During the past 9th-12th
of November, in the
City of Delft University
in Southeast Holland,
the VII International
Conference of Gaudí
Studies was celebrated.
The conference was
organized jointly
by the Center for
Gaudí Studies and
the Polytechnic University
of Catalonia, of Barcelona,
and the Foundation
for the Analysis of
Construction and Technological
University (TU), of
Delft.
Some 150 people -
between the students
of the University,
speakers and invites
- assisted in organizing
the first conference,
lectured by New Zealander
professor, Mark Burry,
who showed the work
he had done during
his last years of
collaboration on Sagrada
Familia, drawing CAD
models for the construction
of the temple.
Despite that the initial
lecture took place
on Thursday evening,
the Conference was
officially inaugurated
on Friday, the 10th,
with the presence
of the Director of
the Faculteit der
Bouwkunde, Professor
ir. Hans Beunderman,
and the Spanish consul
of Holland, Sr. Ricardo
Losa.
Jan Molema - doctorate
in architecture and
founder of the Gaudí
Groep of Holland -
was, as the director
of the Conferences,
in charge of presenting
the speakers to the
public on hand.