torre de la creu1, catalan modernism
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Designed by Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert and built between 1913 and 1916, Torre de la Creu is located in a small town near Barcelona (Sant Joan Despí). Because the domes resemble a cluster of eggs, the house received also from locals the name of "Casa del ous" (ous is the Catalan word for eggs).
Under the parabolic domes of Torre de la Creu, Jujol designed two houses with some characteristic elements as the elegant stairway - both simple and magnificent instead of the small space -, the gallery, the tower and other elements lately applied under various shapes in other projects of Jujol.
Dome of the pergola
Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works.
Among Gibert's projects are Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Park Güell, and
Our Lady of Montserrat, and
among his design styles are
Modernisme and Art Nouveau.
An enclosure in forged iron with curved doors is an example how to close the building but allowing a complete view of the front side of it
Art Nouveau in Sant Joan Despí developed
in the form of Modernisme and,
more specifically, in a very personal
interpretation of this style by the
Barcelona-trained architect Josep Maria
Jujol, Sant Joan Despí's municipal
architect together with Gabriel Borrell from
1926 to 1949.
Jujol’s architecture was greatly marked by
the influence of Antoni
Gaudí, with whom he had collaborated,
and when Modernisme
began to disappear
from Barcelona to be replaced
by new trends, Jujol introduced the style to
Sant Joan in 1913 with his Torre de la
Creu.
Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert was not overly concerned by the slowing down of the Modernisme movement and the town greeted his expressive architecture with suitable enthusiasm.
Jujol's Modernisme was based on a careful treatment of plaster, terracotta and sgraffito on white façades, decorative elements that accompany the dynamism of volumes (especially in freestanding houses) and lively projecting roof lines undulating together with iron, in which the structural merges with the ornamental.
This agricultural town was
experiencing major growth at the time,
with the arrival of the railways in 1891 and
electricity in 1907, and, like many
towns in the Baix
Llobregat area, it was becoming a
summer destination
for Barcelona's
middle classes.
Sound: Sardana para flauta y piano - Eduard Toldra 1912
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