ANTONIO GAUDI

ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS NATURE

EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE GREAT BOOK OF“
)NATURE” )GAUDI
: BIRTH

.JUNE, 1852 25

:BIRTH PLACE

.PROVINCE OF TARRAGONA IN SOUTHERN CATALONIA, SPAIN

:HIGHER EDUCATION

AS AN ARCHITECT STUDENT AT THE ESCOLA TECNICA SUPERIOR’D

.ARCHITECTURA IN BARCELONA FROM 1873 TO 1877
:GAUDI’S NATURE

SHORT TEMPERED
KIND HEARTED
SOCIAL

:DEATH

HE DIED IN JUNE 1926

INSPIRED BY NATURE

INCORPORATE NATURE’S ANGLES

.AND CURVES
BORROWED HYPERBOLOIDS AND
PARABOLOIDS FROM
NATURE.TOOK
INSPIRATION FROM NATURE, BOOK
.AND RELIGION
.THOUHT BEAUTY CAN ACHIEVED THROUGH FUNCTIONALTY
CONCLUDED THAT THE GEOMETRY OF NATURE IS BASED ON
.TWISTED SURFACES
ANTONIO GAUDI
USE OF COLORS
FOR HIM THE COLOR WAS LIGHT GAUDI ALWAYS SAID THAT
AND TONES WERE AS JUST AS NATURE IS NOT
IMPORTANT AS THE QUALITY AND .MONCHROMATIC
.DURABILITY OF THE PIGMENT
ANTONIO GAUDI
USE OF MATERIALS
 MATERIALS USED

THE MOST INTRIGUING ASPECT OF HIS WORK IS THE MIXTURE OF

.MATERIALS USED IN BUILDINGS

.COMBING UNFINISHED RUBBLE WITH CERAMIC TILES

HE USED BROKEN TILES FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL REASONS

,SQUARE TILES COULD NOT MATCH SUCH A WAVY SHAPE AND
SQUARE TILES WOULD HAVE COST TO MUCH. IT WAS CHEAPER TO

.USE BROKEN TILES FROM THE CERAMICS FABRICS

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ANTONIO GAUDI
CHORONOLOGY
)CASA VICENS )1883-1885-

)PALAU GUELL )1885-1889-

)COLLEGE OF THE TERESIANAS )1888-1890-

)CRYPT OF THE CHURCH OF COLONIA GUELL )1898-1916-

)CASA CALVET )1899-1904-

)CASA BATLLO )1905-1907-

)CASA MILA )LA PEDRERA) )1905-1907-

)PARK GUELL )1900-1914-

SAGRADA FAMILIA NATIVITY FACADE AND CRYPT FAMILI CATHEDDRAL-

))1884-1926
ANTONIO GAUDI
PROJECTS
 CRYPT OF CHURCH OF
PARK GUELL CASA BATLO
COLONIA GUELL
ANTONIO GAUDI
CASE STUDY
CASA BATLA
A RENOVATION
PROJECT

CASA BATLLÓ IS ONE OF THE

TWO GREAT BUILDINGS
DESIGNED BY ANTONI
.GAUDI

.A RENOVATION PROJECT

.GIVEN BY JOSEP BATLLO

TASK TO CHANGE THE
APPEARANCE ACCORDING
TO THE FASHIONABLE
. DISTRICT OF BARCELONA
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 ROOF TREATMENT

COVERED IN BLUISH PINK TILE

THE CREST OF ROOF RUNS IN AN UNDULATING LINE THAT TRACES A
.SLIGHT ZIGZAG ON ACCOUNT OF THE ROUND TILES USED
 CONFLICTS

PILLARS SPARKED OFF A

.CONFLICT

CONSTRUCTION OF EXTRA
.ROOMS
INTERIOR
DYNAMIC INTERIOR VIEWS
CONCLUSION
 ANTONIO GAUDI
CASE STUDY
CRYPT OF THE CHURCH OF COLONIA GUELL
) )1898-1916
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ROOF OF THE CRYPT

LONGITUDNAL AND TRANSVERSE SECTIONS

.FROM BEHIND CRYPT IS INACCESSIBLE

IN FRONT OF CRYPT THERE IS A LARGE VESTIBULE SUPPORTED BY
PILLARS
.THE PILLARS ARE THE FIRST THING THAT CATHCHES THE VISITOR’S EYE
 VIEWS OF VAULTS

WHEN APPROACHES TO THE

CENTRE OF CRYPT i.e. THE
ALTAR, THE FIRST REACTION
.IS TO DUCK

THE PILLARS SLANT SO SHARPLY

THAT NO ONE CAN THINK
.THAT IT GOING TO COLLAPSE

GAUDI DESIGNED A MODEL TO

UNDERSTAND HOW THE
PILLARS AND ARCHES WOULD
.BEAR THE LOADS
 CEILING

AVOID HEIGHTINING IN THE DESIGN AS ALREADY FRAGILE SENSE

.CONVEYED BY THE VALUTED CEILING
.NUMEROUS ARCHES MASONED IN BRICK IN CEILING
.THIS WAY THE ROOF SEEMS LIGHTER
 STAIRCASE

A PINE TREE STANDS ON THE

.SITE

GAUDI RAN THE STAIRS AROUND

.IT

THE WINDING STAIRS, FORMED,

LEADING AROUND THE CRYPT
AND ENHANCE NATURAL RURA
OF THE BUILDING AS A
.WHOLE
CHANCLEL ITSELF ENCIRLCED BY
A U-SHAPED HALL, WHICH
CONDRICTS THE NATURE OF
.CRYPT

THE PILLARS BRANCH IN

NUMEROUS ANGLES AT THE
.TOP

THIS HALL OF PILLARS

GRADUALLY APPROACHES TO
.THE CHURCH

THE PILLARS REFLECT THE

STRUCTURE OF PINE FOREST
i.e. GRADUAL TRANSITION
FROM NATURE TO
.ARCHITECTURE
 FAÇADE TREATMENT

.THE FAÇADE IS DOMINATED BY A HUGE BLOCK OF GRANITE

COVER THE FLOOR OF THE CHURCH AND SIDEWALKS WITH GRAY MARBLE
SLABS
THE CRYPT IS BUILD IN BASALTIC STONE BRICKS WITH MOSAICS WHO
.”OFFER AN APPEARANCE OF "ARCHAIC
 WINDOWS TREATMENT

THE WINDOWS JUT OUT OVER THE WALLS, AND IN THE UPPER PART OF
THE DOOR A CERAMIC COMPOSITION SHOW THE FOUR CARDINAL
.VIRTUES
 CONCLUSION
THIS BUILDING WAS FOR GAUDÍ A TEST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIS
BIGGEST WORK BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN TESTING DIFFERENT
ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS IN IT, LATER APPLIED IN THAT OTHER
.TEMPLE
ANTONIO GAUDI
CASE STUDY
PARK GUELL
 PLAN OF PARK

GUELL ACQUIRED THE MUNTANYA PELADA IN THE NORTHWEST OF

.BRCELONA, AS THE SITE OF PARK

.THE LAND WAS BARREN OF ALL VEGETATION

THE LACK OF WATER AND THE STONY, DRY EARTH MADE THE AREA
.SOME WHAT UNSUITABLE FOR A STTELEMENT
 FAÇADE TREATMENT

THE MAIN GATEWAY SHOW TWO ADMINISTRATIVE

PAVILIONS MADE IN STONE
THESE PAVILIONS AT FIRST SIGHT RESEMBLE HOUSES
..FROM SOME MAGICAL FOREST
WINDOW TEARTMENT
 PATH WAYS

THE TERRAIN WAS TOO

STEEP FOR ROADS AND
.PATHS

GAUDI DECIDED NOT TO

HAVE PARTS OF THE
.HILL LEVELED

HE DESIGNED THE
STREETS IN THE FORM
OF VIADUCTS AND
.CAVERNED PASSAGES

THE SPLENDING GLEAMING

CERAMIC COVERINGS
WERE COMPOSED BY
.MEANS OF A COLLAGE
 BENCHES

. HE USED THE UNIQUE SHAPE OF BENCHES

THE BENCHES ARE TILED AND IN ORDER TO DRY UP QUICKLY

.AFTER IT RAINS
 CONCLUSION
IF NATURE PREORDAINED A CERTAIN FORM, THAN IT CAN ADOPT IN
.ARCHITECTURE
.THIS PARK EXHIIBIT THE GREATEST PROXIMITY TO NATURE
 OTHER PROJECTS

PALAU GUELL
)1885-1889)
CASA CALVET CASA VICENS
)1899-1904) )1883-1885)
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http://en.wikipedio.org/wiki/park-g5c3%bcell

http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/gaudi/park-guell.html
http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/aao12a.html
http://www.bluffton.edu/sullivanm/spain/barcelona/gaudivicens.ht
http://enwikipedia.org.wiki/casa-batllo
http://ww.gaudillgaudi.com/aa008.htm

http://www.emmaalvarez.com/2008/04antonio-gaudi-awesome-a

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