"In a number of phases, the Matadero, a former slaughterhouse compound built in the early twentieth century in Madrid is to be transformed by 2011 into a multi-disciplinary cultural centre. Hall 17c is now home to Intermediæ, an institute for contemporary art, which intends, first and foremost, to shed light on creative processes, as well to foster experimentation and interaction. The architects limited their interventions to a bare minimum – probably due in part to a budget of only 700 000 euros. All of the vestiges of the past remain visible, including the residue of cork insulation which recalls the former use as cold storage, as well as evidence of repair work, for example, of the columns. Missing portions of walls were left untouched, as if they had just been jackhammered; ducts and wiring are surface mounted and remain visible. These interventions are clearly legible, and are, in the architects’ words, “very few, very rigorous, very clean and very straight”."