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Status of the construccion,
June 2005
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Sagrada
Familia
Status
of the Construction: June 2005
Main characters of the Sagrada Familia
The Triumvirate of the Sagrada Familia: Jordi Bonet, Lluís
Martínez Sistach and Joan Rigol.
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Jordi Bonet declares that the Temple will be covered in 2008. From
that moment the liturgical celebrations can go on normally. |
Architect Jordi Bonet in his studio. On the table, some plans and
scale model of one of the elements of the colonnade of the Passion
Façade. |
Passion Façade
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Figure of the Ascension of Jesus, work of sculptor Josep Maria
Subirachs. |
Apse
There have been covered 3 apse chapels already. At the moment the
works are going on at a height of 30 m. They must reach the height
of 75 m.
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Stairways and elevator opening situated in the apse. Gaudí
projected 9 elevators for the entire Temple. |
Columns dedicated to Saint Peter, located on one site of the presbytery.
On the other site the one dedicated to Saint Paul will be built. The
presbytery will have a capacity of 360 people and there will be 100
m2 of free room. |
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| Apse columns with ramifications. |
The Neogothic part of the Temple, built by Villar
more than a century ago, presents some cracks that must be repaired.
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the new part with the Neogothic construction of Villar. Today we can
still see the difference in tones of the stones in the vaults of an
apse chapel. |
The parts which the columns are composed of are
cut with a diamante saw controlled by a complicated computer programme.
Thanks to the precise inclination we always obtain the effect Gaudí
wanted. From a technological point of view the Sagrada Familia represents
the top of architecture in the world. |
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| Stained windows dedicated to the saints
of the Sanctuaries of Vic and Gerona. It is possible to read some
of the names in the details |
Transept and crossbeam
In the crossbeam the crane is getting prepared to lift this 3 ton
pinnacle which must be placed at a height of 55 m. On top of the pinnacle
there will be a pin sculpture realized by Etsuro Sotoo. |
Now we only see the framework, which has been set up downstairs near
the street. The concrete will be filled up when it’s definitively
placed. |
En primer término, pináculo ya finalizado, con escultura de uvas blancas, obra de Etsuro
Sotoo. Al fondo, entre las torres de la fachada de la Pasión, otro pináculo coronado con
las espigas, símbolos eucarísticos. |
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| Placement of the pinnacle
at a height of 55 m. |
First pinnacle already finished, with sculpture
of white grapes made by Etsuro Sotoo. At the back between the towers
of the Passion Façade, another pinnacle crowned with pines,
Eucharistic symbols. |
Elements waiting to be placed. The trencadís decorative elements
are made with Murano glass, the same one Gaudí used to decorate
the towers of the Birth Façade. |
The frame of the trusses of the Saint Matheus bell towers is lift
up in the crossbeam at a height of 60 m. There are also the frames
of the columns which will support the vaults of the crossbeam. |
Architect Jordi Bonet explains the works that are being carried out. |
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| In the crossbeam, and with a basis at
a height of 55 m, one of the six Sagrada Familia cranes, installed
at its current location in 2004. Its arm reaches the height of 140
m exceeding the towers: it is the highest crane of Barcelona and can
lift up to 12 ton weight. The power of the cranes determines in great
measure the construction rhythm of the temple. |
Structure of the towers. Some towers
support the others, just as the “castellers”.. |
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| Frame of the first tower
of the 4 evangelist towers, dedicated to Saint Matthew. When it’s
finished it will reach a height of 140 m. |
Each tower has an inscription. Here one can read
“Sanctus, Sanctus". |
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| The frames are meant to distribute the
load. The Sagrada Familia will be the heaviest building of Barcelona.
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By next Christmas 2005 one expects the
placement of the lamps which Gaudí designed to enlighten the
Temple. There will be about 400 lamps, situated at a height of 45
m. The hyperboloids make the expansion of the light more easy and
will contribute to the sensation of being in a wood. The green and
gold “trencadís” symbolize the palm leafs. The
little holes -paraboloids- will contain small spotlights which will
evoke the light of the stars. |
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Skeleton of a column which bifurcates like the branches of a tree.
4 columns will support the weight of each of the 4 towers which will
hold the tower of the central vault. |
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Glory Façade
June 2005
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