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Gaudi’s First Masterpiece: Casa Vicens

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Jeremy Casson
Jeremy Casson

Casa Vicens is widely regarded as being his first masterpiece and responsible for helping to kick off the Modernisme movement in Catalonia and Europe. Read more: https://jeremycasson.wordpress.com/2024/06/26/the-pioneering-architecture-of-antoni-gaudi/

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3 Gaudi designed his first accessible rooftop at Casa Vicens, offering a strik- ing vantage point and a peaceful spot to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. “ A s the first major commission received by architect Antoni Gaudi in 1883, Casa Vicens is widely regarded as be- ing his first masterpiece and respon- sible for helping to kick off the Modernisme movement in Catalonia and Europe. PROLIFERATION OF PLANT MOTIFS On the first floor of Casa Vicens visitors will notice the proliferation of sgraffito featuring plant motifs, a theme seen in many of Gau- di’s later works. In the bedroom the walls are covered with a layer of stucco designed to symbolise ferns on one side and rushes and reeds on the other, and Gaudi based his de- signs for all of Casa Vicens’ stucco plants on those he discovered in the Cassoles torrent behind the house. ACCESSIBLE ROOFTOP Gaudi designed his first accessible rooftop at Casa Vicens, offering a striking vantage point and a peaceful spot to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. The rooftop features a walkway, curved terracotta roof tiles and a small cupola atop the tower, along with three identical brick structures acting as caps for the property’s chimneys. The red and green ceramic tiles in which these struc- tures and the façade are clad demonstrate the influence of Asian and Islamic architec- ture on Gaudi’s work.
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