Architects: Miller Maranta     Photography: Ruedi Walti     Construction Period:  2015     Location:  Aarau, Switzerland

The open-air market is located on Färberplatz, in the historical centre of Aarau. The building lies on a concrete podium and with its volume, in the middle of the public space, become an important presence in town.

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The structure is very linear and severe, on the contrary the plan seems to be moved by the medieval façades of the surrounding, taking the scheme of a deformed hexagon.

The final shape gives to the architecture a touch of the memory of the place.

Text provided by the architect.