During the past 9th-12th 
                                                            of November, in the 
                                                            City of Delft University 
                                                            in Southeast Holland, 
                                                            the VII International 
                                                            Conference of Gaudí 
                                                            Studies was celebrated. 
                                                            The conference was 
                                                            organized jointly 
                                                            by the Center for 
                                                            Gaudí Studies and 
                                                            the Polytechnic University 
                                                            of Catalonia, of Barcelona, 
                                                            and the Foundation 
                                                            for the Analysis of 
                                                            Construction and Technological 
                                                            University (TU), of 
                                                            Delft. 
                                                          
 
                                                            Some 150 people - 
                                                            between the students 
                                                            of the University, 
                                                            speakers and invites 
                                                            - assisted in organizing 
                                                            the first conference, 
                                                            lectured by New Zealander 
                                                            professor, Mark Burry, 
                                                            who showed the work 
                                                            he had done during 
                                                            his last years of 
                                                            collaboration on Sagrada 
                                                            Familia, drawing CAD 
                                                            models for the construction 
                                                            of the temple. 
                                                          
 
                                                            Despite that the initial 
                                                            lecture took place 
                                                            on Thursday evening, 
                                                            the Conference was 
                                                            officially inaugurated 
                                                            on Friday, the 10th, 
                                                            with the presence 
                                                            of the Director of 
                                                            the Faculteit der 
                                                            Bouwkunde, Professor 
                                                            ir. Hans Beunderman, 
                                                            and the Spanish consul 
                                                            of Holland, Sr. Ricardo 
                                                            Losa. 
                                                          
 
                                                            Jan Molema - doctorate 
                                                            in architecture and 
                                                            founder of the Gaudí 
                                                            Groep of Holland - 
                                                            was, as the director 
                                                            of the Conferences, 
                                                            in charge of presenting 
                                                            the speakers to the 
                                                            public on hand.