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Art Nouveau European Route 42 433 In association with: Ruta Europea del Modernisme - Art Nouveau European Route 42 433 © Manel Armengol BARCELONA BARCELONAforeword Joan Clos Joan Clos També a la part alta de la ciutat, es conserven alguns elements que Gaudí va realitzar Also in uptownAlcalde Barcelona, de Barcelona some of Gaudí's work for Eusebi Mayor of Barcelona per a la finca d'Eusebi Güell. Potser la part més espectacular i més ben conservada és Casa Vicens after restoration. La Casa Vicens restaurada. Güell's estate still remains. Perhaps the most spectacular and The Miralles gate with Gaudí's statue. ©IMPUQV una de les antigues entrades del recinte: els anomenats Pavellons, concebuts com a best preserved piece is one of the old entrances to the El portal Miralles amb l'escultura de Gaudí. habitatge del porter i cavallerisses, units per una espectacular porta-reixa de ferro que property: the guard's houseuan andcatorze the stables,ciutats d'Europaknown as s'uneixen the en un hen 14 European cities get together in a representa el mitològic dragó alat que protegia l'entrada al Jardí de les Hespèrides. ©Xavier Bolao, IMPUQV Pavilions, which are joinedprojecte by ancomú impressive i aquest wrought projecte iron es fa realitat, common project and this project becomes L'Institut del Paisatge Urbà va impulsar l'any 1999 la recuperació volumètrica dels gate representing the mythicalEuropa es dragon fa també guard més of real. the L'exposició Garden of itinerant true, Europe also becomes a bit more real. The elements petris erosionats i la neteja i consolidació de murs, pilastres i altres peces the Hesperides. The InstituteArt Nouveau of Urban in Progress- Landscape Un segleundertook de Modernisme in a travelling exhibition Art Nouveau in decoratives. La intervenció en la porta de ferro va comportar una llarga investigació per 1999 the recuperation ofEuropa the eroded, que ens stone arriba elements de la Província and de Varese i Progress- Art nouveau en projet, which determinar els cromatismes originals, però l'anàlisi de traces i la documentació consolidationQque ofel mesthe wallsd'abril and viatjarà pillars a andNancy, decorative és un exemple elements. d'aquesta arrives from Varese and will follow on to Nancy, is a good consultada no van ser suficients per establir-los, i per tant es va optar per un tractament Work on the iron gate meant detailed research to find out the W Europa que entre tots anem construïnt, basada en el treball en example of this Europe we are building together, based on work in de diferents textures per destacar el subtil treball de superposició d'elements de forja. original colours,comú a butpartir analysis de l'esforç of traces i implicació and existing de cadascú. documents Una feina que common out of the effort and implication of each member. For proved insufficient evidence to establish them, so the option Ben a prop dels Pavellons Güell, el portal que Gaudí va projectar per a la propietat perquè tingui solidesa ha de ser quotidiana i tenaç, encara que no this work to be solid, it has to be constant and stubborn, and this taken was to treat the gate with different grey textures to d'Hermenegild Miralles consistia en un mur de mamposteria de pedra en brut, amb una sempre sigui fàcil, perquè el nostre vell continent aplega may not always be easy, given the many and diverse sensitivities enhance the subtle juxtaposition of the wrought ironwork. ampla porta per al pas de carruatges i una més petita per als vianants, tot plegat tradicions diverses i també tarannàs diferents en la creativitat i la and different innovative and creative outlooks throughout our old innovació. Però certament la idea d'una Europa unida que continent. But surely the idea of a united Europe bringing peace, protegit per una coberta de grans dimensions. Aquí la intervenció va suposar la Not very far away in this onetime country area and now proporcioni pau, benestar i progrés a la ciutadania s'ho val. prosperity and welfare is worth the effort. recuperació d'elements desapareguts, la consolidació interna de l'arc, la restauració metropolitan district, another gate by Gaudí -this time for the L'exposició que aquest hivern residirà a Barcelona és un exponent The exhibition hosted this winter in Barcelona shows us the del mur i la dignificació de l'entorn. Per dotar de significat el conjunt, s'hi col·locà una property of Hermenegild Miralles- consisted of a clean stone estàtua de Gaudí de mida natural, obra de l'escultor Joaquim Camps, i també es creà de la força creativa dels diferents pobles i ciutats d'Europa, en un creative force of the peoples and cities of Europe at the end of the masonry wall with a large opening for carriages and a smaller una clau que obre la porta petita: la Clau del Modernisme, un guardó atorgat per moment com el canvi del segle XIX al XX. El trencament definitiu 19th Century and beginning of the 20th . Art Nouveau represented a one for pedestrians, all protected by a roof with large eaves. l'Ajuntament per reconèixer persones i entitats que han destacat en la protecció i amb l'academicisme que realitza el Modernisme obre el camí de les new road beyond academicism which opened the way for Restoration here also implied recovering disappeared minor difusió del Modernisme barceloní. avantguardes artístiques posteriors amb el desfermament de la Modernism and the avant-gardes. From then on, to be considered elements, consolidation of the arch structure, restoration of imaginació, que a partir d'aleshores per ser considerada art haurà art, imagination was to be accountable only to the artist's the wall andde sera general fidel només smartening a la consciència up of the del mateixsurroundings. artista. Alhora, però, Una altra intervenció, aquest cop del Departament d'Arquitectes del Sector conscience. At the same time, however, each one of the local or This includedcadascun a life-size dels moviments statue of the locals architect, o regionals by Joaquim que conflueixen en d'Urbanisme, va ser l'any 2000, amb la restauració i la pintada dels dos fanals de la regional movements that come together in Camps, andl'Art the KeyNouveau of Modernisme, internacional an award va sabergranted by the plaça Reial que el mateix Ajuntament havia encarregat a l'arquitecte el 1878. international Art Nouveau was able to City Councilaprofundir to acknowledge en les arrels contributions del seu propi in favour of the delve into the roots of its own protectionart and i diffusionla seva pròpiaof Barcelona's cultura, Modernisme. The key Al barri de Gràcia, la Casa Vicens, primer edifici signat per culture and art, leaving a En la urbanització de l'entorn de Bellesguard, la presència d'una riera va obligar actually opens the pedestrians' door. Gaudí, té una llarga relació amb l'Institut del Paisatge Urbà, deixant-nos un llegat que Gaudí a aixecar l'alçada amb un viaducte sustentat per una estructura de pilars legacy that explains, as it atès que la col·laboració ja es va iniciar el 1997. Posteriorment, ens explica a la seva inclinats. Obres posteriors van emmascarar l'obra original que va caure gairebé were, who we are and les intervencions de recuperació s'han realitzat en dues fases manera com som i en l'oblit. Aquest any s'està procedint a la consolidació estructural de l'obra, al where we come més, entre el 2000 i el 2003. A les façanes, s'ha procedit a ©IMPUQV d'on venim. El descobriment de la part inferior dels pilars i a la urbanització d'una nova zona The Architect's Department of the City Council from. The restituir les peces de ceràmica vidrada perdudes amb d'altres vigor dels verda. El pressupost d'aquesta obra és de 150.000€, suma que prové contributed to another Gaudí restoration, this masters of Art de característiques idèntiques a les originals, i també s'ha mestres del íntegrament dels beneficis de la Ruta Gaudí, organitzada per l'Institut del one in downtown Plaça Reial: two streetlamps Nouveau restaurat la tribuna amb la recuperació del disseny original del Modernisme Paisatge Urbà l'any 2002. commissioned by the city in 1878 were restored were able banc-barana de la terrassa. va saber combinar and repainted in 2000. to ©Miquel Badia, IMPUQV Aquesta darrera intervenció suposa una nova baula en una línia d'actuació que Amb la Torre Bellesguard, residència privada bastida on a a q u e s t a combine l'Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà i la Qualitat de Vida va iniciar el 1999, i In the Gràcia district, Casa Vicens, Gaudí's first començaments del segle XX hi havia les ruïnes del palau f i d e l i t a t this coupdefouet extra | 2004 www.artnouveau.eu que continua apostant per la recuperació del llegat d'Antoni Gaudí. A través de building, has a long relationship with the coupdefouet extra | 2004 www.artnouveau.eu d'estiu del rei Martí l'Humà, Gaudí va voler retre homenatge al v e r s e l loyalty to la restitució d'elements perduts, de vegades de petits detalls, es vol retornar darrer rei català amb un edifici d'aspecte goticitzant. En p r o p i Institute of Urban Landscape, starting in 1997. the past l'esplendor perduda i la dignitat original que aquesta obra universal es mereix. aquest cas, la intervenció ha anat encaminada a resoldre els passat amb Work in the last three years has included with a mind problemes de seguretat de façana i una actitud recovering and substituting the glass ceramic open to the coberta i a restituir-ne les textures The viaductoberta before al restoration.
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