Naturally while driving around Portugal we visited a bunch of Alvaro Siza buildings
first off was the 1956 Boa Nova tea house
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otherwise know as Casa de Chá
dark wood and leather interiors
lookout to fabulous rocks and atlantic waves
instead of tea, great cocktails
slashed view
a bit further down the coast, also in Leça da Palmeira area of Matosinhos
We visited the iconic, legendary 1966 Swimming pools, a project I have been looking at in books for ever.
The entrance is typical spooky Siza, with ultra low ceiling (I mean almost-you-dont-pass low)
long corridors and weird hangers of the dressing rooms area
formed by connecting rocks with concrete walls
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just the best hangout for seagulls wanting to cross over to New York
Then, more realistically, the great Serralves foundation, with another spookily aggressive low entrance
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and fantastic play of light between volumes
The Museum at Santiago de Compostela was closed,
though we got to see the funny steel supported stone wall.
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