REASONS FOR SELECTING THE ARCHITECT AND HIS WORK

• The church of the Sagrada Familia, perhaps more than any of Gaudi’s
earlier works, expresses his belief that a ‘mystic symbolism inhabits the
form of architecture.’
• The church was a lifetime commission and remained uncompleted upon
his death in 1926 – a reflection of the ambition and scale of the project.
• It has been described as the most important ecclesiastic building since
the late eighteenth century with its most poignant features being the rich
decoration and towers with their Expressionist shape and form.
About Gaudi
• Antoni Gaudi Catalan architect, leader of modernism and one of the leading
pioneers of the avant-garde of the twentieth century. His figure is one of the most
amazing architectural history, both for its innovations and they are seemingly
intuitive.
• Light in his mind were the images of the Nature, which he always would consider
his great teacher.
INFLUENCES
NEO-GOTHIC INFLUENCES GOTHIC INFLUENCES

VIOLLET-LE-DUC-COME TO -PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE

ORIENTAL INFLUENCES MODERN ARCHITECTURE ACADEMIC LESSONS
-ARCHITECTURE IS
-ARTISANS WORKS WITH JUAN MARTORELL PRACTICALITY
IRON AND STONES MONTELLS- GOTHIC VAULTS -TRASCENDENT MEANING OF
-DRAGONS QUADRIPARTITE AND ARCHITECTURE
-ORNAMENTAL AND DEEP TOWERS WITH BELFRY
SENSE OF POLYCRHROME
ARCHITECTURE

EXAMPLES

BEYOND THE GOTHIC NATURALISM

-PARABOLIC ARCHS -BONES

-INCLINED COLUMNS -TREES
-REMOVE FLYING BUTTRESS -PLANTS
EL CAPRICHO CASA VICENS AND BUTTRESS -SPINAL COLUMNS
-DOUBLE ROOF OF STONE
-VERTICALISATION OF THE
WHOLE PROJECT

CASA BATLLO
• Gaudi was inspired by what he observed around him and his distinctive
architectural style was heavily influenced by nature
• He began to expose his distinctive style, designing free-form, irregular buildings
with curved lines, featuring undulating roofs and balconies.
• He changed the way stresses were distributed by designing arches and columns at
unconventional angles.
• In 1883, Gaudi began to take over construction of La Sagrada Familia (meaning
Holy Family Church), culminating all of his skills on the project.

“I am a geometrician, meaning I synthesise.” -Antoni Gaudi

He explored the most of the traditional techniques: the use of brick, ceramic coatings
(the "trencadís"), woodwork, etc. The natural elements has five advantages in the
constructions:
• Maximum practical experience: The performance guarantee of these forms is based
on experience involving testing by nature from the origins of the world.
• Suitability of the mechanical behavior: Natural shapes have greater strength, rigidity
and stability to the flat surfaces commonly used in architectural composition.
• Continuity: there aren´t any corners or edges.
• Playability
• Formal plasticity: These figures provide a formal plasticity and a new generating
expressive variations versus boxing sensations produced by repeated orthogonal
schemes of the places we live and inhabit.