man working on the restoration of the floor tiles on the floor of Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona
man working on the restoration of the floor tiles pavement hexagonal designed by Antonio Gaudi eith floral and animals subjects on the floor of Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona. hexagonal tile that the architect designed in 1904 to pave the floor of the Casa Batllo, an apartment building promoted by textile industrialist Josep Batllo in Barcelona's Paseo de Gracia in which the concept of sea and water is omnipresent. In this building Gaudí undertook a comprehensive intervention as designed all the architectural elements, furniture and ornamental, including pavement, finally by a delay in production could not be applied. For this reason, Gaudí decided to use these tiles in the rooms of the Casa Mila service (La Pedrera), who designed the building immediately after, also in the Paseo de Gracia. The so-called "tile Gaudi" is a good example of how to proceed with the architect, as it brings together two of the constants in his work: the geometric and symbolic aspect. Both the shape of the tile as representing images remind us of Gaudi philosophy, which is based on careful observation of the morphologies and structures of nature, "that nature has always been my teacher." If profiles six sided cells reminiscent of the eyes of certain insects or a honeycomb, the shells of turtles or alligator, the figures on the tiles, a starfish, a conch and a jellyfish, evoke sinuous and moving animals from the marine world.
Size: 2848px × 4287px
Location: Barcelona
Photo credit: © rosmi duaso / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: art, barcelona, cobbles, de, floor, gracia, hexagonal, man, modernism, nouveau, paseo, pavement, restoration, tiles, working
