vaulted structures gaudi - Auroville Earth Institute

VAULTED STRUCTURES
GAUDI
Gaudi, the Spanish architect from Barcelona, can be seen as a visionary of architecture but also of structures. His greatness as an architect is to be found in a
prolific invention of forms and ways to study structures, especially vaulted ones.
When he received his architect diploma, the director of his School of architecture said from him: “I don’t know if I gave a diploma to a genius or a mad man”.
Mad man, surely not. Gaudi was a genius of a special kind. He found and developed a way to evaluate the stability of vaulted structures. The optimisation
method developed by the Earth Institute has been inspired by his findings.
He was born in 1852 and his life time has been very prolific. His quest for perfection made him redo many times a design, until he was entirely satisfied. It is
amazing to see how fast he could work and how many works he could handle at the same time.
He passed away in 1926, run over by a tramway, leaving to followers the completion of his greatest project, the Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia.
Gaudi
Sagrada Familia around 1920
Sagrada Familia 1883-1926 – Original sketch by Gaudi
Sagrada Familia in 2005
Sagrada Familia – Passion entrance
Sagrada Familia – Detail on a pinnacle
Sagrada Familia – Model study with the hyperboloid of revolution
Sagrada Familia – Crypte
Hyperboloid of revolution
Sagrada Familia – Nave with hyperboloids of revolution
Stability study for the Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
(Displayed in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia)
Stability study for the Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
Stability study for an unknown work
(displayed in the attic of Casa Mila)
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell – 1898 to 1914
Entrance of the Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell (crypt of the church which was planned)
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell – Detail on the rib arches
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell – Detail on the staircase
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell – Rib arches to generate a dome
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
College de les Teresianes 1888 to1890
College de les Teresianes
College de les Teresianes
Parc Guell 1900 to 1914
Parc Guell
Parc Guell
Parc Guell
Parc Guell
Parc Guell
Casa Batllo – 1904 to 1907
Casa Batllo
Casa Batllo
Attics of Casa Batllo
Attics of Casa Batllo
Attics of Casa Batllo
Attics of Casa Batllo
Attics of Casa Batllo
Attics of Casa Batllo
Casa Mila, La Pedrera – 1906 to 1912
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila
Attics of Casa Mila