ANTONI GAUDI

18 52- 1926

Eslit, Gerard James M.

BS ARCHITECTURE 1-B
Antoni gaudi’s BIOGRAPHY
Antoni Gaudi was born on June 25 in
1852 in the province of Tarragona. From
the time he was small, he had a
rheumatic problem. This sickness was
with him throughout his life. However
he finished school. Before entering the
university Gaudi took a preparatory
course. When he completed it, he was
able to enter the upper technical school
of Architecture. Gaudi is the most
famous architect of barcelona. He
developed a style of his own. Gaudi
achieved his greatest fame in 1910.
antoni gaudi died at the age of 74 on
june 10 in 1926. his death was tragical:
gaudi was run over by a tram on june 7,
1926
ANTONI GAUDI’S WORKS
Sagrada familia
CASA VICENS
Park guell
Casa mila
Sagrada familia
This work is a symbol of barcelona. In
1883 gaudi agreed to continue a project
of already started neo-gothic church. He
proposed a new project to built the main
cathedral of barcelona
This temple illustrate different christian
scenes from the bible. According to
gaudi’s project the main nave will
support high bell towers, the tallest of
which will reach 170 m. this will
symbolize jesus, and around him there
will be four more, representing the
evangelists. Over the apse, a sixth bell
tower will be dedicated to the Virgin
mary. On the northwest side of the
building, gaudi installed a workroom
where he built models and
experimented with geometry, colors,
shapes and sounds. The erection of the
temple hasn’t been finished yet.
CASA VICENS
It is Gaudi’s early work. The project
included a house and a large garden.
The main elements used by gaudi in the
construction of the house are red bricks,
multicolored arabian elements, ceramic
coatings and some others. Vicens’ house
was built as a summer residence in 1883
– 1888. it is the first important work of
gaudi
Park guell
Park guell is an utopian view of the lost
paradise. It was created in 1900 – 1914.
despite the wild appearance of the park,
everything in it was planned. A park
reflects gaudi’s ideas of symbiosis
between human and nature. Park guell
was a conceived as a private residential
town. But the real estate project was
afrustated in the end and only few of the
60 houses were built. After Guell’s death
the heirs decided to sell the park to
barcelona city hall, which opened it to
the public in 1923.
Casa mila
Casa mila was built in 1906 – 1912.
gaudi created this building with large
windows allowing good interior lighting.
The building is, in reality, two estates
with different entries joined by a single
façade. Gaudi built a roof terrace topped
with surprising chimneys.