AWARD


Bayside Marketplace Miami, Florida




Architect
Benjamin Thompson &
Associates, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
and
Spillis Candela & Partners
Coral Gables, Florida
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 Consulting Engineers
 Spillis Candela & Partners & -

 Landscape Architect '
 Albert R. Perez & Associates

 Owner/Developer
 Rouse-Miami, Inc., a
 subsidiary of
 The Rouse Company

 General Contractor
 H.C.B. Contractors


 This festive marketplace
was designed to celebrate its
waterfront site. The project
pairs two sets of pavilions sur-
rounding the open market shed,
and continues with a prome-
nade along the water's edge.
 The development mixes a
variety of elements: new com-
mercial spaces, restaurants,
open public gathering spaces,
small scale retailing and places
for sitting and people-watch-
ing.
 The breezy multi-level
pavilions play host to elegant
shops, restaurants, market stalls
and pushcarts and waterfront
bars. Its casual tropical blend
of architectural elements is not
unlike the diverse cultural ele-
ments brought together by
Miami's own population mix-
ture.
 To minimize the use of air-
conditioning systems and to
maximize energy efficiency,
the project uses natural venti-
lation, exterior breezeways,
shaded open streets with foun-
tains, porches with fixed sun
louvers and Bahama-shuttered
windows to control heat build-
up.


FLORIDA ARCHITECT September/October 1989