BASEL-STADT: 4 PRoPoSALS - ETH Basel

Project Development
With a total perimeter of 18 320 m 2 the site in Basle is about
7000 m 2 bigger than Borough Market in London, allthough
the actually possible market space probably comes down
to only 7000 m2 . The topics of water (opening the Birsig
and connecting to the Rhine) and traffic (include the S-Bahn
station “Herzstück“) are essential to any functioning market
structure and are historicly linked to the sites significance and
development. Taking reference to the current “Richtplan“ the
aim is to improve the spatial conditions of the city core
and reinvent the historic market spaces by creating a
sort of “food village“ with different places and different
thematical aspects: The goal is to optimise the traffic
situation, recreate and improve a “chain of public spaces”
and closing the thematic gap by amplifying the market
function. The market square should be transformed into the
first “City Park“, as a new central leisure zone and gastronomy
hot-spot, taking advantage of the existing infrastructure and
– Food in Basel II – – City Core: Central Market –
Different squares connected to different axes
adding to it new possibilities to use the space. To improve
the spatial conditions the square has to be separated from
traffic space and given some sort of landscape to recreate the
illusion of a topography. A pedestrian “Boulevard“ along the
open Birsig leads through the different city spaces with their
emphases. The Fischmarkt shall be the new flower market and
by demolishing the existing “Spiegelhof“ get enriched by a
big public flight of steps, leading to Petersplatz and directly be
connected to a new open “Spiegelhof“, hosting a “Central Food
Market“ with different food shopping typologies, restaurants
and a terrace bar. “Spiegelhof“ itself will be connected to
Schifflände through an archway: Since the traditional function
of Schifflände as a logistics point is no longer present the site
will be turned into a big topographic stairway leading onto
DRAFT
the Rhine, spatially connecting to Drei König Weglein and the
“Untere Pfalz“ or even “Wettsteinbrücke”, as a reflection of
the Kleinbasel Rhine promenade. Status Quo (scale 1:2000)
– 548 – – 549 –
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