About this book
The Sagrada Familia is Barcelona?s most-visited monument. Every year, over three million people walk within it. They are the anonymous patrons of the Basilica, whomake the work of some one hundred professionals possible, architects, building contractors, carpenters, stonemasons, model makers, sculptors, blacksmiths, for whom the Basilica is their also a place of work. Sagrada Familia. Behind the scaffolding gives a voice to these workers who carry out their day of work surrounded by tourists, parishioners, architecture students or mere admirers of the most famous work of Antoni Gaudí. It is hoped that the current momentum should be maintained until the end of 2026, date at which the construction will be completed, coinciding with the centenary of the passing of its creator.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- True to the original idea
- A reason for everything
- Freedom of interpretation
- The works progress
- The Odyssey of a Dream
- Don Antoni: how he is remembered
- Gaudí the Blessed
- The great woods
- A reflection of the natural world
- The origins
- Extraordinary, novel solutions
- Unique columns
- 7.5: the key to everything
- A School of Architecture
- Mastering geometry
- Forty types of stone
- Pure nature
- A tradition of craftsmanship
- The Great Puzzle
- Wind: the feared enemy
- A living showcase
- A puzzle within the puzzle
- Donations to redeem faults
- The Final Sprint
- When will the work officially be completed?
- Working around the clock
- APPENDIXES
- The detractors of the completion of the Sagrada Familia
- Stained glass and atmosphere
- Architectural principles modelled on nature
- Architects who directed the works
- Management and Board
- Sagrada Familia in figures
- Chronology
- One hundred years of visits
- First lessons learned