{"id":648845,"date":"2025-01-12T01:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T22:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T01:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T22:20:19","slug":"this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>French architect Philippe Starck recently designed a red cube to accommodate the LA Almazara olive mill museum and restaurant in Andalusia. It has been adorned with symbols connecting to the region\u2019s heritage. The building is surrounded by groves on a 25-hectare estate near Rona and was created for oil producer LA Organic as an initiative to boost oleo tourism \u2013 tourism based on olive oil production. The building is decorated with huge symbols that celebrate the \u201cmagic and poetry\u201d of the area. It includes a bull\u2019s horn in Corten steel and a carved eye symbolizing the area\u2019s connection with the surrealist movement.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippe Starck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-526444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"d1410869f0d7080028e02672-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"d1410869f0d7080028e02672-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-526445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLA Almazara itself is surrounded by acres of olive groves, bathed in powerful and warm lights of Andalusia. This gives a sense of the radicality I had to come up with for the project. Everything had to be out of the ordinary, out-of-scale, a little strange, and surrealist. The place is full of fertile surprises that reflect Andalusian symbols,\u201d said Starck. \u201cOn the outside, it is a huge monolithic red block, as if fallen from the sky,\u201d added Starck. \u201cAn enormous eye at the facade illustrates the vigilance of the great Andalusian surrealist artists, the smoke that emanates from it is surrealist and reflects mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The interior of the building is intended to be an \u201cinhabitable work of art\u201d. It includes a restaurant area which is placed under a suspended metal pipe and funnel that reference the production of oil, and a wing-like form which symbolizes the Andalusian scientist that was supposed to be the first human to fly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-526446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"d1410869f0d7080028e02672-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"d1410869f0d7080028e02672-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The space includes a small seating area placed around a fireplace. The fireplace is situated below an oversized bullfighting sword that leans against the wall. This leads to a terrace that cantilevers from the building and seems to be supported by huge metal chains. It offers views of the surrounding landscape, creating an intriguing contrast against the building\u2019s dark interior. The building contains other two floors as well which hold a museum space and facilities of the production of extra virgin olive oil. It is also surrounded by walking trails on the outside, as well as sculptures by Starck and some other visitor facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as you enter, you are struck by the contrast in lights. In the building, it is dark and cool, to respect and enhance the delicate process of olive oil production,\u201d said Starck. \u201cYet the inside shadows hold strong symbols as well, such as monumental half-olive embedded in the rusty steel wall, a metal pipe penetrating the building without ever coming out,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-526447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1734\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2024\/12\/29\/this-olive-oil-mill-museum-is-as-surreal-and-unusual-as-a-building-gets\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Olive Oil Mill Museum Is As Surreal And Unusual As A Building Gets\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2024\/12\/la-almazara\/la_almazara_yanko_design_06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"swp-hidden-panel-wrap\" style=\"display: none; visibility: collapse; opacity: 0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swp-content-locator\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n                                            <\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>Srishti Mitra<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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