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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