CaixaForum Madrid
Herzog & de Meuron
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Date
2013-10-28Description
Interior, top floor bar and restaurant; A modern art gallery (museum) in the center of Madrid, sponsored by the Catalan-Balearic bank la Caixa. It combines an old abandoned electrical station (Central Eléctrica Power Station built 1899) with new construction of floors which are encased with oxidized cast-iron, which was meant to be of a similar color and weight as the brick below. The removal of the base of the building left a covered plaza under the brick shell, which now appears to float above the street level. Next to it is an art installation of green plants growing on the wall of the neighboring apartment building by French botanist Patrick Blanc. This borders a 650 sq. meter plaza created by the destruction of a gas station. Beneath the plaza is space for a theater/auditorium, service rooms, and several parking spaces. Source: Herzog & de Meuron [firm website]; http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/ (accessed 8/9/2013)
Type of Work
art museumSubject
architecture, botanical, contemporary (1960 to present), Art museums, architectural reuse, Twenty-first century
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