Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batlló

The modifications over time to the piano nobile, brought about both by the uses and the inhabitants between the 1950s and 1990s, created a substantial reduction in the value of the whole of the space as a composition. Thus, the stuccoes, the wainscoting, the carpentry, had an individual value, that...

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Main Authors: Joan Olona, Mireia Bosch, Xavier Villanueva, Ignasi Villanueva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2020-12-01
Series:Loggia, Arquitectura & Restauración
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/loggia/article/view/14039
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spelling doaj.art-dbd84bbc3b4a4b519605eca9d98345ca2022-12-21T19:58:01ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaLoggia, Arquitectura & Restauración1136-758X2020-12-010339811710.4995/loggia.2020.140398453Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa BatllóJoan Olona0Mireia Bosch1Xavier Villanueva2Ignasi Villanueva3Universitat Politècnica Catalunya La Salle - Universidad Ramon LlullUniversitat Politècnica CatalunyaArquitectoIngeniero de CaminosThe modifications over time to the piano nobile, brought about both by the uses and the inhabitants between the 1950s and 1990s, created a substantial reduction in the value of the whole of the space as a composition. Thus, the stuccoes, the wainscoting, the carpentry, had an individual value, that had been blurred with the significant alterations of the original project by Antoni Gaudí. The restoration of this main floor has tried to find a way to develop the original unifying power of each fragment that contained it, evaluating in a way proportional to how well each has survived.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/loggia/article/view/14039estratigrafíaestucosarrimaderoscemento naturalmadera
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estratigrafía
estucos
arrimaderos
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title Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batlló
title_full Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batlló
title_fullStr Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batlló
title_full_unstemmed Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batlló
title_short Criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batlló
title_sort criteria for intervention in the restoration of the main floor of antoni gaudi s casa batllo
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