Mercado San Carlos

Abstract

The San Carlos Market project: Flexible Architecture as a Continuous Structure between Work, Culture, and Conviviality proposes the revitalization of the municipal market square as a strategy to strengthen the local identity and economy. Located in the municipality of San Carlos (Antioquia), the project emerged in response to the physical and social deterioration of the traditional market, proposing an architectural intervention that acts as a mediator between the rural and urban. Using a methodology based on territorial, social, and environmental analysis, and supported by flexible and sustainable architecture references, the project proposes a permeable, ventilated, and adaptable space that promotes community encounters and participation. The design integrates passive strategies to respond to the territory's hot and humid climate and seeks to dignify rural practices through infrastructure that reactivates the local economy and rebuilds the municipality's social ties. Beyond its architectural design, the San Carlos Market is conceived as a tool for cohesion, memory, and the future for a territory that has been able to rebuild itself from the land, labor, and community spirit.