The Mies van der Rohe Pavilion opens its virtual doors
A tour lets you get to know every corner of the space and contains a considerable amount of information on its history and construction details.
Given the confinement situation, these are days of virtual tours. Surely it's not the same as physically visiting the place, but let's look for the bright side: we can discover the places sitting at home comfortably, without queuing, without noise, and watching every detail as long as we like. In addition, many virtual tours contain extensive information about the history of the site and, if we are talking about a building, its construction. This is the case of the visit that we can virtually make of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, a 360º tour that allows you to visualize all its corners while accompanying us with clear and complete explanations on the origins and reconstruction of the 'work, the materials used and their origin, or the elements we find inside, such as the sculpture by Georg Kolbe or the chairs named after Barcelona.
The pavilion is a symbolic work of the Modern Movement and it is located between the Montjuïc Magic Fountain and the Poble Espanyol, with the “Mur Cec” of the Maria Eugènia Palace on one side. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich as Germany's national flag for the Barcelona International Exposition in 1929. After the event, construction was dismantled, but in the 1980's Oriol Bohigas pushed for its reconstruction at its original location.
Learn more about it and take the virtual tour here.