the covered market
ORIGINS: EUROPE AND ASIA
Trade has always found a way. Weather in squares or buildings, markets have been at the core of cities, and one of the main urban propellers. When cities became more and more complex and the market became a potential element of chaos, the construction of a special building for buying and selling became the obvious solution for the city to meet its citizens’ needs.
Europe developed the MARKET HALL: a covered area historically used as a marketplace to trade provisions and livestock, sometimes combined with space for public or civic functions on the upper floors. Usually located near a market square or a wharf, the Market Hall was firstly developed in rural England and then spread to colonial territories and to the rest of Europe.
In Asia, the BAZAAR was developed as a permanent enclosed area for merchandising. Differently from the Market Hall, the word“bazaar” doesn’t correspond to one unique structure and it can also refer to more flexible and open structures (for examples streets of shops and courtyards).
Europe developed the MARKET HALL: a covered area historically used as a marketplace to trade provisions and livestock, sometimes combined with space for public or civic functions on the upper floors. Usually located near a market square or a wharf, the Market Hall was firstly developed in rural England and then spread to colonial territories and to the rest of Europe.
In Asia, the BAZAAR was developed as a permanent enclosed area for merchandising. Differently from the Market Hall, the word“bazaar” doesn’t correspond to one unique structure and it can also refer to more flexible and open structures (for examples streets of shops and courtyards).
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