Art Nouveau Architecture

Antoni Gaudi

Art Nouveau Architecture

• Hyperbolas• Parabolas• Moldings grow into plant-like forms• Harmonize the environment with the

architecture• Flame patterns• Shell patterns/textures• Used organic forms as a source of inspiration– What does “organic” mean?

Hyperbola

Parabola

Assignment

• Design a piece of architecture inspired by something organic.

• It can be an entire building, a façade, a room, a small but very detailed area of a building, a doorway, etc.

• You will be actually building a small scale model, a “maquette” as your project.

• Focus on the tenets of Art Nouveau when designing your project.

Doorway at Place Etienne Pernet, 24 (ParisAlfred 15e); Wagon; 1905; Art Nouveau; Architecture

Antoni Gaudi

• Very inspired by nature• Very dedicated to his work…so much so that

he hardly had a personal life

Casa Mila

Entrance gate of the Guell Pavilions

Palau Guell (1886–88), Orientalist Period

Finca Miralles

Casa Batllo Roof

Casa Batllo, Barcelona

Casa Batllo, Barcelona

Casa Batllo, Barcelona

Casa Batllo, Barcelona, already built in 1877, was remodeled; Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol;

1904–1906; Art Nouveau; Architecture

La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

The nave in the Sagrada Familia with a hyperboloid vault. Inspiration from nature is taken from a tree, as the pillar and

branches symbolize trees rising up to the roof.

My Example

My Example

My Example