04/06/2018 Antoni Gaudí Architecture Barcelona Casa Vicens Museography Restoration The restoration work on Casa Vicens named as a finalist for the 2018 FAD Awards José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres and David García, members of the architectural team in charge of restoring Casa Vicens, have been named as finalists for 2018 FAD Awards, now in its 60th year, for their work on Gaudí’s first house. According to the jury, “the architects have proposed a comprehensive and very detailed restoration … Read more
10/05/2018 Antoni Gaudí Architecture Barcelona Casa Vicens History The mysteries of water in Gaudí’s work (II) [Continuation of the post entitled “The mysteries of water in Gaudí’s work (I)”] Apart from the fountain, another element directly related to the water is the exposed brick waterfall, formed by a catenary arch that was located in the garden. Above the arch, there were two rows of thin brick pillars crowned by a capital … Read more
19/04/2018 Antoni Gaudí Architecture Casa Vicens History Museography Restoration The mysteries of water in Gaudí’s work (I) In addition to the well-known inspiration and influence of plants[1] in Gaudí’s work, another element that we find at Casa Vicens and in some of his other projects is water. Without going into any further detail, the channeling and reuse of water that we find at Park Güell is a very good example of this. … Read more
12/04/2018 Antoni Gaudí Architecture Casa Vicens Technology Casa Vicens organises the first wikimarathon about Gaudí A group of Wikipedians will spend the evening of next Saturday, 21 April at Casa Vicens, getting to know the house and its history. The activity is being promoted in partnership with Amical Wikimedia, an organisation that promotes Wikipedia and free knowledge of Catalan both online and offline, and the Art History and Contemporary Design … Read more
25/03/2018 Antoni Gaudí Architecture Casa Vicens Museography Nature made into architecture “When I went to take the measurements of the site, it was totally covered with some yellow flowers, which I used as an ornamental theme for the ceramic. I also found an exuberant palmetto palm, whose leaves fill the grid of the gate of the house.» With these words, Joan Bergós, a disciple and great … Read more
13/02/2018 Antoni Gaudí Architecture History Gaudí and his concept of the house ‘The house is the small nation of the family. The family, like the nation, has history, foreign relations, changes of government, etc. The independent family has its own house; what it does not have is a house for rent. The house itself is the native country and the rental house is the land of emigration; … Read more
22/09/2017 Architecture Introducing Casa Vicens project to the Cercle Guimard Throughout its process of restoration, Casa Vicens has been in touch with other European organizations that focus on the conservation and promotion of architectural heritage. During this period, it has forged a particularly close relationship with the Cercle Guimard, a Paris-based organization devoted to the preservation and promotion of the work of Hector Guimard and … Read more
18/05/2017 Architecture Casa Vicens The reconstruction of Casa Vicens’ lost artificial waterfall The Fundació Agbar has chosen to celebrate International Museum Day by announcing its plans to create a full-scale reproduction of the artificial waterfall that once graced the garden of Casa Vicens as part of a major renovation of the Museu Agbar de les Aigües located in Cornellà de Llobregat. The garden of Casa Vicens … Read more
23/03/2017 Antoni Gaudí Architecture Casa Vicens History Casa Vicens influences If we take a leisurely stroll down the calle de les Carolines in Gràcia, we will suddenly find ourselves looking up at Casa Vicens and its multitude of ceramic tiles, colors, turrets, and arches. At first glance, it isn’t a building that our untrained eyes would be likely to associate directly with Antoní Gaudí. Its … Read more
01/03/2017 Architecture Technology Gaudí and Artificial Intelligence “Creativity is always wanting to do discover new”, says Gaudí expert Daniel Giralt Miracle in an IBM produced video for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The video explains how IBM’s Artificial Intelligence system Watson has designed an inverted dome inspired by Gaudi’s style. IBM engineers fed Watson photos and drawings of buildings by Gaudí, … Read more