paulo david's casa das mudas, calheta, madeira island

Not your typical pre-school art education:  Tormentina's favorite playgrounds in Calheta is the aesthetically pleasing wonderland of the Casa das Mudas.  The beautiful building complex, designed by architect Paulo David, sits high above a sea-side cliff on the south-western coast of Madeira.

James helps T pick the forbidden fruit.
Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas

Calheta, Madeira Island

Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas

Calheta, Madeira Island

Tormentina tap dancing up the stairs at the Casa das Mudas.  Thanks to my folks, she has the entire 
Shirley Temple movie collection, and is re-enacting her favorite scene from "The Little Colonal".
Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas

Calheta, Madeira Island

Tormentina gets a spot from James as she boulders up the rock wall, then up and over the railing.
Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas

Calheta, Madeira Island

Botero's Male Torso peeks up over Paulo David's architectural wonderland.
Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas

Calheta, Madeira Island

When James looks at this sculpture, he says he feels he hasn't accomplished anything in his life.  

Botero made this piece when he was sixty years old.

Fernando Botero (1932)

Columbia

Male Torso, 1992

Bronze

403x338x180cm

Houses and terraces along the valley.

Calheta, Madeira Island