Belsh Market

The area has a composite agricultural character which includes residential and eco-tourism constructions. The terrain where it will be built has in the first part a moderate slope which is rising towards the lake located in the west. The greenery and trees located in the area will be preserved.

-Use of advanced technologies

The use of advanced technologies will be present during the design and implementation process. The process of both market management and services will be performed based on a digital platform which will coordinate the basic processes and at the same time will accumulate data for the automatic improvement of the services provided.

-Accessibility and mobility

Accessibility and mobility should be an experience in itself, creating diversity, not only as a functionality but also as an experience. The principle of universal access will be applied at all stages of planning. The goal is to create a market for all ages including and those with disabilities.

Within the market the movement will be only pedestrian aiming to create a market with a high level of social interaction, free from cars as well as the maximum reduction of areas occupied by infrastructure elements emphasizing its integration with nature around.

The application of intensive greenery and renewable energy elements creates premises for a functional organic connection between development elements and natural elements, creating a synergy for a development model in line with contemporary recommendations for sustainable development towards maximum reduction of energy consumption. and CO2 emissions.

The concept of being achievable as well as mixing different interests, cultures, beliefs and different economic conditions will serve as a form to give a qualitative leap to the social and economic development of different socio-economic groups who in the city market Belshit find the opportunity for a job and a better life.

The market will be designed with the aim of overcoming the center-periphery dictatorship and the hierarchical distribution of market values. It will be a new centrality, which functions as a universal independent unit leaving open the possibilities for communication with the surrounding areas as well as the nature that surrounds it, shaped by open spaces and construction volumes based on functional mixtures to generate a economic nucleus not only for the city of Belsh but also for the economy of the surrounding areas.

We propose the use of a hexagonal nucleus, the multiplication of which creates a diversification of the circulation system by creating a specific trace of the object which completes the required program but leaves open the possibility for the development of the project in time. The hexagonal nucleus increases and diversifies the level of landscape visibility by creating the possibility for a continuous 360-degree view without damaging the possibility of connecting the nuclei to each other.

We propose that each nucleus should have special characteristics which are related to its position in the altimeter, the way of construction and orientation of the structures, the program that develops in it, and the way of placing individual sales positions within them.

For the construction of the market will be used mainly natural materials which will include wood for structures, terracotta and natural stones for laying floors as well as surfaces with sand and fine gravel rolled in specific premises. Also, to meet the energy needs of the market, the installation of photovoltaic panels and, as the case may be, wind turbines are foreseen. We also propose a rainwater management system for use as sanitary water and for irrigation. The system will be a combination of rainwater accumulation and lake water utilization in the west which despite being a karst lake, also serves as a rainwater accumulator for the area.