Lesser known Gaudi works

Lesser known Gaudi works

Built on the coast of Garraf, on the road between Barcelona and Sitges. In 1882, in this property, Gaudí had planned for the Güell family, a hunting lodge that was finally never built.

Subsequently, these lands were given for the cultivation of vines, which flourished the final idea of building a "cellar" (Bodega). Resembling a movie set, a fairytale castle or science fiction and completely covered in stone, the wine cellar is located south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean shore. For a long time this building was attributed to the architect Francesc Berenguer i Mestres. Subsequent investigations have led to know that indeed, Berenguer intervened in this work, but only as a collaborator of Gaudí.

Lesser known Gaudi works

Buildings designed to house stables and riding area for which later became Gaudís main client, and also good friend, Eusebi Güell.

Unlike the other works undertaken by Gaudí in his first buildings, the exterior of this property is very sober and lacking of windows. In this case Gaudi his attention to the functionality of the interiors. The materials used are again basically bricks and tiles, maintaining a more relaxed neo-Mudejar style. 
Inside is currently The Gaudí Chair of the UPC University.

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Lesser known Gaudi works

This was the second work given to Gaudí, and the first one to be finished. Its located in Comillas in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria in northern Spain.

The building is known as El Capricho, that seems quite appropriate since it was built for Máximo Díaz de Quijano, a single person who did not need much living space for himself and his service.

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For the first time are curved lines in the artist's work. The existing tower above the main entrance has a specific purpose, and that inside there is only a narrow spiral staircase leading to a small balcony, but gives it originality and enriches the building.

Its exterior decor is more restrained and less bizarre than his other early work, Casa Vicens, which conducted almost in parallel in Barcelona. Here is also appreciated the Arab-Muslim influence. The massive columns of the entrance, free interpretation of the Doric style are a reminiscent of medieval times.

Lesser known Gaudi works

As happened with the Sagrada Familia, Gaudí took over a school works and the main house of the order Teresian in Barcelona, when the building was already built up, the first floor, by an architect or master builder whose name is unknown.

This situation imposed certain restrictions, which where added to the limited funds of the religious community and the desire to represent austerity imposed by the rule of poverty of the order.

In this work Gaudí introduced a large number of external decorative wrought iron railings, so the taste of the great architect.  
Gaudi addressed these works for a short time, not reaching the end of the school or chapel that was built in 1908, designed by Gabriel Borrell i Clarke, professor of the School of Architecture.

This school is located in Ganduxer st., in the corner with Ronda General Mitre.

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Lesser known Gaudi works

Casa Vicens was the first job Gaudi signed after getting his degree in architecture. It was built between 1883 and 1888.

It was an old house in Villa de Gracia, that was once on the outskirts of Barcelona (today part of the city, the Gracia district, absorbed by the growth of Barcelona). It was built for Manuel Vicens,Trade and Exchange Broker. Some sources quote him wrongly as a manufacturer of bricks and tiles. Due to economic difficulties that arose at the owner, completion took longer than it should.

In this early work we find Muslim and Arab reminiscences, in a unique fusion with indigenous elements. The extensive use of tiles, both indoors and outdoors, provides colour and originality. This work could be defined as a beautiful collage of styles and seeds of new ideas. In this work Gaudi is still not using the curved shapes, so characteristic of Gaudí's architecture, as seen in the Sagrada Familia. He still holds the traditional application of the rule and straight lines.