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Image by Nikko Hinderstein
The CaixaForum Madrid is an art exhibition space sponsored by the La Caixa Foundation.
They’ve withstood all criticism and worries about keeping their amazing outdoor vertical garden green and lush despite Madrid’s sunny disposition. Designed by French botanist Patrick Blanc, this wall of green has 15.000 plants of 250 species covering a 460 m2 wall in the square in front of The CaixaForum.
The building itself was an old electrical plant, built in 1899 that has been reconstructed to be a funky rust-colored modern eye-catcher alongside classical beauties like the Prado and the Thyssen museums.
Inside you’ll find a permanent collection, several temporary exhibits, a café, a lounge area with a view of the garden and Paseo del Prado, and a bookstore. Some of the temporary shows now charge € 3 for entry.
CaixaForum Madrid | Art & culture, Coffee & tea, Shopping | Free
Paseo del Prado 36 | +34913307300
10:00 – 20:00 daily
Good call on the free and clean restroom facilities! The garden is really eye-catching, I love seeing it while walking in the museum district.
Visited last week really beautiful is there a permenant water flow
There’s now a lovely bronze statue of an elephant balancing on its trunk beside the vertical garden. And the toilets inside the Caixa Forum are free, clean and very well maintained, too.
Excellent work on this garden article. It makes for an interesting and easy read.
That’s a great find. If you’re in the area it’s definitely worth checking out. Patrick seems to be able to design the plants to make it looks like a work of art right on the wall.
The vertical garden is fantastic. Patrick Blanc is unbelievable
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