La Pedrera

On Thursday we went touring some more of Gaudi's work. The first stop was La Pedrera. It was built in the early 1900's, and was an apartment complex. After researching it on the internet, aparently Gaudi wanted neighbors to know one another, so he designed the elevators stops on every other floor. On the roof the most common picture on tour books of Barcelona, is found.

 

The picture above and below are from the roof line. It was a bit random, there are stairs all over the roof line -- leading to these strange structures.

 

In the attic there was a display of different things that Gaudi had done. I think his ceilings and arches are so fascinating!

 

They also had a floor set with an apartment set up for the time period. I thought the details on the ceiling were amazing! I was also quite impressed how spacious the rooms were. Although, I wasn't crazy about the outside of his house, the interior is beautiful and the way that he uses light is amazing. He designed the building with two courtyards in the middle, and each apartment was set to include light in each room. The laundry and kitchen were set to include the interior portion (they would look into the courtyard) and the bedrooms would look out onto thestreet. The ceilings were exquisite in design as well -- I loved the flower on this ceiling!