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Mercado Groningen
Mercado Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Jury Winner, 2025 A+Awards, Residential - Multi Unit Housing - Mid Rise (5 - 15 Floors)
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Mercado Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
Jury Winner, 2025 A+Awards, Residential - Multi Unit Housing - Mid Rise (5 - 15 Floors)
Project of the Day on Jul 04, 2025
Project Featured on Jul 04, 2025
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
With the completion of Mercado and the redevelopment of Rode Weeshuisstraat, the northern edge of Groningen's city centre has gained a fresh, green impulse. The building and adjacent Stalplein represent an urban transformation focused on pedestrians and human interaction.
Mercado bridges the scale of the Grote Markt and the Rode Weeshuisstraat through its stepped volume, resulting in a building that integrates seamlessly into the city centre while asserting its own identity. The façade features approximately 1,400 sqm of green-glazed terracotta, skilfully integrated into the architecture. Its layered glaze gives the building a shifting appearance that changes with the weather. The depth of colour and form adds an artistic dimension, referencing both the richness of Groningen’s historic buildings and the expressive rawness of post-war architecture.
Designed with sustainability in mind, Mercado has a future-proof ground floor. By positioning stairs and elevators at the sides, a large, open central space is created—flexible enough to accommodate public events and other uses. Below ground, thermal energy storage (TES) wells, combined with heat pumps, ensure the building operates entirely without natural gas.
Mercado also enhances local biodiversity. A vertical garden on the façade contains 3,800 climate-appropriate plants, while climbing greenery on the south façade creates natural privacy screens across balconies. The building’s stepped profile provides space for rooftop terraces, where vibrant plantings and trees enrich the environment. Custom-designed round planters, finished in a bespoke colour scheme that matches the architecture, further reinforce the building’s identity. Both the rooftop and façade gardens are irrigated by a computerized system and maintained regularly by a dedicated gardener.
Mercado bridges the scale of the Grote Markt and the Rode Weeshuisstraat through its stepped volume, resulting in a building that integrates seamlessly into the city centre while asserting its own identity. The façade features approximately 1,400 sqm of green-glazed terracotta, skilfully integrated into the architecture. Its layered glaze gives the building a shifting appearance that changes with the weather. The depth of colour and form adds an artistic dimension, referencing both the richness of Groningen’s historic buildings and the expressive rawness of post-war architecture.
Designed with sustainability in mind, Mercado has a future-proof ground floor. By positioning stairs and elevators at the sides, a large, open central space is created—flexible enough to accommodate public events and other uses. Below ground, thermal energy storage (TES) wells, combined with heat pumps, ensure the building operates entirely without natural gas.
Mercado also enhances local biodiversity. A vertical garden on the façade contains 3,800 climate-appropriate plants, while climbing greenery on the south façade creates natural privacy screens across balconies. The building’s stepped profile provides space for rooftop terraces, where vibrant plantings and trees enrich the environment. Custom-designed round planters, finished in a bespoke colour scheme that matches the architecture, further reinforce the building’s identity. Both the rooftop and façade gardens are irrigated by a computerized system and maintained regularly by a dedicated gardener.
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