Today I'd like you to write about an architect you admire. Everybody has been talking about Zaha Hadid after her untimely death and I guess she is one of the most high profile architects in recent years. She created some interesting designs but, maybe curves aren't everyones cup of tea. Actually, I'm no expert on architects but I think Gaudi has to be the architect whose work I've most enjoyed. I've been lucky enough to visit Barcelona on a number of occasions, the first time in 89, and it's impossible to visit the city without some reference to Gaudi. His works, the Sacred Heat and the Parque Guell, are more than enough to imortalise the man, the other exhibits are icing on the cake. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what is so appealing about Gaudi's work but it's obviously effective. It's pleasing to the eye but not not 100% uniform. To a certain extent, it's the fact that things aren't totally symmetrical which is most impressive. Actually, Gaudi's architecture seems to share elements of Leonard Da Vinci's design, which is a pretty amazing feat. I think it shares a sense of movement that enhances the visual experience.
Write about an architect you admire.
Say;
Who it is,
What works they are known for,
When you saw the architect's work,
Why you like it.
Mention anything else you think is important. Write at least 150 words. Post a comment on your teacher's blog and on the blog's of at least 3 classmates.
Hi Mr. Simon; as you wrote above, I'm here to leave a little comment on your post (you meant here, right?), and I really wanted to tell you I personally admire Gaudi's work too. I find his buildings are more a piece of art than simply architecture, gives the impression they're about to start moving! He gives Art Nouveau a whole new meaning, making this spaces so organic and stunning in his own way. Hope one day I can go to Spain too and admire them.
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ReplyDeleteI don´t know anything about this because I´m studing Geography, but I think it´s really interesting this post. I would like to learn how you can post images too :D
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Hi Mr. Simon!
ReplyDeleteI don´t know anything about this because I´m studing Geography, but I think it´s really interesting this post. I would like to learn how you can post images too :D
Bye!
Reading this post made me want to go to Spain :)
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ReplyDeleteHi Simon, so interestig your post. I do not know what more say, but I am doing the work of you give me.
ReplyDeleteHi Mr. Simon, well I'm studing Architecture and I like to much the Sacred Heat, I think that this work it's so hard and hardly impossible to make. But that's the magic of architecture, build the impossible. Well, bye.
ReplyDeleteHi Mr.Simon, I liked your post. Gaudi was a very interesting architect and his work is wonderful. His architecture is really singular, his buildings are strange but amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Mr. Simon, I think this is very funny because it's like doing the game of the phone with the class and the teacher :) I liked your post because Gaudi is a high refetrent of wonderful architecture and his work is still have repercussions in the way to teach the architecture.
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