Aluminium façade inspired by classical markets
April 2015

Britain’s only purpose-built market for over 30 years has been constructed with aluminium façade systems from TECHNAL.

The landmark £18 million Moor Market project for Sheffield City Council forms part of the first phase of the major redevelopment of The Moor, one of the city’s primary retail sites, and features a striking glass canopied roof, copper shingle cladding and timber arches.

At 73,000ft2 and housing over 180 market stalls for local traders, it replaces the former Castle Market, which had fallen into disrepair. The contemporary design of the envelope takes its inspiration from classic European markets with the use of ‘timber weave’ cladding alternating with projecting courses of red brickwork, echoing the city’s Victorian red-brick architecture.

Over 1,200m2 of Technal’s Geode-MX SG structural glazing were used for the scheme’s perimeter and brass-clad entrance arch. The curtain walling was faceted to follow the curved contours of the building’s entrance and spans up to 13m high. This contrasts with the rectangular frames of the ground floor retail units created from a mix of Geode-MX Visible Grid and Geode-MX SG curtain walling – demonstrating the design flexibility of Technal’s Geode-MX suite.

Technal’s top hung actuated casement windows were used to form the large clerestory roof lights and north facing roof lights for natural ventilation. All of the systems were finished in a low maintenance ‘slate grey’ polyester powder coating.
The architects were Leslie Jones Architecture and the main contractor, Bowmer and Kirkland.

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