ANTONI GAUDI ~ SKETCHES for COLONIA GUELL





Dennis Sharp:
Gaudí's Colonia Güell chapel was begun in 1899. Technologically brilliant and structurally sound, it combines the magic of traditional religious architecture with the originality of an isolated genius. Nothing else like it exists - the crypt is a mysterious place, with seats as fanciful as the thrusting structure. The porch consists of a series of connected columns taking down the load of isolated pieces of roof or wall.
Only the crypt to this chapel was ever built; it was completed in 1915.



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