MAC - Museu de Arte Contemporânea e o Rio.... Niterói Contemporary Art Museum and Rio #SugarLoaf #Rio2016 #Rio450 #MAC #Niteroi

            Photo taken in the evening MAC, in the background the Guanabara Bay and the mountains of the city of Rio de Janeiro as the Sugar Loaf and Corcovado

The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, also know as the MAC, was designed by the famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) and completed in 1996. This iconic saucer-shaped structure, situated on a cliffside above Guanabara bay in  Niterói, brilliantly frames the panoramic views of the city of Rio De Janeiro and encapsulates the simple, yet brilliant signature aesthetic of Niemeyer.

Speaking of the MAC's rocky cliffside site, Niemeyer claimed that the "field was narrow, surrounded by the sea and the solution came naturally.” This “natural,” intuitive solution was an elegant, curvy structure that rises from a water basin, creating an ambient sense of lightness and allowing for full panoramic views of Sugar-Loaf Mountain and the Guanabara bay. Although the MAC is often described as UFO-like, Niemeyer’s poetic intention was for the form to emerge "from the ground" and "continuously grow and spread," like a flower that rises from the rocks. (AD Classics)

.There are 308 days until the Olympics Rio 2016
Faltam 308 dias para a Rio 2016

Foto: MAC Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niteroi

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Taken in: Brasil / Rio de Janeiro / Niterói / Ingá (show map)

Taken on: July 7, 2013

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