Colònia Güell Crypt : Barcelona, Spain (1915) *

Artist/Designer: Antoni Gaudi

Project Location: Barcelona, Venezuela

Figure 1: "Colònia Güell Crypt, Front View." Source: National Geographic, (2014). Digital Photo. ( Source | Accessed : September 11, 2014 | Photographer: Cohen, Manuel )

Figure 2: “Gaudí’s Crypt.”Source: Colonia Guell, (2005). Digital Photo. ( Source | Accessed : September 11, 2014 | Photographer: Colònia Güell Santa Coloma de Cervelló )

Figure 3: “Gaudí’s Crypt.”Source: Colonia Guell, (2005). Digital Photo. ( Source | Accessed : September 11, 2014 | Photographer: Colònia Güell Santa Coloma de Cervelló )

Figure 4: “Gaudí’s Crypt.”Source: Colonia Guell, (2005). Digital Photo. ( Source | Accessed : September 11, 2014 | Photographer: Colònia Güell Santa Coloma de Cervelló )

Figure 5: “Gaudí’s Crypt.”Source: Colonia Guell, (2005). Digital Photo. ( Source | Accessed : September 11, 2014 | Photographer: Colònia Güell Santa Coloma de Cervelló )

Style/Period(s):
Vernacular, Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Water

Function(s):
Religious Building

Related Website(s):

http://www.gaudicoloniaguell.org/

Cripta de la Colonia Güell | Accessed : October 1, 2018

Crypt of the basilica of La Sagrada Familia | Accessed : October 1, 2018

AD Classics: Colònia Güell / Antoni Gaudí | Accessed : October 1, 2018

Significant Date(s):
19th Century, 2002

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:

Anonymous. "INSPIRATION: EPIC PROJECT THAT TOOK OVER GAUDI'S LIFE." Building Design (Tonbridge), 2010.
Burry, Mark. "Antoni Gaudí and Frei Otto: Essential Precursors to the Parametricism Manifesto." Architectural Design 86, no. 2 (2016): 30-35.
Campos, Arturo. "The Voices of Antoni Gaudi’s Architecture." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 128, no. 4 (2010): 2296.
"Gaudí and Art Nouveau." Tempo (Jakarta), 2002.
LaGuardia, Cheryl, and Ed Tallent. "Mad About Gaudi: Architecture of Antoni Gaudi." Library Journal 123, no. 4 (1998): 136.
Sheil, Bob. "Protoarchitecture: Between the Analogue and the Digital." Architectural Design 78, no. 4 (2008): 6-11.

Building Address: Carrer Claudi Güell, 08690 La Colònia Güell, Barcelona, Spain

Significant Dates: Building Commissioned (1898)
Construction Dates (1908 - stopped 1915) Remains Unfinished
2002, a restoration was carried out by architect Antonio González Moreno

Supporting Staff/ Designers: N/A

Tags: Parametrics, Bio-mimicry, Earth-Works, Clay, Vernacular

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