CaixaForum Madrid it is a modern art gallery and museum constructed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The building combines walls from an old and abandoned power station that previously occupied the site, and a new construction of floors which are encased with oxidized cast-iron. Just opposite to it is an art installation of green plants growing on the wall of the neighboring building.
CaixaForum includes galleries, administrative offices and a restaurant in the upper levels, as well as an auditorium below ground level. Is conceived as an urban magnet for art-lovers and all people of Madrid and from outside. The attraction is not only its cultural program, but also the building itself that seems to desobey the gravity law.
Workers trimming the green wall
Directions from Costanilla's flat: turn left and walk 50mts to Calle del Gobernador; turn left and walk straight to Paseo del Prado; turn right walk 50mts to CaixaForum.
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