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English translation: use of basalt palm tree to hold up vault
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| 18:14 Dec 31, 2001 |
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| 5 +2 | sostenir voltes amb una palmera de basalt |
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| 4 | basalt columns |
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18 mins confidence: 
it Explanation: This is badly written. I think it either refers to the use of "basalt" for columns or to the use of columns in the shape of palm trees. The former is probably more likely (?). In a way, the correct translation would keep the ambiguity, so an option would be to write "it". Otherwise, you'll have to guess and refer to one or other of the options I have written above (or any other that occur to you). Sorry I can't be of any more help. |
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47 mins confidence:
basalt columns Explanation: This building was apparently a test for the contruction of the Sagrada Familia. So, maybe this is what the author of your text is referring to. He used these basalt columns with mosaics for the first time in the Colonia Güell, before going on to use them again in the Sagrada Familia etc. HTH Happy New Year! Sheila http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/AA007.htm COLONIA GÜELL (CRYPT) Location: Colonia Güell Santa Coloma de Cervelló (Baix Llobregat - Barcelona) Qualification: xxxxx (3 on 5) Projected by Antoni Gaudí i Cornet in 1898, crypt started in 1908 and finished in 1914. The Colonia Güell is a textile estate in the municipality of Santa Coloma de Cervello near Barcelona. For that site, Gaudi designed a church who has an irregular oval dessign inside, althoug the initial project had been designed as a doble unit: a crypt with a porch and another church upwards with an access trough a stairway over the mentioned porch (That second church was never made). The interior of the crypt has five aisles: a central one and two more at each side. The original Gaudí columns with various forms are present in and outside. The windows jut out over the walls, and in the upper part of the door a ceramic composition shows the four cardinal virtues. The crypt is builded in basaltic stone bricks with mosaics who offer an appearance of "arcaic". This building was for Gaudí a test for the construction of his biggest work, the Sagrada Familia, because he had been testing with the different architectural solutions incorpored in that temple. At present the church is in process of restauration and consequently it is not possible to visit it, except for religious cellebrations. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2001-12-31 19:17:43 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- When I wrote this earlier, I didn\'t mean to say basalt columns. I meant the innovative use Gaudí made of black basalt with mosaics etc. Sorry for the confusion! http://www.gaudiclub.com/ingles/I_VIDA/colonia.html Gaudí\'s design was to be a crypt with a portico, taking advantage of the unevenness of the land, and a four-floor high chapel which would be reached via a stairway above the portico. The church, located on a small hill, would have blended with the pines because of the color scheme that Gaudí had designed: the crypt walls are built with arch bricks and black basalt, representing the earth and the tree trunks. Further up the walls, the material was intended to gradually change to green hues, like the tops of the trees, then blue, like the sky, finishing white and golden at the highest part of the bell towers, representing the clouds in the sky and the sun. At the same time, this chromatic process is a symbol of the path to Christian living, from the shadows of hell to the light of the Glory of God. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2001-12-31 22:22:03 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Please have a look at this reference, Jon. It talks about Gaudí experimenting with a revolutionary weight calculation system. Could this be what the author is referring to?! Sheila http://www.gaudi2002.bcn.es/english/flash/E/obres/EC03.htm allowed him to experiment with a revolutionary weight calculation system |
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1 day 2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2sostenir voltes amb una palmera de basalt Explanation: No one had ever tried to use a basalt palm tree as a support for vaults. Gaudi was the first to experiment such tecnique. :-) |
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