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Check this out! In London, pop-up shops and restaurants are all the rage but in Madrid, they prefer pop-up markets. This temporary mercado has recently been completed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. The surrounding area have gone through a development process, which includes a new sport centre, car parks, shopping centre, public library and public outdoor area. During these constructions, the market acts as a buffer for the neighbourhood. You'll notice that the market is divided up in to six pentagonal shaped floor areas, which houses different number of stalls and outlets. On top of that, each market structure has been designed with different dimensions, heights and floor layouts in a response to the sensitivity of the site in particular, its buildings. Opaque polycarbonate is used as the exterior facade to allow natural light into the market during the day, and transform the market into a lighting solution for the square during the night. Ingenious. Once construction work of the market’s surrounding development have finished, it is understood that the pentagonal structure will be taken down and relocated to another location in the city.