Speaking of the city and architecture in Vitoria is to speak of a common and continuous effort to develop a sustainable urbanism, where streets, squares and all the rich network of public spaces celebrate a reunion with nature, places where we can perceive the promotion of sustainable mobility and the creation of healthier and more environmentally efficient urban environments.

It is this awareness of a contemporary city committed to its comprehensive development that envelops and supports the architectural transformation of the Santa Barbara Market and the technical team – Barcena and Zufiaur Arquitectos together with José Antonio Barroso – who were faced with the challenge of enriching and adding to the market’s urban fabric, in a location so close to the historic centre, with new spaces, new services and new uses capable of attracting a wider public, of revitalising and providing coherence of the whole, of making a city.