I wish we had a couple more days in Barcelona. Although I am over the jamon y queso diet, the Gaudi (coinc
identally "gaudy") architecture of the city is unlike anything I’ve ev
er seen.
Today we visited Parc G
uell, where we 
saw an exquisite display of some of Gaudi’s famous work. (Check out Gaudi on Wiki!) Each of Gaudi’s architectural feats are amazing realizatio
ns of the joining of math and art. The design of the "balcony" that overlooks part of Par
c Guell is based on mathematical shapes that appear naturally in ecological landscapes, such as a hyperbolic paraboloid, which mirrors the contour of a leaf.
It’s tough to explain Gaudi’s incredible mathematical masterpieces, but in La Sagrada Familia, there is a great exhibition that describes Gaudi’s different applications of math to each of his architectural feats. Here are a few picture
s of how he integrated different mathematical shapes into La Sagrada Familia.
La Sagrada Familia is a church that is far from complete. It was started in 1882 and had been under construction for 40 years before Gaudi passed away. 125 years or so later, La Sagrada Familia is far from complete. Its projected completion date is 2025 but I would be happy to see the finished masterpiece by 2050 from the looks of countless beams and cranes inside the monument. Nonetheless, we were happy to see the in-progress edifice and would love to return to see the final product.
identally "gaudy") architecture of the city is unlike anything I’ve ev
er seen. Today we visited Parc G
uell, where we 
saw an exquisite display of some of Gaudi’s famous work. (Check out Gaudi on Wiki!) Each of Gaudi’s architectural feats are amazing realizatio
ns of the joining of math and art. The design of the "balcony" that overlooks part of Par
c Guell is based on mathematical shapes that appear naturally in ecological landscapes, such as a hyperbolic paraboloid, which mirrors the contour of a leaf.It’s tough to explain Gaudi’s incredible mathematical masterpieces, but in La Sagrada Familia, there is a great exhibition that describes Gaudi’s different applications of math to each of his architectural feats. Here are a few picture
s of how he integrated different mathematical shapes into La Sagrada Familia.La Sagrada Familia is a church that is far from complete. It was started in 1882 and had been under construction for 40 years before Gaudi passed away. 125 years or so later, La Sagrada Familia is far from complete. Its projected completion date is 2025 but I would be happy to see the finished masterpiece by 2050 from the looks of countless beams and cranes inside the monument. Nonetheless, we were happy to see the in-progress edifice and would love to return to see the final product.
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