Museum of Modern Art in Caracas
The Museum of Modern Art in Caracas (Portuguese: Museu de Arte Moderna de Caracas, also Museu de Arte Moderna em Caracas, Spanish: Museo de Arte Moderno de Caracas) was a proposed art museum in Caracas, Venezuela. It was designed in the form of an inverted pyramid, and proposed to be placed on a cliff in the neighborhood of Colinas de Bello Monte high above the Central Zone of Caracas. The proposed structure would be entirely opaque without a visual connection to its surroundings from the interior; natural light would only enter the building via a glass ceiling. It was designed between 1954 and 1955 by Oscar Niemeyer and never realized.[1][2][3]
| Museum of Modern Art in Caracas | |
|---|---|
Museo de Arte Moderno de Caracas Museu de Arte Moderna de Caracas | |
 Model of Museum of Modern Art in Caracas | |
  Approximate proposed location of Museum of Modern Art in Caracas | |
| General information | |
| Status | Never completed |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Town or city | Caracas |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Coordinates | 10.4805353°N 66.8728497°W |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Oscar Niemeyer |
References
- Albizu, Azier (2007). Venezuela y el problema de su identidad arquitectónica (in Spanish). Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Consejo de Desarrollo Científico y Humanístico. p. 620. ISBN 9789800024300.
- Barrios, Carola (2012). "Forma Transcrições arquitetônicas: Niemeyer e Villanueva em diálogo museal". Arquitexts. 13 (151). Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- Underwood, David (1994). Oscar Niemeyer and the Architecture of Brazil. New York: Rizzoli. pp. 95–98. ISBN 0847816869.
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