CosmoCaixa Barcelona
NODE-23 • museums2004 - Present

CosmoCaixa Barcelona

Interactive science museum with a living Amazonian flooded rainforest

41.413600°N, 2.131100°E•mountain Axis
Documented Historiographical History

Originally opened in 1981 and vastly expanded in 2004, incorporating an Art Nouveau 1904 brick building designed by Josep Domènech i Estapà.

Architectural & Symbolic Reading

Descends five subterranean levels around an Acariquara tree ramp, featuring a 1,000-square-meter living Amazonian Flooded Forest (Bosc Inundat) with capybaras and pirarucu fish, plus a 90-ton Geological Wall.

Historical Legends & Mysteries

The Amazonian greenhouse generates real torrential rainstorms every 15 minutes, maintaining 85% humidity and 28°C temperatures year-round.

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