La Tabacalera
La Tabacalera is a community center that engages the community in its administration. The cultural center includes so-called "fab lab"- theater, several musical groups, artistic groups and many social activities. It is currently one of the main places for cultural activities in the city.
foto "Guillermo de la Madrid"
Project description
| City | Madrid |
| No. of inhabitants | 3,33 M |
| Location | centre |
| Title | La Tabacalera |
| Building | Tobacco factory |
| Address | Calle Embajadores, 51 |
| Date of origin | 1750s |
| Monument | not mentioned |
| Original function | industrial production |
| Owner | Ministry of education, culture and sport |
| Usable space | building and yard |
| Kind of contract | lease (2-8 years) |
| Tenant | LTBC / La Tabacalera de Lavapiés Cultural Ass. |
| Date of launch | 2012 |
| Temporary function | cultural centre |
| Pattern | impulse |
| Architecture | historic heritage retrieval |
| Construction | recycling, modularity |
| Urbanism | Muros Tabacalera (fence art) |
| Future | complete reconstruction |