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L’industrial Casimir Casaramona va decidir instal·lar la seva fàbrica tèxtil a la muntanya de Montjuïc i va encarregar el projecte a Josep Puig i Cadafalch (1910-1913). El resultat va ser un conjunt típic d’arquitectura industrial modernista on no hi falten ni les voltes catalanes ni la decoració amb ceràmica o pedra artificial. Ara bé, Puig i Cadafalch va impregnar el conjunt de la seva característica aroma neogòtica i de detalls d’autèntica personalitat, com els pinacles i les torres de planta quadrada. La fàbrica, l’edifici més gran mai construït per Puig i Cadafalch, va caure en desús amb els anys i, el 1940, es va transformar en les cavallerisses de la Policia Nacional. El 1998 es van iniciar les obres de rehabilitació per convertir l’antiga fàbrica en CaixaForum, la nova seu social i cultural de la Fundació ”la Caixa”. Un centre dinàmic i polivalent on s’hi fan exposicions, tallers, conferències, cursos, concerts i visites guiades tant a les exposicions com a l’edifici modernista, entre d’altres moltes activitats.

The entrepreneur Casimir Casaramona decided to locate his textile factory on Montjuïc hill and contracted Josep Puig i Cadafalch to design it in 1912. The result was a typical complex of industrial architecture including Catalan vaults, ceramics and artificial stone. Puig i Cadafalch also gave the complex his characteristic Neo-Gothic style and highly personal details such as the pinnacles and the square towers. The factory, the largest building designed by Puig i Cadafalch, eventually fell into disuse and from 1940 it housed the stables of the National Police cavalry. Fortunately, in 1998 it was rehabilitated to house CaixaForum, the new headquarters and cultural centre of “la Caixa” savings bank’s Foundation. Exhibitions, workshops, lectures, courses and concerts are a few of the activities offered by CaixaForum, which organises guided visits to the exhibitions and to the Modernista building.

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