Hello hive friends,
*This post was muted because I violated a community guideline. Well if there is no disclosure what guideline I violated, I can learn right? Even wen I was asking about it in the comments, they were muted to. I wont post in Architecture en design any more then. That's probably easier.
Here are some nice pictures I took during a massive rain storm of the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center in the city of Avilés in Spain. I was traveling along the north coast of Spain and I was looking for an inside location that I could discover, because it was very bad weather that day. I had this museum already pined on my maps of places to visit but I didn't knew exactly were I was going. I do like modern museums but this was more of a quick and dry stop along my route home. I parked my car next to a motor cycle on a pretty empty parking lot and that could have been my first sign that something was wrong.
I thought it couldn't be closed today because it was a Tuesday, normally museums are closed on Mondays. But it's off season so when I came closer, I realized that the museum and cultural center were closed. Despite that, when I walked around the last corner and walked onto the main square on the property, I was extremely surprised. What a beautiful building was this. Well a couple of beauty's I must say.
There is an Auditorium were they have theater and concerts.
I was so happy wit all those reflections in the water.
A dome whit an open exhibition space.
Here you see the dome in the reflection of the visiting center.
The visitors center and a cafe. Luckily this was open for public and I could take a shelter from the rain and drink a nice cop of coffee. There I met a German guy who also was traveling around, but he did it on a motorcycle, the one I parked next to. He was also sheltering from the rain.
yep,that's me in the reflection.
And the observation tower with a restaurant and a viewing platform.
These two guys also didn't know it was closed. They had nice red raincoats on, they stand out good in this environment.
The Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, a renowned Brazilian architect known for his rounded forms and modern style.
He created this design in 2006, as a kind of gift after winning a prestigious Spanish art prize.
The construction of the building took several years, and the center finally was opened in 2011.
The bridge connecting the dome and the auditorium was a great place to seek shelter. Very convenient for taking pictures during the heavy rain.
Oscar Niemyere became world-famous for creating buildings that were round and flowing, as if they were drawn in a single stroke.
He never used right angles and boring blocks. he often said that straight lines were too strict and that the world is full of beautiful, natural curves like the body, the mountains, and the clouds.
I am very curios now how the building looks from the inside. I hope I can visit it very soon.
Thank you for reading my post and let me know what you think of the pictures.