Site Visit Three Project Description

Site visit 3
An early work in the evolution of catalan modernisme

Finca Guell pavilions. Antonio Gaudi. 1884-1887.

Part one
Inventory details through sketches, diagrams, and photographs.

Focus on the relationships between:
Structural system.
Construction method.
Ornamental program.

Produce a chart that describes and classifies these relationships. Identify, if any, the operative logic of the project.

Part two
Compare and contrast the Guell pavilions with the Barcelona pavilion. Use photographs, diagrams, sketches, and captions in combination.

Focus on the:
Relation between structural system employed and the formal/spatial qualities produced.
Use of materials, phenomena, etc.
Ornamentation.
Any other categories that you may find helpful.

Part three
Write a short essay describing your reactions to the Guell pavilions. You may frame these comments in terms of your reactions upon visiting either:

The Barcelona pavilion
The Sagrada Familia (or any other Gaudi project) A modernista building in Barcelona (not by Gaudi)

Examples of site visit three projects completed by students participating in the Summer 2002 program:

Project 1
 
 
Project 2
 
 
Project 3