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THE NEW CATHEDERAL THE WORLD IS BUILDING -
CONSTRUCTION YEAR 116
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The following images
are from my working vacation to the Riviera, southern France, Andorra, and
Catalunya with my daughter Susan as a college graduation present.
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The building of
a new cathedral- the most exciting construction project in the world. Principal
architect Antonio Gaudi.
THE PORCH
THE TOWERS
Notice the evidence of demolition- much of the earlier work did not pass
muster. However, that is now history.
THE COLUMNS AND CEILING Gaudi's great contribution to tall buildings in response to the older weak walls; the tree columns with branches and, a flat ceiling, that eliminates the horizontal thrust that required the use of buttresses in the great cathedrals. This will be the tallest Cathedral in the world, and encompass the most volume.
What
an exciting day. Sue had to go back to Barcelona for more.
See Susan
Turpening's art work- she won the website in a competition.
Beautiful concrete work.
.
Looking
from street into transept. They seem to be aiming for services in this
corner soon.
MODERN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY When Linda and I visited in 1972 it was stone by stone. Now they are re-inventing modern technology.
Drainage
detail on porch.
Knuckle
with branch casing piece being lowered by block and tackle.
Notice the incredible bundle of re-bar inside the casing.
They are leap-frogging. For every 5 meters of casing they get an extra 5
meters with precast pieces. There are good engineers on this job as well
as artists. The workmanship is much better now than earlier.
MODEL SHOP The building is built in miniature first. Showing transept and skylight.
MORE IMAGES. There are so many symbolic images that writers will spend lifetimes trying to explain them.
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Return to: *****Architecture Direct*****Cote
D'Azure*****Roman and
earlier ***** Medieval
Art****Pilgrimages
Castles
and cities of the Cathars ***** Magic
of Barcelona *****Building
a cathedral year 116 ***** Prehistoric
finds
California
Modern Architecture including Richard Neutra***** American
Greek Revival Architecture