I wonder if it is every architect's dream to have groupies in front, on the opposite side of the road, adjacent to the block and diagonally across from of all your buildings? This is what I saw in just about every location within walking distance of a Gaudi building I visited. There would be a group of people looking up, (myself included) either taking a photograph or gaping with their mouths open in awl of the detailed façades and the whimsical nature and madness that emanates from these structural works of art.
Casa BatllóThis is one house that I wouldn't mind living in. Locally known as the house of bones for obvious reasons, it was my favourite out of the Gaudi works I visited in Barcelona because everything he designed within it was aesthetically pleasing to look at and had a function. I now know where the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan got its ideas from. Who thinks of things like putting in self-ventilation devices made to look like fish gills? A mushroom shaped fireplace? How about placing darker and lighter tiles in strategic places to cater for the amount of natural light that come in depending on the season?
The chimney.
Looking down at the back courtyard from the roof.
The chimney.
Looking down at the back courtyard from the roof.
The roof built to look like a dragon's back.
View from the interior.
By night, the bones become clearer.
The line was way too long and I couldn't get my foot in the door literally. Instead I touched the walls of the building and breathed heavily on the front spider web-like glass doors and looked inside the lobby. I tried again in the evening but it had just closed.
2 comments:
what's is the bone building used for?
It's a museum now. Before that people use to live in it.
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