I’ve been home over a week now and I am trying to finish off the blog entries before I forget everything — especially about that CRAZY last week that started with a trip to the Contemporary Art Museum (CGAC) on Sunday.

The CGAC is another of Siza’s buildings in Santiago. The museum and the adjacent Park Bonaval are located on a piece of land that was formerly part of a convent. Siza took particular care to create alignments with the street and another piece of the urban landscape to create a building that hinges (you can see part of the opening in one of the photos I posted). The exterior is clad in granite and the interior features Siza’s signature white with interesting openings to the sky to admit natural light and inverted tables to create opportunities for indirect lighting of the exhibits.

Our group was lucky in that we got to visit the rooftop where Siza plays with the views of the city by hiding it until you wind your way up to the top platform where you can see the old city unfold.

Enjoy the photos.