The Mushrooms
Metropol Parasol
It has dimensions of 150 x 70 meters and a height of approximately 26 meters, and was the winning project of the competition opened by the City Council of Seville to carry out the rehabilitation of the square in which it is located; its designer was the Berlin architect Jürgen Mayer. The structure consists of six large mushroom-shaped parasols, whose design is inspired by the vaults of the cathedral of Seville and the ficus trees of the nearby Plaza del Cristo de Burgos.
It has a large mushroom-shaped roof.
As a whole it has five levels. The upper level houses a lookout plaza and a panoramic path on platforms that runs through most of the set. Inside the central parasols, at a height of 22 meters, there is a tapas restaurant and a space for events. Under the parasols is an elevated, shady, open-air plaza (Plaza Mayor) designed to host events of different types. At ground level is the current Mercado de la Encarnación, along with retail and restaurant space.
Finally, the basement houses the Antiquarium museum, which exhibits the archaeological remains found on the site. This Antiquarium was designed by the Sevillian architect Felipe Palomino Gonzalez, who participated in all the construction management of the major project.
