SAGRADA FAMILIA

Posted by aaxan (Tokyo, Japan) on 14 July 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

July 14th is the French national day and although it has nothing to do with this day I'll still from now on be posting photos of my 2-day trip to Barcelona. An amazing city, a great place to visit.

To mention Barcelona, it is inevitable to mention the name ANTONIO GAUDI, the master in architecture who created the lengendary Sagrada Familia Temple.

La Sagrada Família (in Catalan, means 'The Holy Family') is a large Roman Catholic basilica under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Its formal title is Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família. Antoni Gaudí worked on the project for over 40 years, devoting the last 15 years of his life entirely to this endeavour. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have joked, "My client is not in a hurry." After Gaudí's death in 1926, work continued under the direction of Domènech Sugranyes until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1935.

Parts of the unfinished building and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the war by Catalan anarchists. The design, as now being constructed, is based both on reconstructed versions of the lost plans and on modern adaptations. Since 1940 the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The current director and son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol, has been introducing computers into the design and construction process since the 1980s. Sculptures by J. Busquets, Etsuro Sotoo and the controversial Josep Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades.

Source : Wikipedia

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