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  • Next, it was Veronica Boccuni's turn. The young Italian architect is currently developing his doctoral thesis on Gaudí and spoke about problems that arise with the restoration of historical and artistic buildings such as those of Gaudí. In one part of his speech, Boccuni said that the Catalán architect designed his works like a global whole in which "one cannot separate ornament from form, form from geometry, geometry from structure.

    At this point, Luis Gueilburt, director of the Center for Gaudí Studies, presented the Pro-Miranda Association, an entity presided over by Mrs. Mercedes Bach which promotes the reconstruction of one of Gaudí's works (Casa Mateu, of Llinars del Vallés) which was demolished in 1962 to make way for a block of apartments.

    Engineer Jan Wierenga presented a method for completing Sagrada Familia in 15 years by using a mobile crane capable of transporting vertically with respect to the towers which would allow for higher placement of pieces than that which is possible using traditional cranes.

    The last to participate was Sr. Jordi Bonet, architectural director of the ongoing construction of Sagrada Familia. Bonet explained the process of construction and the geometry on which the Temple's structures are based. He also contributed an interesting fact about the plaster models - aside from being constructed in order to represent exactly what Gaudí had in his mind, the models also served to show the people what their donations would be used for.

    Before the round table, the speakers and audience members found their way to an auditorium where Daniel Giralt-Miracle, the director of the saving bank Caixa Catalunya's Espai Gaudí, introduced an interactive CD-Rom that draws on the essence of the exhibits displayed in the loft of La Pedrera (Casa Milá). Although the CD-Rom was only a preliminary version, the audience was very enthusiastic about this great new idea for familiarizing one's self with the work and life of Gaudí and the bases for his ingenious ideas.



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