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Matadero Madrid
Matadero Madrid is the site of a former slaughterhouse, the El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados (English: Municipal Slaughterhouse and Cattle Market) in the Arganzuela district of Madrid. Today, it is a contemporary arts centre.
Architect Luis Bellido y González was commissioned by the City Council of Madrid to design the complex. The slaughterhouse (in Spanish: matadero) and cattle market were built from 1911 and 1925. The project was structured around a complex of pavilions characterized by functionality, constructive rationality, and conceptual simplicity. There is, however, a historicist element to the architecture, which incorporates Neo-Mudéjar features, such as tiles with abstract designs.[citation needed] The facilities began to be used in 1924 and 1925 and continued operation until the slaughterhouse closed in 1996.
At the turn of the 21st century, Madrid City Council decided to turn this space into an arts centre.[citation needed] The Matadero Madrid opened in 2006.
Matadero Madrid is a project promoted by Madrid City Council's Department of the Arts and managed by the Directorate General for Cultural Projects through Matadero Madrid's coordination team, in collaboration with other public and private organizations.
The refurbished refrigeration room in the former slaughterhouse is a unique space for "site-specific" artistic work.
Archivo Matadero is a space for consultation and research for accessing physical and online documentation in the four archives that compose it: Archivo de Creadores de Madrid, artea, FreshMadrid and Madrid Abierto. This is a point of access to a wide array of documents on the different disciplines in which each of the archives works: the visual arts, the performing arts, architecture and urban planning and public art.
The facility is designed especially for meetings between artists and the public.
Through its satellite office, the Associated Visual Artists of Madrid (AVAM) will offer specialised services to professionals in the contemporary art sector, operating in a network with the AVAM Workshops in Pradolongo.
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Matadero Madrid
Matadero Madrid is the site of a former slaughterhouse, the El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados (English: Municipal Slaughterhouse and Cattle Market) in the Arganzuela district of Madrid. Today, it is a contemporary arts centre.
Architect Luis Bellido y González was commissioned by the City Council of Madrid to design the complex. The slaughterhouse (in Spanish: matadero) and cattle market were built from 1911 and 1925. The project was structured around a complex of pavilions characterized by functionality, constructive rationality, and conceptual simplicity. There is, however, a historicist element to the architecture, which incorporates Neo-Mudéjar features, such as tiles with abstract designs.[citation needed] The facilities began to be used in 1924 and 1925 and continued operation until the slaughterhouse closed in 1996.
At the turn of the 21st century, Madrid City Council decided to turn this space into an arts centre.[citation needed] The Matadero Madrid opened in 2006.
Matadero Madrid is a project promoted by Madrid City Council's Department of the Arts and managed by the Directorate General for Cultural Projects through Matadero Madrid's coordination team, in collaboration with other public and private organizations.
The refurbished refrigeration room in the former slaughterhouse is a unique space for "site-specific" artistic work.
Archivo Matadero is a space for consultation and research for accessing physical and online documentation in the four archives that compose it: Archivo de Creadores de Madrid, artea, FreshMadrid and Madrid Abierto. This is a point of access to a wide array of documents on the different disciplines in which each of the archives works: the visual arts, the performing arts, architecture and urban planning and public art.
The facility is designed especially for meetings between artists and the public.
Through its satellite office, the Associated Visual Artists of Madrid (AVAM) will offer specialised services to professionals in the contemporary art sector, operating in a network with the AVAM Workshops in Pradolongo.