Casa Batlló is an apartment building in Barcelona, Spain designed by Antoni Gaudi between 1905-1907. It has an organic, skeletal quality with no straight lines and a mosaic tile facade that changes color from orange to blue. The roof resembles the back of a dragon. The loft space has catenary arches resembling an animal ribcage. The Horta Museum is Victor Horta's former home and studio in Brussels, Belgium from 1898-1901. It features an asymmetrical stone facade with ornate metalwork and is considered one of the first purely modernist structures. Natural forms inspired the decorative details throughout, and materials like iron, glass and wood were innovatively used in the structure and ornament

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SignRagini Sahu
B.Arch 3 year
14ARCH010
ACA, Agra
Date
12/02/17
ART NOUVEAU
CASA BATLLÓ
• Architect- Antoni Gaudi
• Location- Barcelona, Spain
• Date- 1905 to 1907
• Building type- Apartment building (remodel)
• Construction system- Concrete
• Climate- Mediterranean
• Context- Urban
• Style- Expressionist or Art Nouveau
• Building is extremely functional.
• The building had a basement, a ground floor, four other floors
and a garden in the back.
• It has a visceral, skeletal organic quality.
• Goal of the designer was to avoid straight lines completely.
• Façade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles
that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish
blues.
• The roof is arched and was likened to the back of
a dragon or dinosaur.
LOFT
• One of the most unusual spaces.
• It is known for its simplicity of shapes and its Mediterranean
influence through the use of white on the walls.
• It contains a series of sixty catenary arches that creates a space
which represents the ribcage of an animal.
• It was formerly a service area for the tenants of the various
apartments in the building and housed laundry rooms, storage
areas, etc.
OVERVIEW
• Gaudí included a huge gallery – to see and be seen
– which projects several metres out.
• He also added large oval-shaped feature windows.
• inserted stone columns in the shape of bones, and
balconies in the shape of masks
• building is crowned with a spectacular roof which,
being composed of large scales, looks like a
dragon’s back.
• It also has a tower, and rising from this is a cross
with four arms pointing north, south, east and
west.
• The entire facade is tiled with a mosaic composed
of pieces of glass and ceramic discs, giving an
undulating surface.
FACADE
ROOF TILES
• Roof's arched profile recalls the spine of a dragon with ceramic
tiles for scales.
• Small triangular window towards the right of the structure
simulates the eye.
• The tiles were given a metallic sheen to simulate the varying
scales of the monster, with the color grading from green on the
right side, where the head begins, to deep blue and violet in the
center, to red and pink on the left side of the building.
TOWER AND BULB
• Tower topped with a cross of four arms oriented to the cardinal
directions.
• It is a bulbous, root-like structure that evokes plant life.
MAIN FLOOR
• Entirely in sandstone, and is supported by two columns.
• Joinery windows set with multicolored stained glass.
• There are six fine columns that seem to simulate the bones of a
limb, with an apparent central articulation; in fact, this is a floral
decoration.
• The rounded shapes of the gaps and the lip-like edges carved
into the stone surrounding them create a semblance of a fully
open mouth, for which the Casa Batlló has been nicknamed the
"house of yawns."
Floor plans of Casa Ballto
Dragon roof terrace
Attic
Noble floor
Balcony
Section
External façade of Casa Ballto
Tower & Bulb
Stained glass window
Skeletal structure
Ceramic tiles
• This is the former residence of the Batlló family. Covering more
than 700 square metres, it is the main dwelling in the building.
• It is accessed via a splendid private entrance hall which puts the
visitor in mind of Captain Nemo’s underwater caves, with
skylights which look like tortoises’ shells, vaulted walls in curving
shapes and a spectacular staircase.
• Noble floor has a spacious landing with direct views towards the
blue tiling of the building well.
• the main suite which, with its three interconnected rooms, is like
a shop window display onto Passeig de Gràcia, with huge
windows which let the light in.
• Gaudí created large oak doors with organic shapes into which are
set panes of stained glass.
• These doors, as well as separating the three rooms, allow a
single light-filled space to be created.
NOBLE FLOOR

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SignRagini Sahu
B.Arch 3 year
14ARCH010
ACA, Agra
Date
12/02/17
ART NOUVEAU
HORTA MUSEUM
• Architect- Victor Horta
• Location- Brussels, Belgium
• Date- 1898-1901
• Building type- private house and studio
• Construction system- Concrete & metal
• Climate- Temperate
• Context- Urban
• Style- Expressionist or Art Nouveau
• Purely modernist style
• Very fine detailing which includes decorations in mosaics, tinted
glass, details on the walls, the furniture, etc.
CONCEPT
• The Art Nouveau movement emerges as who wants to break with
styles inspired by the past.
• Basic inspiration of Horta museum is from nature which is
reflected in every detail of décor.
• Horta’s inspiration is shown in use of ornate railings, windows,
lamps and furniture.
• The artist also describes his relation with the machines in use of
materials by using iron in railings, decorative ceilings, skylights,
etc.
FACADE
Asymmetrical compositions
Blue stone finishing
More ornate level 1 & 2
Less ornate level; 3
Glass is more used on level 3
Ocher-color metal columns
Metal balcony
Stone covered facade
Image showing Exterior of Horta Museum
STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS
• Arches are made by metals.
• Stone is used in façade.
• The exterior of the house and studio are mainly stone and iron.
• Wood joinery. Iron, glass, marble, wood, wallpaper, are also used.
• Stairs are treated as the central element of the interior space
which are approached through white marble steps.
• Staircase provides copious natural lighting inside the house,
which is especially useful in the case of such an elongated plot
with a unfavourable facade orientation.
• The staircase is crowned by a spectacular glazed skylight, in a
semi-vault form.
• Staircase visual communication between all levels of the house.
• Horta used ornamentation in rooms but avoided falling into
Baroquism For example, the lamps that hang from the structure
and other ornaments appear to extend to infinity due to two
mirrors located on the sides.
• The run and rise of each step is different and their ratio will
change as you climb through the stair.
STAIRCASE
INTERIOR
• Overall the house is much brighter and has warmer colors than
other contemporary houses
• Electric lighting has been used instead of gas.
• Hall is located at the entrance on the ground floor unlike the other
houses of that time which placed kitchen near the entrance which
resulted in narrow reception.
• The piano nobile includes the music room and dining room with
the staircase as a distributor and communicator space between
the two sides of the building. On the stairs, the architect uses
metal arches that join in a marble column, evoking Gothic
architecture.
• The dining room is covered with white enameled brick, a material that is
simple but exquisitely worked, alternating with glass, marble, gilt
metal and fine wood.
• The space is generously lighted by a screen that faces the
garden, reinforcing the idea of contact with nature that Art
Nouveau was trying to preach.
Details of interiors
GROUND FLOOR (left): house: 1. Parlour - cloakroom, 2. Main
staircase, 3. Cellar - kitchen, 4. Servant´s staircase. Studio: 1. New
cloakroom, 2. Bookshop.
Bel-étage (right): house: 1. Music room. 2. Main staircase. 3. Dining
room. 4. Salon. 5. Servant´s staircase. Studio: 1. Victor horta's salon
waiting room. 2. Victor horta´s office.
FIRST FLOOR (left): house: 1. Salon- cloakroom, 2. Main staircase,
3. Bedroom, 4. Bouidoir 5. Dressingroom, 6. Bathroom. 7. Servant´s
staircase. Studio: 1. Library, 2. Office for museum staff.
Second floor (right): house: 1. Guest-room. 2. Main staircase. 3.
Simone horta's room. 4. Winter terrace. 5.Terrace. 6. Servant´s
staircase. Studio: 1. Attic. Office for museum staff. .
Sections of horta
museum showing
staircase