Casimir Casaramona i Puigcercós (Vic 1838 - Barcelona 1913) commissioned the famous architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataró 1867 - Barcelona 1956) to design a factory for his textile-production enterprise. In addition to being a widely acknowledged architect whose works included the Amatller, Macaya, Quadras and Terradas houses, Puig i Cadafalch also played a leading role in the art-nouveau movement alongside Gaudí and Domènech i Montaner. The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki designed the main entrance and the visitors' reception area in the Centre.
Access to CaixaForum is by way of a sculpted structure in the form of metal trees covered by panes of glass. This is a full-blown work of art, combining a sensation of lightness with a hint of the oriental, all intended to welcome the visitor to CaixaForum. The escalators and the lift run from Isozaki's sculpture down to the open-air English courtyard below, which gives onto the foyer.
This part of the building also houses the "Secret garden", a minimalist, intimate, closed-off dwelling
http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/english/caixaforumbarcelona/thebuilding_en.html
Av Marques de Comillas, 6-8
Metro: L1, L3 place Espanya
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