Sculpture is a vital element in Gaudí"s work, since he did not see it as an isolated or secondary part, but as integrated into the architecture.

For the church, and more specifically for the Nativity façade, which is the one he began and lived to see almost finished, Gaudí needed a large number of sculptures, and so he developed a work method that allowed him to model figures of all kinds.

This method included different procedures which were carried out in the workshop located beside the church, where he had his work director"s office and the space where he experimented with techniques and materials.

He also made wire skeletons which he stuffed with straw and clothed to try out the forms the sculptures would have. Later, in the modelling studio, he covered them with plaster to make the model which, once approved, was sculpted in stone in the sculpture workshop.



NATIVITY FAÇADE
GLORY FAÇADE
PASSION FAÇADE
ROSE TREE DOOR
STAINED GLASS
LITURGICAL OBJECTS