.

5. The facade of the bay is parallel to the trace of the cliff in order to prioritize the landing areas and necessary work to drive the fish into the building

6. The cover has been treat as the "fifth facade of the building" because would be perceived from the environment. It becomes a walking tour for people who want to see how the building without disturbing the function of the building.

7. In this pedestrian path the people would found a restaurant and serial of build spaces to use.

8. The project preserves the ice maker, becoming a backlit volume.

9. One the main priorities in the proposal have been to solve the problems of accessibility of goods and the need of new public parking areas.