Barcelona, October 10 (EFE) .- The first World Congress on Gaudí, held this week in Barcelona, concluded today with the presentation of the first monument to Bishop Torres i Bages, to be erected at the Holy Family .
The monumental project dedicated to Torres i Bages, already planned by Gaudí for the Sagrada Familia, has been presented at the congress by Jordi Bonet, former director and coordinator of the Work on the basilica from 1985 to 2012 and currently director emeritus and coordinator of the sacrificial temple.
The First World Congress on Gaudí was organized jointly by the University of Barcelona and Gaudí The Research Institute, has been closed today attended by 350 people from around the world.
According to the organizers, the conference has left imprints such as installation in the Diocesan Museum of a new model of the crypt of the Colonia Guell, on by the group of Professor at the University of Innsbruck Rainer Graefe with 3D computerized systems or playing the funicular model you installed in Hotel Miramar Barcelona professor at the University of Zittau / Görlitz (Germany) Jos Tomlow.
the conference papers shows that the attitude of Gaudí was characterized by “innovation, imagination and risk taking, three factors that may be key in the current times of crisis.”
In one of the most anticipated speeches, Tokutoshi Torii Japanese architect, one of the world’s leading specialists in Gaudí, Kanagawa University, discussed his theory that the current height of the domes of the temple of the Holy Family does not fully coincide with projected by Gaudí.
The organizers have already begun work on the second edition of the conference and to this end, relations with international research groups, universities and businesses will be maintained, and Gaudí academic studies that integrate scientific and humanistic equipment activated.
In the conference program was inaugurated the new headquarters of The Research Institute Gaudí in the building’s historic Old Dye enclosure factory Colonia Güell.
The makers intend to open the new headquarters researchers and transfer the investigation to the public with the creation of a corpus of documents, photos, maps and other materials to be a reference for the study of Gaudí.
In addition, during the conference it was announced that the Gaudí Space Diocesan Museum has closed its doors temporarily, in order to enhance its content, but it will reopen soon with a program of temporary exhibitions on the first scholars of Gaudí.
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