Sunday, October 26th

Sagrada Famiglia: Gaudi
Casa Guell: Gaudi
Casa Battlo: Gaudi
Casa Mila: Gaudi
Park Guell: Gaudi
Gaudi’s house in Park Guell
Barcelona Pavilion (night): Mies
Gas Building (night): Morales
Gehry Fish (night)
Seashore Park

I dedicated this day to Gaudi’s work. He was a pretty amazing architect and had his own way of designing. Everything of his is organic and relates to nature. The Sagrada Familglia is a church that was started by him and not going to be done by another 30 or so years. It was started around the 1900’s? I’m pretty sure that it is the most visited church in Spain. The forms Gaudi created were overwhelming and beautiful. The iconography was legible and had amazing depth and detail. The amount of detail he put into all his work is incredible. We waited in line to climb up one of the towers and the tightness of these is claustrophobic but the views were amazing. I was very excited beforehand to see this church.

One of the most interesting pieces that I have been anxious to see in all of my architectural education is Mies’ Barcelona Pavilion. This is another work that is constantly studied in all architecture schools. The plan is simple, but the work is very powerful through its use of materiality and spatial volumes. I spent quite a bit of time here that night experiencing this work.