Macosa is a former metalworking factory in Poblenou dedicated to the manufacture of railway equipment and urban transport vehicles. Of its exposed-brick industrial buildings and high ceilings, only one major landmark remains: the chimney, the tallest in Barcelona and the last to be built in the city. Standing 65.30 metres high, made of reinforced concrete and with a decagonal prism shape, it recalls the industrial complex where locomotives, buses, trolleybuses and trams were once manufactured. Today, its silhouette stands in dialogue with the 22@ technology district, between working-class memory and a creative present.
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Around it, the former industrial landscape now coexists with festivals, fairs and urban art exhibitions.
