Gaudi
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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".
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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.
Sagrada Familia 1883-1926 - Original sketch by Gaudi
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Sagrada Familia around 1920
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Sagrada Familia in 2005
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Sagrada Familia - Detail on a pinnacle
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Sagrada Familia - Passion entrance
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Sagrada Familia - Crypte
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Sagrada Familia - Model study with the hyperboloid of revolution
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Hyperboloid of revolution
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Sagrada Familia - Nave with hyperboloids of revolution
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Stability study for the Iglesia de la Colonia Guell (Displayed in the crypt of the Sagrada Familia)
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Stability study for the Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
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Stability study for an unknown work (displayed in the attic of Casa Mila)
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell - 1898 to 1914
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Entrance of the Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell (crypt of the church which was planned)
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell - Detail on the rib arches
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell - Rib arches to generate a dome
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell - Detail on the staircase
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
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Iglesia de la Colonia Guell
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College de les Teresianes 1888 to 1890
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College de les Teresianes
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College de les Teresianes
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Parc Guell 1900 to 1914
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Parc Guell
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Parc Guell
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Parc Guell
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Parc Guell
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Parc Guell
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Casa Batllo - 1904 to 1907
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Casa Batllo
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Casa Batllo
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Attics of Casa Batllo
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Attics of Casa Batllo
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Attics of Casa Batllo
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Attics of Casa Batllo
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Attics of Casa Batllo
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Attics of Casa Batllo
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Casa Mila, La Pedrera - 1906 to 1912
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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Attics of Casa Mila
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