Casa Milá

Yesterday in between my afternoon and evening classes, I visited Casa Milá, one of two Gaudi buildings in Passeig de Gracia, where my main work building is. There's not too much I can say about it that you can't get from the pictures. With the theme of designing architecture to reflect things found in nature, the inside is meant to look like the skeleton of a huge snake. The roof is unbelievable - you just have to see it for yourself. I almost feel like I should put a spoiler alert on here it for those who are planning on coming to visit, so you can see it for the first time for yourself. You can't see most of it from the sidewalk, and it's not what you expect to see as you come out of the staircase and step onto the roof. The best way I can describe it is as a surrealist's playground. I found out as I was leaving that five families actually live there. Imagine?

At the main entrance, the building is hollow, and there are drains in the floor to collect the water after it rains.



This is that first thing you see when you first step out onto the roof:


























My attempt to make it look even more surrealistic:




View from the top:





Patrick, unwilling and unknowing subject of many of my pictures:




The ceiling on the first floor:





















And finally, the view from the outside:






















Muy guay!