CaixaForum Cultural Center, Seville
Architect: Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra
Year: 2017
Location: Seville, Spain
Category: Cultural / Cultural center
Status: Built
About
On the Isla de La Cartuja , next to the Pabellón de la Navegación – built in 1992 by the same studio – and at the foot of Sevilla Tower, designed by César Pelli, sits the eighth venue of CaixaForum, a network of cultural centers promoted by la Caixa, and which already has bases in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma, Lleida, Girona, Tarragona, and Zaragoza. The Seville branch, with 10,500 square meters, is the third largest after those of Madrid and Barcelona. It has two exhibition halls, an auditorium with capacity for 275 people, two multipurpose halls, workshops, a cafeteria, and a bookstore. The CaixaForum in Seville attempts to coherently resolve two matters that are always important when dealing with interventions on existing buildings (in this case, existing structures),and these are the occupational strategy and the need for visibility within a specific organization.