Guggenheim Museum , Bilbao, Spain

Rajendran Nair

Interesting facts Guggenheim Museum , Bilbao, Spain  When the Basque government requested funding from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1991 to build a Guggenheim museum in Bilbao's decaying port area, which had once been the city's main source of revenue, the museum appropriately became a part of a larger redevelopment scheme intended to revitalize and modernize the industrial town.  The Guggenheim Museum, located in Bilbao, Spain, on the banks of the Nervión River, is a mix of intricate, whirling forms and alluring materiality that answers to a complex programme and an urban, industrial setting. ‬ Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which has hosted more than a hundred exhibitions and welcomed more than ten million visitors to date, has not only altered how architects and the public view museums but has also significantly improved Bilbao's economy. In fact, the "Bilbao Effect" is the term used to describe the phenomena of a city's metamorphosis after the creation of a noteworthy piece of architecture. ‭ ‬ Twenty years later, the Museum is still challenging perceptions of the relationships between art and architecture.

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00:00Welcome to Trending Places Channel.

00:04Today we will take you through Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain.

00:09Guggenheim, the surname is German, said to mean literally, Swamp Hamlet or Cuckoo Hamlet.

00:19When the Basque government requested funding from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1991

00:25to build a Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao's Dikeng Port area, which had once been the city's main source of revenue,

00:33the museum appropriately became a part of a larger redevelopment scheme intended to revitalize and modernize the industrial town.

00:46The Guggenheim Museum, located in Bilbao, Spain, on the banks of the Nervian River,

00:52is a mix of intricate, whirling forms and alluring materiality that answers to a complex program in an urban, industrial setting.

01:03Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which has hosted more than a hundred exhibitions and welcomed more than 10 million visitors to date,

01:12has not only altered how architects and the public view museums but has also significantly improved Bilbao's economy.

01:20In fact, the Bilbao Effect is the term used to describe the phenomena of a city's metamorphosis after the creation of a noteworthy piece of architecture.

01:33Twenty years later, the museum is still challenging perceptions of the relationships between art and architecture.

01:50While the building's metallic surface may appear almost flowery from above,

01:57it actually resembles a boat from the ground up, bringing to mind the port of Bilbao's former industrial life.

02:06The exterior's seemingly random shapes, which are made of titanium, limestone, and glass,

02:13are intended to capture the light and change in response to the sun and the weather.

02:19Each of the 38mm titanium tiles has a shallow center ding caused by fixing clips,

02:26which causes the surface to ripple when the light changes and gives the entire composition an exceptional iridescence.

02:32The building's distinctive architecture, which includes a spiral ramp that leads to a domed skylight and serves as a monument to modernity,

02:53never ceases to astound visitors and offers a singular setting for the exhibition of contemporary art.

03:02The Guggenheim Bilbao gained popularity as a tourist destination very quickly after it opened in 1997, attracting tourists from all over the world.

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