Spain Trip #22: Gaudi's House Museum

We loved this sun porch

In today's blog, we'll take you through Architect Antoni Gaudi's house, now a museum. Gaudi designed the Sagrada Familia basilica, several buildings, and Park Guell that we talked about yesterday. He built a house for himself on a hill overlooking the park.
   We all thought the highlight of the house was the sunporch, overlooking the Park Guell. This blog also  explores the house history. 

WHAT IS THE GAUDI HOUSE? Gaudí House-Museum, located within the Park Güell in Barcelona was the residence of Antoni Gaudí for almost 20 years, from 1906 till the end of 1925. It was constructed as a show house for the Park Guell residential development. 
DESIGNED BY:   Francesc d’Assís Berenguer i Mestres (1866-1914), Gaudí’s friend and right-hand-man.
WHERE IS IT?  Park Güell, Ctra. del Carmel, 23A, 08013 Barcelona, Spain
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: Modernisme

Gaudi's odd looking chair designs

FURNITURE DESIGNER -  Gaudi also designed his own furniture and it looked odd. We couldn't understand how some of it could be considered comfortable. However, because the furniture were museum pieces, we weren't allowed to sit on it to find out how comfortable or uncomfortable it was. 

WHEN DID GAUDI LIVE THERE? 
According to casamuseugaudi.org, Gaudí moved into this house in Park Güell with his father and his niece in 1906. After the death of both, Gaudí continued to live there alone. Carmelite nuns assisted him with the domestic chores, and he was often accompanied by friends, who watched over his health.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE? After Gaudí’s death, the house was acquired and occupied by private owners. Years later, on 28 September 1963, the site opened to the public as the Gaudí House Museum.

Since 1992, the house has been owned by the Construction Board of La Sagrada Família Foundation. The purpose of opening the house to the public is to share Gaudí’s life and work.

For more information, visit: http://www.casamuseugaudi.org/en/the-exhibition/

The front entrance 

St. Anthony at the Front door

The Gaudi House Museum