1. Antonio Gaudi and La Casa Mila
By Isaac Katz and Alexis Rosker

2. Antonio Gaudi

3. Puerta de la Finca Miralles (1902)

4. Casa Calvet (1904)

5. Park Guell (1914)

6. Colonia Guell (1915)

7. Sagrada Familia (?)

8. Casa Batllo (1906)

9. LA CASA MILA (1910)

10. Basic Facts Built between 1906 and 1910
Also known as La Pedrera (the quarry)
Located in Barcelona, Spain

11. SCIENTIFIC Materials: concrete and masonry No mathematical analysis
Use of suspended models
Stiffened by changing complete tension into complete compression; Pillars and arches carry loads
Exterior walls are not load bearing; used double curvature for stiffness
Attic supported with many arch members

14. SOCIAL Cost of Structure: about $600,000
Original Purpose: Apartment Building
Present Purpose: display of Gaudi’s works in attic; exhibitions on first few floors; private appartments
Tourism
Problems with construction due to building code
Surprisingly fits into the community

17. SYMBOLIC Uniqueness Elegance Continuity
Combines aesthetics with engineering
Icon of Barcelona
Gaudi’s last civil project

27. Gaudi vs. Gehry