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PARK GÜELL Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain 1900-1914 MIDWAY GARDENS Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, IL 1913 Andrea Camargo & Rosinerva Herrera // Arch 382 - History of Arch IV // Building Analysis Sources: Kruty, Paul. “Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens.” Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1998. Artigas, Isabel. “Antoni Gaudi: Complete Works.” China: Taschen GmbH, 2007. Kliczkowski, H. “Complete Works Gaudi.” Barcelona: Paco Asensio, 2003. “What was meant to be a residential paradise in the middle of the city eventuallly became an urban park enjoyed by all of Barcelona.” “ ...this magical ‘city by the sea’ had walls and towers that girdled its ‘garden brights,’ where patrons could choose among a variety of delights- indoor or outdoor dining, serious or casual listening, private club or public tavern.” Sagrada Familia Casa Battlo Unity Temple Larkin Building Wright Characteristics: •inward orientation •interconnected spaces •symmetrical commercial buildings •mysterious entrance sequence •organization around major and minor axis •central axis not expressed on the main facade •corner entrances obscured bilateral symmetry •series of horizontal planes and opposing vertical projections •horizontal eaves and balconies define the space around and below them Materials: •brick •concrete blocks Function: •music pavilion + stage •terraced summer gardens •an indoor lobby •cigar concession stands •two sunken gardnes + pools •cantilevered balconies •dance floors •courtyards •two belvederes •arcades •promenades •club + tavern Materials: •Catalan mosaic work (trencadis) •stone •ceramic tiles •brick Function: •orginally designed to be a residential complex •public park •Gaudi’s father repurposed into Casa Museu Gaudi •functional benches serve as railings and viewing plataform •pavilions functions as service center and concierge’s res- dence. Layout: “The layout of the park implies an allegorial journey as visitors ascend from the funfair atmosphere at the lowest level to the Calvary at the top” Gaudi Characteristics: •sweeping organic forms dervied from nature •characteristic cross •ornamental •fantastical •biomorphic •catenary arches formed by natural gravity •tree-like columns Comparative Analysis Both Sites are located within an urban city. Parc GÜell is situated in an area known as Muntanya Pelada (Bald Mountain), in the Salut neighbourhood in the district of Gracia. Midway Gardens was built in a 600’ by 600’ popular entertainment district near the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Parc GÜell and Midway Gardens were influced by nature. Gaudi expressed it through the organic and biomorphic forms, like the sinuous paths. In addition, he integrated the urban park into the landscape by altering the surroundings as little as possible. Wright, on the other hand, expressed nature by making it the cener point of the inward facing scheme. The open spaces shared the use of ornamentation. Gaudi decorated with the use of colorful sculptures, various “trencadis” figures and a variety of other symbolic elements. For decoration, Wright used anar- rangement of squares, triangles, and circles into a pattern. He also used sculptures that “shared the general geometric gaiety” to compliment the building as whole. c o v e r e d p a s s a g e s c o r n e r o f w i n t e r g a r d e n G r e e k T h e a t r e c o l u m n r o o m e n t r a n c e s t a i r s m u s i c p a v i l i o n w i n t e r g a r d e n t e r r a c e f a c a d e c i g a r c o n c e s s i o n s t a n d s u n k e n g a r d e n e n t r a n c e p a v i l i o n s C a s a M u s e u G a u d i

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PARK GÜELLAntoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain 1900-1914

MIDWAY GARDENSFrank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, IL 1913Andrea Camargo & Rosinerva Herrera // Arch 382 - History of Arch IV // Building Analysis

Sources: Kruty, Paul. “Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens.” Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1998. Artigas, Isabel. “Antoni Gaudi: Complete Works.” China: Taschen GmbH, 2007. Kliczkowski, H. “Complete Works Gaudi.” Barcelona: Paco Asensio, 2003.

“What was meant to be a residential paradise in the middle of the city eventuallly became an urban park enjoyed by all of Barcelona.”

“ ...this magical ‘city by the sea’ had walls and towers that girdled its ‘garden brights,’ where patrons couldchoose among a variety of delights- indoor or outdoor dining, serious or casual listening, private club or publictavern.”

Sagrada FamiliaCasa Battlo

Unity TempleLarkin Building

Wright Characteristics: •inward orientation •interconnected spaces •symmetrical commercial buildings •mysterious entrance sequence •organization around major and minor axis •central axis not expressed on the main facade •corner entrances obscured bilateral symmetry •series of horizontal planes and opposing vertical

projections •horizontal eaves and balconies

define the space around and below them

Materials: •brick •concrete blocksFunction: •music pavilion + stage •terraced summer gardens •an indoor lobby •cigar concession stands •two sunken gardnes + pools •cantilevered balconies

•dance floors •courtyards •two belvederes •arcades •promenades •club + tavern

Materials: •Catalan mosaic work (trencadis) •stone •ceramic tiles •brick Function:

•orginally designed to be a residential complex •public park •Gaudi’s father repurposed into Casa Museu Gaudi •functional benches serve as railings and viewing plataform •pavilions functions as service center and concierge’s res-dence.

Layout: “The layout of the park implies an allegorial journey as visitors ascend from the funfair atmosphere at the lowest level tothe Calvary at the top”

Gaudi Characteristics:•sweeping organic forms

dervied from nature•characteristic cross

•ornamental •fantastical •biomorphic•catenary arches formed by natural gravity•tree-like columns

Comparative Analysis

Both Sites are located within an urban city. Parc GÜell is situated in an area known as Muntanya Pelada (Bald Mountain), in the Salut neighbourhood in the district of Gracia. Midway Gardens was built

in a 600’ by 600’popular entertainment district near the Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Parc GÜell and Midway Gardens were influced by nature. Gaudi

expressed it through the organic and biomorphicforms, like the sinuous paths. In addition, he integrated the urban park

intothe landscape by altering the surroundings as little as possible.

Wright, on the other hand, expressed nature by making it the cener point of the inward facing scheme.

The open spaces shared the use of ornamentation. Gaudi decorated

with the use of colorful sculptures, various “trencadis” figures and a variety of other

symbolic elements. For decoration, Wright used anar-rangement of squares,

triangles, and circles into a pattern. He also used sculptures that “shared the general

geometric gaiety” to compliment the building as whole.

covered passages

corner of winter garden