Workshop on Rethinking Markets as Community Spaces

This family workshop invites participants to rethink the concept of a market as a vibrant community space. Through dialogue and the construction of a model, children and adults collaboratively envision a sustainable market that is open and connected to the neighborhood. The workshop emphasizes the market as an essential urban element beyond just buying and selling food. Families and children explore how markets serve as places for gathering, exchange, and social interaction. Key concepts such as responsible consumption, local products, and sustainability are discussed, while imagining new uses for markets that incorporate cultural and communal spaces. Organized into small groups, families construct their ideal market model. At the end of the workshop, these models are presented and compared, allowing participants to reflect on both the similarities and differences, as well as the important role that markets play in urban life.