Fish ‘Market’

Fig. 1. Concept Image: ‘Food Chain’ of the Fish Market Community (Lau Yun Tzy Gigi, Concept Image. 2016)

1 Fish Markets used to be ports where fishermen rowed to and sold their fish directly from their boats.

2 Overtime, people come to mingle and exchange fish knowledge. Nearby shops and restaurants are famed for their fish products. The fish market founds a community and provides for it.

3 Now, people come to the market to watch the daily phenomenon where traders rush in with their goods, and masses of people gather in awe of the auction scene. The fish market is not merely a trading port, but an attraction itself.

Fig. 2. Sketch of Tsukiji Fish Market (“Plan for Replacement Market at New Tsukiji Site Calls for 100 More Shops | The Japan Times.” Japan Times RSS. December 2016. Accessed September 23, 2016. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/14/national/plan-for-replacement-market-at-new-tsukiji-site-calls-for-100-more-shops/#.V-1FwPl96M8.)

With the evolving nature of the fish market (e.g. trading port > economic community > attraction ), as well as new technology and hygiene standards. Are there further potentials for the evolution of fish markets. Are Fish markets still ‘markets’? Is there a new architectural view/ approach to this new ‘fish community’?