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Gaudí's Hanging Chain Models

30 points by pizza 4y ago

rongopo 4y ago
Too short for an intellectual appetiser.
- mcphage 4y ago
  Then I guess it’s an intellectual amuse-bouche.
evanb 4y ago
You can see a hanging chain model in the basement of Sagrada Familia; it's extremely impressive and an enormously clever form of analog computational architecture!
- avindroth 4y ago
  There's also one at attic of Casa Milà, with a mirror to boot.
- psadri 4y ago
  I completely agree. I recommend everyone visiting Sagrada Familia to make a point of visiting the basement and checking out this model. It's almost as mind blowing as the actual church.
lehi 4y ago
Here's a good overview of this technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlL6ZHChhQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlL6ZHChhQE
pugworthy 4y ago
If you ever ever get the chance, go see the cathedral. It is just amazing in its detail and scale.
- tympious 4y ago
  Obviously not the same as being there, but there is this film https://gwarlingo.com/2012/antonio-gaudi-and-hiroshi-teshigahara/ https://gwarlingo.com/2012/antonio-gaudi-and-hiroshi-teshiga... which is actually on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTwzCi-KHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTwzCi-KHM
ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
>Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí Nitpick: Gaudí was simply Catalan. "Spanish Catalan" is a contradiction.
- Eleison23 4y ago
  This is a huge thing on Wikipedia. Nationalist factions on both sides endlessly edit-war about this. "Spanish Catalan" is a blatantly constructed compromise that somewhat keeps both sides happy enough not to break the truce.
  - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
    Having lived in Catalonia for many years, and speaking both Spanish and Catalan, they absolutely have a point. "Spanish Catalan", construction I have never seen before today, is like calling Nicola Sturgeon an "English Scottish" person: it's an absurdity.
    - harperlee 4y ago
      It’s only absurd due to the insistence of adding qualifiers to an official citizenship. We might as well say that Gaudi was Earthling European Spanish Catalan Cadaquesian. His citizenship was Spanish, his culture multidimensional. As stated above, this tag is a compromise due to political movements endlessly changing it.
      - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
        >His citizenship was Spanish Subtle implication that nobody in Catalonia wants a Catalan passport instead of a Spanish one.
    - AndrewDucker 4y ago
      Is it not the same as "British Scottish"? (Spain being the larger unit)
      - 4y ago

30 points by pizza 4y ago

rongopo 4y ago

Too short for an intellectual appetiser.

mcphage 4y ago
Then I guess it’s an intellectual amuse-bouche.

evanb 4y ago

You can see a hanging chain model in the basement of Sagrada Familia; it's extremely impressive and an enormously clever form of analog computational architecture!

avindroth 4y ago
There's also one at attic of Casa Milà, with a mirror to boot.
psadri 4y ago
I completely agree. I recommend everyone visiting Sagrada Familia to make a point of visiting the basement and checking out this model. It's almost as mind blowing as the actual church.

lehi 4y ago

Here's a good overview of this technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlL6ZHChhQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlL6ZHChhQE

pugworthy 4y ago

If you ever ever get the chance, go see the cathedral. It is just amazing in its detail and scale.

tympious 4y ago
Obviously not the same as being there, but there is this film https://gwarlingo.com/2012/antonio-gaudi-and-hiroshi-teshigahara/ https://gwarlingo.com/2012/antonio-gaudi-and-hiroshi-teshiga... which is actually on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTwzCi-KHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTwzCi-KHM

ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago

>Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí Nitpick: Gaudí was simply Catalan. "Spanish Catalan" is a contradiction.

Eleison23 4y ago
This is a huge thing on Wikipedia. Nationalist factions on both sides endlessly edit-war about this. "Spanish Catalan" is a blatantly constructed compromise that somewhat keeps both sides happy enough not to break the truce.
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
  Having lived in Catalonia for many years, and speaking both Spanish and Catalan, they absolutely have a point. "Spanish Catalan", construction I have never seen before today, is like calling Nicola Sturgeon an "English Scottish" person: it's an absurdity.
  - harperlee 4y ago
    It’s only absurd due to the insistence of adding qualifiers to an official citizenship. We might as well say that Gaudi was Earthling European Spanish Catalan Cadaquesian. His citizenship was Spanish, his culture multidimensional. As stated above, this tag is a compromise due to political movements endlessly changing it.
    - ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
      >His citizenship was Spanish Subtle implication that nobody in Catalonia wants a Catalan passport instead of a Spanish one.
  - AndrewDucker 4y ago
    Is it not the same as "British Scottish"? (Spain being the larger unit)
    - 4y ago