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Urban Study of the Sagrada Família Area

Sagrada Família (oficial) · 1916

Gaudí's 1916 plan of the streets around the Sagrada Família, showing sightlines for viewing the church.

This 1916 urban study records Gaudí's planning of the streets and viewpoints around his Sagrada Família project.

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Black and white hand-drawn plan of a city grid with streets labeled in Catalan, showing the Sagrada Família church as a dark block at center, with dashed sight lines and angled lines radiating outward to the edges. Handwritten caption reads Demostració de les distàncies i punts de vista per a les perspectives del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, Escala 1:2000.
Urban study of the Sagrada Familia by Gaudí, 1916.

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What it is

A hand-drawn urban plan from 1916 showing streets around the Sagrada Família, made as part of Antoni Gaudí's project. The drawing shows the church as a dark block at the center of a street grid, with dashed sightlines and angled lines radiating outward, and a handwritten Catalan caption about distances and viewpoints for seeing the church.

Why it matters

This drawing shows that Gaudí thought beyond the building itself, considering how people moving through the city would see and experience the Sagrada Família from different streets and distances. It reveals his interest in the relationship between architecture and its urban surroundings.

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  • Why might an architect care about sightlines from surrounding streets?
  • What does the handwritten caption tell us about the purpose of this drawing?
  • How does this plan change how you think about Gaudí's role as an architect?

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