Under a Brazilian designer's point of view.
The Obelisco (Obelisk) is the icon of the city of Buenos Aires and a National Historic Monument that celebrates four occasions:
1. Four centuries of the city’s foundation by Pedro Mendoza, in 1536.
2. The exact place where the Argentine flag was flown for the first time, at the tower of the San Nicolás de Bari church, in August 23, 1812.
3. The second foundation of the city by Juan de Garay, in 1580.
4. The declaration of Buenos Aires as Federal Capital of the Nation. Click here to continue reading…
sepphora | 12:31 pm | National Historic Monument, San Nicolás | “0 Comments”
Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires
The city-tours of Buenos Aires use to go through several monuments and touristic attractions too fast, lots of information are told and many times it is impossible to see what is being explained in the opposite side of the bus. Generally, in one of the two bus stops of 10 minutes, the Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral) is elected for the tourists’ visitation. Click here to continue reading…
sepphora | 1:36 pm | Montserrat, National Historic Monument, San Nicolás | “0 Comments”
Torre de los Ingleses at dawn
The “Torre de los Ingleses” (Englishmen’s Tower) or “Torre Monumental” (Monumental Tower) was a gift given to the Buenos Aires city by the British immigrants in 1916, due to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the May’s Revolution. It is located at the center of the “Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina” (formerly known as Plaza Britannia). Click here to continue reading…
sepphora | 2:19 pm | Retiro | “0 Comments”
The first time I heard the name of the Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava was in 1999, at the university of Industrial Design. A professor said that we should know his work, because they were “pure design”…
Calatrava is worldly known through his works that generally have organic shapes and very dynamic structures with the appearance that can remind bones, ribcages, insect eyes… Inspired by the nature shapes, his works turn the landscapes where they are inserted a bit more organic. Click here to continue reading…
sepphora | 7:10 pm | Puerto Madero | “0 Comments”
Inside the Botanical Garden of Buenos Aires, besides the vegetation and many stray cats, there are several sculptures and I think the most interesting is the one called “Saturnalia”. It’s a sculpture made in bronze extremely expressive that shows a group of persons who seem to be alive. Photographing it from different angles new details seem to emerge at the same time others are hidden. Click here to continue reading…
sepphora | 3:58 pm | Palermo | “0 Comments”
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