A Gaudi in Nature | Park Guell - Barcelona, 2013
- Ömer Öztürk
- Mar 11
- 1 min read
The idea of going to parks in the cities I've been to has always sounded good to me. But if you are in Barcelona, Park Güell, a reflection of artistic richness, can even be the beginning of your travel route. UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site under the name "Works of Antoni Gaudi". This is a structure that is far from rational rigidity and any classical premises, and whose roots are based on geometric analysis. A wealthy Catalan entrepreneur, Count Güell; 'There is urbanization, I need a good architect, I will build a park in the city.' he says. In fact, the housing developments in this rocky area are not very successful. If that's the case; He builds a park in the area where he lives, saying it will improve the view. You know, you might not be too excited if a park is named after you, but Park Güell, bearing the surname of this entrepreneur, is an exciting, almost organic place among the greenery. And this approach has become a symbol of organic style in architecture today. Architect Gaudi would undoubtedly have predicted that the future would be the age of technology; Park Güell has also become the source of a beautiful 'Instagram' center where everyone competes to photograph each other with their phones. After a 14-year construction process that started at the beginning of the 19th century; It is opened to the public in 1926, the date of death of Gaudi, who built the park.