{"id":11914,"date":"2014-10-16T11:12:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T09:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=11914"},"modified":"2014-11-06T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T10:34:29","slug":"gaudi-itt-es-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/magyar-epitomuveszet-hirek\/gaudi-itt-es-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaud\u00ed. Architecture Ahead of its Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

An exhibition coordinated by the Museu Nacional d\u2019Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
\nAz Wien, 2 October – 2 November 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Model of the Casa Mil\u00e1 (La Pedrera), 1906-1912 \u00a9 Foundation Catalunya-La Pedrera<\/p><\/div>\n

The work of Antoni Gaud\u00ed is widely known by the general public and acclaimed and esteemed by the international expert world. UNESCO has declared many of his buildings part of the world cultural heritage. However, the spectacular exteriors of his buildings can lead us to forget that behind Gaud\u00ed\u2019s architecture there is an express wish for functionality. The architect used an empirical approach that allowed him to rethink his own designs time and time again and to try out new solutions.
\nThe exhibition \u201cGaud\u00ed. Architecture ahead of its Time\u201d presents the immense range of Gaud\u00ed\u2019s work in a way that allows it to be grasped, and shows the unusual and forward-looking methods that he applied in order to build his designs. The show is divided into several sections: the first part deals with the biography of the Catalan architect, while in the second his best-known buildings (Casa Batll\u00f3, La Pedrera, the Church of the Col\u00f2nia G\u00fcell, Park G\u00fcell and Sagrada Fam\u00edlia) are presented in the form of videos, plans and models. The third section deals with Gaud\u00ed\u2019s early works many of which were of decisive importance for the development of the parabolic arch that he used so often, for instance in the Collegi de les Teresianes and the Torre de Bellesguard.
\nThe exhibition also presents the models that Gaud\u00ed used to work out the structure of the church in the Col\u00f2nia G\u00fcell, as well as Gaud\u00ed\u2019s workshop and the site huts that he set up on the site of each of his buildings in order to produce models made of plaster, wood or clay directly on site. The architect used these models to empirically calculate the load-bearing structure and form of the respective building. He himself called this way of working \u201cmy experimental methods\u201d\u00ac and \u2013 together with the most modern technology \u2013 it is still used today in the site hut of the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia. The exhibition concludes with a chapter on Gaud\u00ed\u2019s extensive design work, above all in the area of furniture. <\/p>\n

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