A transdisciplinary research center that will be built from mass timber and produce more renewable energy than it consumes is set to rise at the former site of a historic Barcelona fish market adjacent to the city’s sprawling Parc de la Ciutadella.
A proposal for the planned Mercat de Peix Research Center submitted by Portland, Oregon–based architectural firm ZGF Architects, in collaboration with the Barcelona studios of MIRAG and Double Twist, has triumphed in a global design competition seeking proposals for the new net-positive energy facility, which will operate with the mission to “foster new fields of knowledge and approaches to planetary well-being,” according to a press release.
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