Loggia, Arquitectura & Restauración (Dec 2020)

Restoration of the main façade of Gaudí’s Casa Batlló

  • Xavier Villanueva,
  • Joan Olona,
  • Manuel Angel Iglesias-Campos,
  • Mireia Bosch,
  • Joan Ramon Rosell,
  • Antonia Navarro,
  • Ignasi Villanueva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4995/loggia.2020.14066
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 33
pp. 118 – 139

Abstract

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In accordance with Casa Batlló’s Conservation Plan, the initial project contemplated a minimal intervention of maintenance and conservation. Prior to the start of the intervention, studies and tests were carried out, to find out, check and determine the different methodologies and materials to be used. However, a careful inspection of the façade revealed pathological processes and undocumented findings about the construction techniques. These studies and the results of the tests allowed to agree upon the procedures and materials to be used.

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