WQ: The art of building

SAGRADA FAMÍLIABarcelona

The Sagrada Família

IT IS A CHURCH

It’s a Roman Catholic church

It’s not a cathedral, because there isn’t any bishop.

It was designed by the catalan arquitect Antoni Gaudí.

Although it’s not finished yet, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

In 2004 Sagrada família was the most visited monument in Spain

It’s one of the symbols of Barcelona.

3.260.880 people visited Sagrada Família in 2014

ANTONI GAUDÍ

He was the architect

He was born on: 25th June 1852, in Riudoms, a village near Reus

He died on 10th June 1926 in Barcelona

Antoni Gaudí created other works such as Parc Güell,La Pedrera,La casa Batlló or El palau Güell.

SAGRADA FAMILIA• Was designed by

Gaudí.• It isn’t finished yet.• Works in progress

• Gaudí was inspired by nature to build it.

AN UNFINISHED BUILDING

They started building it in 1882 and still is not finished yet.

It is expected to finish the year 2026,100 years after the death of Gaudí.

Do you want to see what it will look like when finished? Watch this amazing video!

BUILDING PLAN

For that reason, he left detailed plans of the Sagrada Família.

That’s why the works in the Sagrada Família can still go on, according to Gaudi’s plan.

Antoni Gaudí was not very young when he started building Sagrada Família, and he knew he would not live enough to see it finished.

Where is Sagrada Família?

Situation in Barcelona● Sagrada Família is located on

Mallorca street.

● Sagrada Família is located in the Eixample district.

● It is between Gaudí's square and

the Sagrada Família square.

IT IS IN THE CENTER OF BARCELONA

City Map● On the next map we can see where

The Sagrada Família is located in the city of Barcelona

● It is in the city centre.

SAGRADA FAMILIAYou can see it from all Barcelona.

The Sagrada Família is located in the center of Barcelona.

ARCHITECTURE OF THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA

Architecture style: MODERNISME

Modernisme

In arquitecture, curve lines and forms are preferred to stright ones.

Inspired in nature.

At the end of the XIX century, and early XX, there’s a cultural movement in Catalonia called “Modernisme”, in literature, arts, and of course, arquitecture.

In other places, modernisme has other names: “Art nouveau”, “Modern style”, “Jujendstil”, “Floreale”, etc.

DESIGNSagrada Família has got the form of a latin cross

ARQUITECTURE

170m

When it’s finished it will be 1,70 m. high.

It will be the highest building in Barcelona

60m

90m

SIZELength 90 m (300 ft)[2]

Width 60 m (200 ft)[2]

Width

(nave)45 m (150 ft)[2]

Spire(s) 18 (8 already built)

Spire

height

170 m (560 ft)

(planned)

When finished, it will be the highest building in Barcelona!

170m

60m

45m

There are 7’5m between each column. You can easily get all the measurements.

30m

(15+

15+1

5)m

90m

How tall are the towers?Nativity façade Passion façade

The two central towers are 107 m high.

The two side towers are 98m high

The two central towers are 112 m high.

The two side towers are 107m high

There will be three façades:

- Nativity façade (built during Gaudi’s life)

- Passion façade (built after Gaudi’s death)

- Glory façade (Glory façade is not built yet)

Nativity façade- It’s the East façade- It represents the birth of

Jesus, and everything there is related with life

- It has rich decorations- It’s “happy”

Nativity façade

Passion façade

- It’s the West façade- It represents Jesus

passion and death- Everything there is

related with death and suffering.

- It hasn’t got rich decorations. It’s austere.

- It’s “scary”

Passion façade

SHAPEThe central spire of Jesus Christ hasn’t been

built yet. It will be 170m hight, only one

metre less than that of Montjuïc hill in

Barcelona. Gaudí believed that his creation

should not be higher than God's.

When finished, Sagrada Família will be the

tallest church building in the world.

details of the sagrada familia

magic squareThe magic square is used to know how old Jesus was when he died. He was 33 years old.

Add up the numbers in the square. Try in all directions (down, across, diagonal). What do you get?

magic squareOn the Passion Façade, there is a magic Square

Add up the numbers in the square. Try in all directions (down, across, diagonal). What do you get?

There are a lot of symbols in Sagrada Família. These are some of them:

magic square

The magic square is used to know how old Jesus was when he died.

He was 33 years old.

animalsThese are the animals that are around of the Sagrada Familia

The animals are not for decoration. They are symbols. The snake is a symbol for betrayal.

animalsThese are the animals that are around of the Sagrada Familia

Snails, horses, lizards, dogs, chicken, birds, … the more you look, the more you find.

TurtlesThere are two turtles at the base of the door-columns in the nativity façade

Sea turtle, at the sea side Land turtle, at the mountain side

Shepherds, sheep and a dog. nATIVITY FAÇADE

GAUDÍ HIMSELF IS ALSO IN SAGRADA FAMÍLIA!

LET’S GO INSIDE

DOORS• The first door is door of birth

• The second door is door of crucify

INSIDEColumns look like trees.

It feels like getting into a forest.

WINDOWS• Life (Nativity façade)

• Death(Passion façade)

HIGH CEILINGS, like tree tops

STAIRS AND DOORSThe staircasesThere are staircases to

climb up the towers

The doors(Passion and Nativity)

The doors

FundingWHo pays for the construction of

sagrada familia?

Construction OF the sagrada familia IS NOT SUPPORTED BY ANY GOVERNMENT.

gaudi designed it to be charity funded. today the building is payed for by the visitors.

every day the sagrada familia makes a lot of money from the visitors tickets.

THE END