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Title: Antonio Gaudi and La Casa Mila


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Antonio Gaudi and La Casa Mila
  • By Isaac Katz and Alexis Rosker

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Antonio Gaudi1852-1926
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Puerta de la Finca Miralles (1902)
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Casa Calvet (1904)
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Park Guell (1914)
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Colonia Guell (1915)
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Sagrada Familia (?)
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Casa Batllo (1906)
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LA CASA MILA (1910)
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Basic Facts
  • Built between 1906 and 1910
  • Also known as La Pedrera (the quarry)
  • Located in Barcelona, Spain

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SCIENTIFIC
  • Materials concrete and masonry
  • No mathematical analysis
  • Use of suspended models
  • Stiffened by changing complete tension into
    complete compression Pillars and arches carry
    loads
  • Exterior walls are not load bearing used double
    curvature for stiffness
  • Attic supported with many arch members

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SOCIAL
  • Cost of Structure about 600,000
  • Original Purpose Apartment Building
  • Present Purpose display of Gaudis works in
    attic exhibitions on first few floors private
    appartments
  • Tourism
  • Problems with construction due to building code
  • Surprisingly fits into the community

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SYMBOLIC
  • Uniqueness
  • Elegance
  • Continuity
  • Combines aesthetics with engineering
  • Icon of Barcelona
  • Gaudis last civil project

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Gaudi vs. Gehry
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