Gaudí was a Spanish architect known for his highly unique and organic style inspired by nature. Some of his most famous works include Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Park Güell, and Palau Güell. He used innovative construction techniques and materials like trencadís to create distinctive facades and interiors marked by flowing shapes and vibrant colors. Gaudí dedicated his life to meticulously designing buildings that reflected his passions of architecture, nature, religion, and his home of Catalonia.

1. ARCHITECT
ANTONIO GAUDI
BY: SRISHTI SHUBH

2. ANTONIO GAUDI CORNET was a
Spanish Catalan architect and the
best-known representative of
Catalan Modernism.
•Gaudí's works are marked by a
highly individual style and the vast
majority of them are situated in the
Catalan capital of Barcelona.
•Gaudí's work was marked by the
four passions of his life:
architecture, nature, religion, and
his love for Catalonia
•Gaudí meticulously studied every
detail of his creations
25 June 1852 - 10 June 1926

3. •In his architecture he used a series of crafts, in which he himself
was skilled, such as ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork
forging and carpentry
•Introduced new techniques in the treatment of the materials,
such as his famous trencadís, made of waste ceramic pieces
•Under the influence of neo-Gothic art,
and certain oriental tendencies, Gaudí
became part of the Catalan Modernista
movement which was then at its peak
•Gaudí's work, however, transcended
mainstream Modernisme, culminating in
an organic style that was inspired by
nature without losing the influence of the
experiences gained earlier.

4. •Gaudí’s first projects were the lampposts he designed for the Plaça Reial
in Barcelona, the unfinished Girossi newsstands and the Cooperativa
Obrera Mataronense (Workers' Cooperative of Mataró).
•At the Paris world fair in 1878 his modernista designs which were
functional and aesthetic impressed the catalan industrialist Eusebi Güell
who later requested him to carry out his various projects.
•This patronage later resulted in some of the most distinguished of Gaudi’s
works like the Guell wine cellars, Guell pavilions, Palau Guell(Guell palace),
Parc Guell (Guell Park), and the crypt of the church of Colonia Guell.

5. HIS WORKS
Sagrada Família : Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in
Barcelona Gaudí devoted his last years to the project and at the time of his
death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. The basílica has
a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona—over the initial possibility it
might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself, over the
possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design, and the recent
possibility that an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed train could disturb
its stability

6. The style of la Sagrada Familia is variously
likened to Spanish Late Gothic, Spanish
Baroque and to Art Nouveau. While the
Sagrada Família falls within the Art Nouveau
period, known as "Modernisme" in Spain,
Nikolaus Pevsner points out that, along with
Charles Rennie Macintosh in Glasgow,
Gaudi carried the Art Nouveau style far
beyond its usual application as a surface
decoration.

7. Spires
Gaudi's original design calls for a total of
eighteen spires, representing in ascending
order of height the Twelve Apostles, the four
Evangelists, the Virgin Mary and, tallest of
all, Jesus Christ. Eight spires have been
built as of 2010
The masterpiece has been built
in such a way that the
appearance of the building
changes with change in the
quality of light fallling on it.
The colour and visual of the
building looks Rugged and
coarse in sunlight while
appears to dazzle brightly in
night in artificial light.

8. Glory Façade
The largest and
most striking of the
facades will be the
Glory Façade, on
which construction
began in 2002

9. Nativity Façade
Constructed between 1894 and 1930,
the Nativity façade was the first façade
to be completed. Dedicated to the birth
of Jesus, it is decorated with scenes
reminiscent of elements of life

10. Passion Façade
contrast to the highly
decorated Nativity Façade, the
Passion Façade is austere,
plain and simple, with ample
bare stone, and is carved with
harsh straight lines to
resemble a skeleton if it were
reduced to only bone.
Dedicated to the Passion of
Christ, the suffering of Jesus
during his crucifixion, the
façade was intended to portray
the sins of man
The stone used is of various
shades of yellow ochre mixed
with brown which gives
symbolic skeleton like feeling
to the structure.
Façades

11. INTERIORS
The columns of the interior are a unique Gaudí
design. Besides branching to support their load, their
ever-changing surfaces are the result of the
intersection of various geometric forms. The simplest
example is that of a square base evolving into an
octagon as the column rises, then a sixteen-sided
form, and eventually to a circle. This effect is the
result of a three-dimensional intersection of helicoidal
columns (for example a square cross-section column
twisting clockwise and a similar one twisting counter-
clockwise).
The insides are done in white and cream tones which
reflect a large amount of light which gives the feeling
of enlarged space as well as increases the height of
the roof.
The yellowish lamps that are lit go very harmoniously
with the roof and the surrounding columns.

12. Symbolism
Themes throughout the
decoration include words from Geometric shapes are cut in
the liturgy. The towers are stone which is of a slaty
decorated with words such as colour and texture and give
"Hosanna", "Excelsis", and the feeling of ancientness
"Sanctus"; the great doors of the
which relates to the ancient
Passion façade reproduce words
from the Bible in various stories of Bible and very aptly
languages including Catalan present them to the viewer.

13. •The home is centered on a main room for
entertaining high society guests. Guests entered
the home in horse drawn carriages through the
front iron gates.
•The ornate walls and ceilings of the receiving
room disguised small viewing windows high on
the walls where the owners of the home could
view their guests from the upper floor.
•The main party room has a high ceiling with
small holes near the top where lanterns were
hung at night from the outside to give the
appearance of a starlit sky.
•Since it is a guest house it is done in shades of
dark brown with engraved and intricate designs
which creates dark pores which get themselves PALAU GUELL
highlighted due to the starkness of black over
any other colour.

14. Casa Batlló
is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and
Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877
and remodelled in the years 1904–1906
The building looks very remarkable
The ground floor, in particular, is rather
astonishing with tracery, irregular oval
windows and flowing sculpted stone work.
goal of the designer was to avoid straight
lines completely
Much of the façade is decorated with a
mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles
(trencadís) that starts in shades of golden
orange moving into greenish blues
Gaudi has again used a plethora of colours
without creating noisiness in the building.
The effect is smooth and very well merges
with the curves and textures present in the
façade.

15. ROOF OF CASA BATLLO:
We can see in the roof the use of coloured broken ceramic tiles.
The colours used are vibrant and very smoothly merge from warm to cool
They are intricately used and the spire is made white to extenuate the hieght of
the spire which makes it look taller and more beautiful.
The slow transform of colour creates a very interesting visual and holds the viewer
in awe. It also looks fresh and diferent every next time you see it.

16. The Church of Colònia Güell
is an unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí. It was
built as a place of worship for the people in a
manufacturing suburb in Santa Coloma de
Cervelló, near Barcelona (Spain). Colònia Güell
was the brainchild of Count Eusebi de Güell.
Due to losses only the crypt was completed.
In 2000, local architects set about repairing the
crypt. This took away aspects of the unfinished
nature of the buildings. However it did present a
more tourist-friendly structure, and now visitors
can stand on the roof, what would have been
the church floor.
The tiles Gaudi used here are more of the
shades of brown interspersed with reddish
brown which creates a sombre effect and the
texture also melds well with the colour. The
shades of brown are very appropriate for
worshipping and meditating purposes.

17. Casa Vicens
Casa Vicens is a family residence in
Barcelona
and built for industrialist Manuel Vicens. It
was Gaudí's first important work. It was
added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site
"Works of Antoni Gaudí" in 2005.
The house is constructed of undressed
stone, rough red bricks, and colored
ceramic tiles in checkerboard and floral
patterns. The yellow, zinnia-flowered tile,
designed by Gaudí.
The plan is asymmetrical with protruding
gables and buttresses. Galleries project
even farther at the top. Rooftop towers are
reminiscent of Moorish architecture.
The schemes used here gives a vibrant
and lively feel to the residence. It also
blends with the randomness of the street
on which it stands and appears to be a part

18. Episcopal Palace, Astorga
When the original Episcopal Palace was
destroyed by a fire in the 19th century,
bishop Grau decided to assign the design
of the new building to his friend Antoni
Gaudí.
The edifice, built in gray granite from El
Bierzo, is in a neo-medieval style
harmonizing with its location, including the
cathedral in particular.
The roof tops are dark grey and the glass
windows also appear grey they go well with
the clear blue background of the sky. The
scheme here is harmonious and appears
peaceful.