ANTONI

GAUDI
ALICE PANDEY
B.ARCH 4TH YEAR SEM-8
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE
 BASIC INTRODUCTION
➢FULL NAME: ANTONI PLACID GUILLEM COMET.
➢NICK NAME: GOD’S ARCHITECT.
➢ANTONIO GAUDI WAS A CATALAN ARCHITECT.
➢BORN ON JUNE 25, 1852, IN REUS, SPAIN.
➢HE WORKED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN OR NEAR BARCELONA.
➢DIED JUNE 10, 1926, BARCELONA.
 ABOUT ANTONI GAUDI
➢HIS WORKS ARE MARKED BY A HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL STYLE.
➢MUCH OF GAUDI'S WORK WAS MARKED BY THE FOUR PASSIONS
OF HIS LIFE: ARCHITECTURE, NATURE, RELIGION AND HIS LOVE
FOR CATALONIA
➢HE HIMSELF WAS SKILLED, SUCH AS CERAMICS, STAINED GLASS,
WROUGHT IRONWORK FORGING AND CARPENTRY.
➢RARELY DID GAUDÍ DRAW DETAILED PLANS OF HIS WORKS
INSTEAD PREFERRED TO CREATE THEM AS THREE- DIMENSIONAL
SCALE.
➢BETWEEN 1984 AND 2005 SEVEN OF HIS WORKS WERE DECLARED
WORLD HERITAGE SITES BY UNESCO.
 GAUDI’S STYLE
➢HIS WORKS ARE CHARACTERISED BY UNDULATING CURVES, AND
RICHLY COLOURED SCRAMBLED TEXTURES.
➢DEVELOPED MODERNISMO STYLE : BLENDING GOTHIC ART AND
ART NOVEAU.
➢HIS FAVOUTITE FORMS WERE INCLINED COLUMNS, PARABOLOID
ARCHES, THIN EDGE BUTTED TILE VAULTS, RICHEST MOST
COLOURFUL TEXTURES, AND MOSAICS MADE UP OF BROKEN TILE
SCRAPS.
 GAUDI’S INSPIRATION
➢ MEDIEVAL BOOKS
➢ GOTHIC ART
➢ ORIENTAL STRUCTURES
➢ ART NOUVEAU MOVEMENT
➢ THE GLORY OF NATURE
➢ THE DESIRE TO GO BEYOND ANYTHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
DONE BEFORE
 ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
➢GAUDI’S WORK EMPLOYING ORGANIC OR NATURAL FORMS,
CURVED OR UNDULATING LINES, RECLAIMED MATERIALS,
CERAMIC BRICKS, TRENCADÍS MOSAICS, ETC.
➢HE PROJECTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE FORM DOES NOT
BECOME A MERE STYLISTIC CAPRICE, BUT RATHER FINDS ITS
REASON FOR BEING IN THE FUNCTION FOR WHICH IT WAS
CONCEIVED.
➢FOR EXAMPLES: THE SCHOOLS AT THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA AND
HYPERBOLIC VAULTS.
➢HE USED STEEL INSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO REINFORCE HIS
STRUCTURE.
 ARCHITECTURAL WORKS

➢ SAGRADA FAMILIA CHURCH

➢ CASA BATLLÓ
➢ CASA VI CENS
➢ HECTOR GUIMARD
SAGRADA FAMILIA: A CHURCH

➢ SAGRADA FAMILIA SOARS NEARLY

THE 560 FEET INTO THE BARCELONA
SKYLINE, ENSCONCED BY
SCAFFOLDING, TOWERED OVER BY
CRANES.
➢ FOR ANTONI GAUDI, THE SAGRADA
FAMILIA, THE MASSIVE STRUCTURE
WAS MEANT AS A TRIBUTE TO BOTH
GOD AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH.
SAGRADA FAMILIA CHURCH: CHARACTERISTICS

➢ SCHOOLS AT SAGRADA FAMILIA ➢ INSIDE COLUMNS ARE DESIGNED

HAVE UNDULATING ROOFS AND AS TREE BRANCHES
OSCILLATING FACADE
➢ STAINED GLASS WINDOWS ➢ VAULTED CEILING ➢ TORTOISE AT THE
BASE OF COLUMN
 CASA BATLLO: A HOUSE

➢ FACADE REMINDS OF AN OIL

PAINTING, A CARNIVAL, IN
WHICH THE MOSAIC TILING IS
DONE.
➢ THE WROUGHT-IRON
BALCONIES ARE MASKS, AND
THE PINNACLE OF THE FACADE
IS A HARLEQUIN’S HAT.
➢ CASA BATLLÓ WAS DECLARED A
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
IN 2005.
➢ THE MAIN FLOOR CONTAINS THE
LARGE LOUNGE CHARACTERISED BY A
LONG GALLERY WITH LEADED
WINDOWS
➢ THE FINE WOODWORK IN ITS
INTERIOR.
➢ ANOTHER AREA IS THE LOFT, WHICH IS
A PERFECT COMBINATION OF BEAUTY
AND FUNCTIONALITY, INSPIRED BY
MEDITERRANEAN CONSTRUCTION, AND
CREATED USING A SERIES OF
CATENARY ARCHES WHICH SUPPORT
THE VAULTS OF THE CEILING.
 ➢ THE WOODWORK IN INTERIORS

➢ THE LOFT
 CASA VI CENS: A FAMILY RESIDENCE

➢ BUILT IN THE PERIOD 1883-1889.

➢ FAMILY RESIDENCE IN BARCELONA AND
BUILT FOR INDUSTRIALIST MANUEL
VICENS.
➢ GAUDÍ'S FIRST IMPORTANT WORK &
ADDED TO THE UNESCO WORLD
HERITAGE SITE
➢ EXHIBITS THE MOORISH INFLUENCE,
PARTICULARLY EVIDENT AT THE TOP.
➢ THE BUILDING DISPLAYS A
COMBINATION OF TRADITIONAL
MATERIALS AND DECORATIVE ART AS
WELL.
➢ THE HOUSE IS CONSTRUCTED OF
UNDRESSED STONE, ROUGH RED BRICKS,
AND COLORED CERAMIC TILES IN
CHECKERBOARD AND FLORAL PATTERNS.
➢ THE OWNER, MANUEL VICENS, WAS THE
OWNER OF A BRICK AND TILE FACTORY, SO
THE CERAMIC TILES PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS
EMPLOYMENT.
➢ THE PLAN IS ASYMMETRICAL WITH
PROTRUDING GABLES AND BUTTRESSES.
➢ GALLERIES PROJECT EVEN FARTHER AT
THE TOP.
➢ MOORISH ARCHITECTURE ➢ WROUGHT IRON WINDOWS
ON ROOF
HECTOR GUIMARD

➢ HECTOR GUIMARD DECORATIVE

IRONWORK AT A PARIS METRO.
➢ THE GREEN ENAMEL WORK HERE
IS REMINISCENT OF REAL PLANT
LIFE.
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