Barrio Gaudi

Using a reticulated grid to profit from the variations on the possible combinations, the “Taller de Arquitectura” has given the “Barrio Gaudi an enormous feeling of mobility and variety. No two facades are the same: the streets, squares, and heights are diverse. The monotony of dwellings facing each other has been avoided. The ornaments are an integral part of the building: the finishing of the elevators and staircases, balconies, fireplaces, and flowerpots, and all with a calculated volumetric rhythm, the greatest possible use being made of full-empty light-shadow concepts through the treatment of color. Utilizando una retícula para aprovechar las variaciones de las posibles combinaciones, “Taller de Arquitectura” ha dotado al “Barrio Gaudí” de proyecto que muestra una gran variedad espacial. No hay dos fachadas iguales: las calles, plazas y las alturas de los edificios son distintas entre sí. Se evita así la monotonía de las viviendas que se miran las unas a las otras. Los ornamentos son la parte integral del edificio: con los acabados de ascensores y escaleras, balcones, chimeneas y maceteros. Todo ello con un ritmo volumétrico calculado, aprovechando al máximo los conceptos luz-sombra lleno-vacío mediante el tratamiento de color The whole project looks like a guttering polychromed living sculpture, a revolutionary version of a residential suburb that, together with surprising surrealistic or futuristic images, contains the traditional features of communal life and customs associated with Latin countries: places to meet and talk, to stroll, sit in the sun, argue without having to go down to ground level.