Day 19 - Is the Maxxi Baroque?

Day 19

Saturday October  12

Began looking out my window to the AAR and heading there for lunch

 

 The donor plaques at the AAR - ye olde

Fredye and I headed out to the Gianicolo Hills to walk to the Vatican to catch a cab.  Along the way I discovered the panaroma button on my phone / camera

 Italian Hells Angels need God too!

 A big rally at St Peters.  The Pope was going to appear

 So they were cleaning up

 And lots of people were rushing to see him.  But we were going the other way........

 .....past Nervi's (at least I think that this is Nervi) little arena

 To Zaha's MAXXI (all letters in CAPS!)

 It is very hard to take an "image-able" picture of this building

 and harder to find a front door

 and Zaha's benches don't seem good for rear ends or sitting

 and there is some cool site work projects done by students

 but, the builing from the outside is a disappointment to me

 more backs than fronts

 some really bad details

 Is this the front door?  still not sure..........

 this building is only a couple of years old and some of the interior details look very shabby and ugly

 But for birds or if you are in a hot air balloon it is beautiful

 Are baseboards of some kind important?

 

 

The Museum is about architecture and art, and there was a fantastic show on travel plazas! 

 With lots of books we need to buy and also show to our friends at Areas

 Back to the Museum itself

 some startling spaces

 

 SORRY, BUT STYLE IS OUR OWN EXCUSE - this says it all to me about this building 

 Zaha's mens room toilets - no urinals!  First time I have ever seen a mens room w no urinals.......

 On to the Piazza del Poplol, where we found my Fathers Living Room on the streets of Roma!

 the Peoples Piazza was having a big polical rally

 and the walk back home

to our apartment, where there is no question where the front door is