The Online Geography Game
We’re still in our 900’s+ series — this location was suggested by one of our players or current or past admins. Scoring is the same (2 points before the hint, 1 after), plus an extra point if you can guess who submitted it. We’ll keep going as long as we have suggestions (one per player, but already something like 20 contests!), and it’s not too late to sumbit on the Upcoming contest #900 – an update post.
This weeks submission came from Eloy Cano.
Rey Juan Carlos University Hospital in Móstoles, Madrid, is an architectural landmark designed by Rafael de La-Hoz. The building redefines conventional hospital spaces, focusing on efficiency, light, and silence to create a more welcoming environment for patients and staff.
The hospital complex spans nearly 95,000 square meters and consists of a large prismatic base housing medical facilities, with two distinctive oval-shaped glass towers rising above it.
These towers serve as inpatient areas and are designed to maximize natural light while maintaining privacy through silkscreen-printed glass facades The absence of long, disorienting corridors and the strategic use of natural lighting contribute to a calming atmosphere.
The structure is built with flexibility in mind, allowing for future expansions or modifications as needed. The hospital’s design integrates landscaped areas, ensuring that patient rooms have views of greenery, further enhancing the healing environment. Its modern approach to hospital architecture prioritizes patient comfort and functionality, making it a standout example of contemporary healthcare design.
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This week’s submission was from LRey.
The INSEE tower was located in the town of Malakoff, just across the boulevard périphérique (ring road) from Paris. Built in 1974, the building housed the headquarters of the French national statistics institute (INSEE) between 1975 and 2018.
The tower was a thirteen-storey, forty-eight-metre high, with a tripod-shaped structure covering an area of 32,000 m2. A few years ago, the French government decided to demolish the tower… to build in its place a brand new building of almost the same height and surface area! A project already well advanced (the tower has now been completely razed to the ground) and described by many opponents as an “ecological and financial aberration”.
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We’re still in our 900’s+ series — this location was suggested by one of our players or current or past admins. Scoring is the same (2 points before the hint, 1 after), plus an extra point if you can guess who submitted it. We’ll keep going as long as we have suggestions (one per player, but already something like 20 contests!), and it’s not too late to sumbit on the Upcoming contest #900 – an update post.
From 165 m to 190 m, always clockwise
While the structure is tall, a good part of the planning dealt with a railway tunnel in the area.
We’re still in our 900’s+ series — this location was suggested by one of our players or current or past admins. Scoring is the same (2 points before the hint, 1 after), plus an extra point if you can guess who submitted it. We’ll keep going as long as we have suggestions (one per player, but already something like 20 contests!), and it’s not too late to sumbit on the Upcoming contest #900 – an update post.
Yet another set of stairs immortalized in cinema. There’s also a VERY old tapestry found here.
This set of stairs was from the ending of what is most definately not a Christmas movie!
