Park Güell is a public park system located in Barcelona, Spain designed by renowned architect Antoni Gaudi between 1900 and 1914. It features an elaborate system of pathways, staircases, and architectural structures made from materials like ceramic tiles, stone, and ironwork. The park offers visitors recreational activities like photography, jogging, and touring Gaudi's house museum, which is located on the grounds.

1. PARK GÜELL, BARCELONA, SPAIN
NAME : TANG FU HONG
STUDENT ID : 0323092
EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION [COM30103]
SESSION : SEPTEMBER 2015

2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
➤ Public park system composed
of gardens and architectonic
elements located on Carmel
Hill, in Barcelona (Spain).
➤ Carmel Hill belongs to the
mountain range of Collserola
— the Parc del Carmel is
located on the northern face.
➤ Park Güell is located in La
Salut, a neighborhood in the
Gràcia district of Barcelona.

3. ➤ With urbanization in mind, Eusebi
Güell assigned the design of the
park to Antoni Gaudí.
➤ The park was built between 1900
and 1914 and was officially opened
as a public park in 1926. In 1984.
➤ UNESCO declared the park a
World Heritage Site under “Works
of Antoni Gaudí”.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

4. TYPE : PUBLIC PARK

5. IS A PARK IN BARCELONA TO OFFER RECREATION AND
GREEN SPACE TO RESIDENTS OF, AND VISITORS TO, THE
MUNICIPALITY. THE DESIGN, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
IS USUALLY DONE BY CITY COUNCIL.

6. STRUCTURE & LAYOUT

7. OVERALL LAYOUT
Monumental Zone
Free, unrestricted access area Ticket offices
Access control points (entrance)

8. ➤ The main entrance to Park
Güell is on the south side,
on Carrer d’Olot.
THE ENTRANCE AND THE PORTER'S LODGE PAVILIONS
➤ The iron gates, designed
in the shape of palm
leaves, do not form part of
the original plan, but came
from Casa Vicens.

9. THE ENTRANCE AND THE PORTER'S LODGE PAVILIONS
THE ONE TO THE LEFT
WAS THE ONE ACTUALLY
USED AS A PORTER’S
LODGE, WITH A WAITING
ROOM AND TELEPHONE
BOOTH, WHILE THE ONE
TO THE RIGHT WAS THE
PORTER’S RESIDENCE.

10. THE DRAGON STAIRWAY
THE STAIRWAY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, ALONG
WHICH THE WATER FROM A FOUNTAIN RUNS, ONCE SUPPLIED
FROM THE TANK UNDER THE HYPOSTYLE ROOM.

11. THE DRAGON STAIRWAY
On the first landing are some capricious shapes
like goblins, while halfway up the steps is the
emblem of Catalonia and further up the dragon,
or salamander.

12. THE DRAGON STAIRWAY
ON THE LAST
FLIGHT OF STEPS,
S H E L T E R E D
U N D E R T H E
H Y P O S T Y L E
R O O M , I S A
GREEK-THEATRE
SHAPED BENCH.

13. THE GREEK THEATRE OR NATURE SQUARE
ITS ORIGINAL NAME
WAS DUE TO THE FACT
THAT IT WAS PLANNED
FOR STAGING LARGE
OPEN-AIR SHOWS
THAT COULD BE
WATCHED FROM THE
S U R R O U N D I N G
TERRACES.

14. THE HYPOSTYLE ROOM
➤ Which was designed to be
the market for the estate.
➤ Made up of 86 striated
columns.
➤ The ceiling is formed of
small domes constructed.
➤ A conduit running inside it
collects the rainwater that
filters down from the square,
s e n d i n g i t o n t o a n
underground tank, which
has as the stairway dragon’s
mouth as its overflow.

15. THE LAUNDRY ROOM PORTICO
The portico adopts the shape of a great wave atop
slanting columns, with a double colonnade that
acts as a buttress.

16. THE AUSTRIA GARDENS
➤ THE ZONE WAS USED AS A MUNICIPAL PLANT NURSERY.
➤ IT GOT ITS NAME THROUGH A DONATION OF TREES FROM
AUSTRIA IN 1977.

17. THE SNAKE SEAT
UNUSUALLY COMFORTABLE FOR A STONE BENCH : GAUDI HAD A
WORKMAN DROP HIS PANTS AND SIT IN SOFT PLASTER TO
RECORD THE CORRECT ANATOMICAL CURVE - FORESHADOWING
THE SCIENCE OF ERGONOMICS BY HALF A CENTURY.

18. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

19. GAUDÍ HOUSE MUSEUM
WAS THE RESIDENCE OF ANTONI GAUDÍ FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS,
FROM 1906 TILL THE END OF 1925. ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1963 IT WAS
OPENED AS A MUSEUM AND NOWADAYS HOUSES A COLLECTION OF
FURNITURE AND OBJECTS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT.

20. PHOTO SHOOTING
THE PARK IS ALSO SUITABLE TO TAKE A LOT OF NICE PHOTOS.

21. DOG-FRIENDLY AREA
DURING THE REGULATED TIMES, PETS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED
TO ENTER THE PARK IF KEPT ON A LEAD THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE VISIT.

22. MORNING JOG
NOT ONLY DESIGNED BY GAUDI, BUT INCREDIBLE VIEWS OF THE
ENTIRE CITY. GET UP EARLY TO AVOID THE CROWDS.

23. TYPE OF MATERIALS USED

24. TYPE OF MATERIALS USED
➤ RIGHT-Windows boxes with colourful stones
and decorated like a fantasy story in question.
➤ LEFT-The iron gates, designed in the shape of
palm leaves.

25. TYPE OF MATERIALS USED
➤ The famous salamander or dragon in the centre of the
staircase is covered with small pieces of colourful ceramic.
This technique called “trencadís”.
➤ The roof of the hall are covered with hemispherical domes
trencadís white.

26. TYPE OF MATERIALS USED
➤ Portico backing onto a retaining wall made from unworked
stone It is one of the finest examples of the organic
architecture upheld by Gaudí.

27. TYPE OF MATERIALS USED
THE VAULTED ROOF OF
B O T H C ATA L A N
CERAMICS MADE IN
COLOUR CAPTIVATES
THE VISITOR AND
GIVES US A SNAPSHOT
OF WHAT WE WILL
FIND WITHIN THE
PARK.

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