Less is more.

Less is a

bore.

Antoni Gaudi | Cornet

Color in certain places has the great value of making the

outlines and structural planes seem more energetic

Born- 25 June, 1852 in Reus, Catalonia, Spain

At the age of 35,

1887

At the age of 68,

1920Died- 10 June, 1926 (aged

73)

Born to industrial boiler maker Francesc Gaudi and Antonia

Cornet Bertran

Raised as a Catholic

Had four passions : Architecture, nature, religion and Catalonia

Extensive use of stained glass, wrought iron, ceramics, stucco.

Focused on models and facades

Artist, designer, craftsman

Experienced many periods of architecture- orientalist, neo-

gothic, naturalist(art nouveau or modernisme).

El Capricho de Comillas (1883-85)

Máximo Díaz de Quijano

Gaudi’s first house. Experimental Modernism.

The design of this building by Gaudí combines music and architecture.

Highlight is the cylindrical tower. Glass windows also play an important

role.

The design of the building is established around a long ground floor

with up two floors, and down a basement for garage and services

The exterior of the building is characterized by the use of bricks, stone, in

the lower part, of open-face brick adorned with fringes of glazed ceramics

representing sunflowers and leaves on the rest, and the superimposition of

the curved surface facing the straight surface.

Tower breaks the unity of the rest of the

building.

Casa Vicens(1883-88)

Barcelona

the house of

Manuel Vicens i

Montaner ; it is a

residential project

made for a rich

family owning a

ceramic factory.

Decoration appears an explosion of imagination and brilliant ideas.

Constructed of undressed stone, rough red bricks and colored

ceramics.

Moorish inspiration

The building has different volumes separated by angles

The house also had a garden(now demolished), it had a fountain built

with open brick work .

Garden was surrounded by stucco wall.

The interior atmosphere of parts of the building has some influence of Islamic

architecture, this influence is strongly manifested into the room named the "fumoir"

(Smoke room).Ornamentation of ceiling is related to plants and flowers showing nice

color contrasts.

Casa Botines (1891-93)Leon, Spain

for Fernández and Andrés(textile business)

One of the three buildings that Gaudi made

outside Catalonia

Influenced by Neo-Gothic style

The edifice includes a basement, ground floor,

three more floors and an attic or loft.

Ground floor was used for business and the

upper floors as residence.

The roof is a inclined slate roof with six skylights

A tower at each corner of the building, emphasizing its neo-gothic

character. The main and right lateral facades are surrounded by a

trench that improves the illumination and ventilation of the basement.

St. George slaying the dragon- top of entrance

The building has an inclined The windows on all four sides of Casa Botines are

identical. They decrease in size as they go up the building.

A system of cast-iron pillars in a frame structure, allowing for a more open plan,

without the need for the load-bearing walls to distribute it.

Casa Batllo (1904-06)

Barcelonalocally called House of Bones

Roof

Chimney

Cross of four arms

Iron fireplace

Casa Mila(1906-10)

Barcelona for Pere Mila

Open Courtyards, well lit spaces, underground car parking, separate stairs

for servants and owners

Parabolic arch in the attic Helicoid cross

Balconies

Sagrada Familia

developer was Josep Maria Bocabella i Verdaguer,

Nativity façade- to the east

Passion façade- to the west

Glory façade- to the south

(under construction)

Stained glass on the eastern facadeTypical cross

Died in an accident.

Seven of his projects are declared as World heritage sites by UNESCO

They are: the Park Güell, the Palau Güell and the Casa Milà; and

the Nativity facade, the crypt and the apse of the Sagrada Família,

The Casa Vicens and the Casa Batlló in Barcelona, together with

the crypt of the Colònia Güell in Santa Coloma de Cervelló.

During Spanish Civil War (1936) his studio was burnt down; plans, models

and documents were destroyed.

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