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Mercado Groningen
by Loer Architecten and De Zwarte Hond

Mercado Groningen by Loer Architecten and De Zwarte Hond
Photo by Sebastian van Damme

Loer Architecten and De Zwarte Hond have designed Mercado in Groningen, Netherlands.

Mercado is a new sustainable mixed-use building and urban public space in the centre of Groningen in the north-east of the Netherlands.

The project, designed in collaboration with Loer Architecten and De Zwarte Hond, redevelops a former storage and warehouse facility and is part of a development to transform Rode Weeshuisstraat's wider city centre into a liveable environment.

Commissioned by developers MWPO and Beauvast and built by Plegt-Vos, the scheme integrates a new public square and pedestrianised streetscape, ground-floor retail units with outdoor terraces, and 41 apartments with a distinctive ceramic tile and vertical garden facade.


This project has been shortlisted in the mixed-use project category of Dezeen Awards 2024.

Studio: Loer Architecten and De Zwarte Hond
Project: Mercado Groningen
Credits: Plegt-Vos, Dijkhuis Ingenieurs, ABT Wassenaar, Noorman Bouw- en Milieu Advies, Areaal and Sempergreen

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