Architecture Casa Milà

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scale model @ catalunya en miniatura park


casa milà part of unesco world heritage site works of antoni gaudí . predecessor of buildings similar biomorphic appearance:



the 1921 einstein tower in potsdam, designed erich mendelsohn
solomon r. guggenheim museum in manhattan, new york, designed frank lloyd wright
chapelle notre dame du haut, ronchamp, france, designed le corbusier
the hundertwasserhaus , other works austrian architect friedensreich hundertwasser
disney concert hall in los angeles, frank gehry

free exhibitions held on first floor, provides opportunity see interior design. there charge entrance apartment on fourth floor , roof. other floors not open visitors.


constructive similarities

gaudí s la pedrera inspired mountain, there no agreement mountain reference model. joan bergós thought rocks of fray guerau in prades mountains. joan matamala thought model have been st. miquel del fai, while sculptor vicente vilarubias believed inspired cliffs torrent pareis in menorca. other options include mountains of uçhisar in cappadocia, suggested juan goytisolo, or mola gallifa, suggested louis permanyer, based on fact gaudí visited area in 1885, fleeing outbreak of cholera in barcelona.


some people interior layout of la pedrera comes studies gaudí made of medieval fortresses. image reinforced seeming appearance of rooftop chimneys sentinels great helmets. structure of iron door in lobby not follow symmetry, straight or repetitive pattern. rather, evokes bubbles of soap formed between hands or structures of plant cell.








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