Gaudi's Homage to English Garden City Design

The study team on Gaudi's Serpentine Bench in Park Guell

Originally commissioned as a 60-unit subdivision in the English Garden City style, the project failed due to its relative distance from the city center. Radical even for Gaudi, only two houses were built, but the project tour de force is the market hall with its plaza above surrounded by the serpentine bench. The project is now a city park (which we made use of for a picnic brunch), the park is also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Nothing else like it on the planet.

Top: The Plaza, Gatehouse and Bench detail, Bottom: Market Hall, Hall Columns and Stone Grotto