The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain was designed by Antoni Gaudi with the floor plan of a Latin cross and Cubist design elements. Key features include the Passion, Glory and Nativity facades representing different aspects of Christ's life. Gaudi used light from stained glass windows and skylights to represent divinity, with different colors symbolizing theological concepts. Acoustics from the masonry construction create a holy echo, and organs are used for musical accompaniment during services.

1. The Sagadra Familia
Barcelona, Spain. (By, Antoni Gaudi)

2. FLOOR PLAN
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1) ENTRANCE
2) PASSION FAÇADE
3) GLORY FAÇADE
4) NATIVITY FAÇADE
5) ALTAR
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The floor plan of the church is that of a
Latin Cross and the concept design is
Cubism

3. Visual Senses.
-Our visual has been the leading senses since the beginning of mankind.
-People can immediately know how the space were distributed and arranged in a building once the
saw it using their eye.
-Light are used in most cathedrals to represent and amplifies the impression of divinities and holiness.

4. One of Antoni Gaudi’s
main idea of Sagrada
Familia in terms of
creating a visual
satisfaction is to
implement the idea of
tree branch and sunlight.
He designed the columns
and arches this way to fit
into the light shine from
the skylight to create the
tree-branches and
sunlight effect.

5. -Light is one of the key feature in Sagrada Familia.
-Using stained glass for the window, the interior can create a colorful yet magnificent effect when
there’re light filtering in.
-Besides using the colored stained glass as an aesthetic purpose, different colors of the glass actually
symbolises different things.

6. COLOUR SYMBOLIZES
BLACK DEATH
BROWN SPIRITUAL DEATH
GREY HUMILITY
WHITE HOLINESS
RED LOVE/HATE
YELLOW JEALOUSY
GREEN SPRING/ TRIUMPH OF LIFE OVER
DEATH
BLUE HEAVENLY LOVE
PURPLE GOD/ ROYALTY
VIOLET LOVE/ PASSION

7. -Although stained glass is one of the visual attraction, the skylight high above the altar and some of
the clerestory windows are actually made of plain glass instead of colored stained glass.
-This actually symbolizes the holiness of God, and also giving out the ambience of divinity.
-While having the rich white light shines upon the altar and the hall from above, it also shows that God
will always high up there giving hope and shining His holiness to the world.

8. Auditory senses
-One of the exciting thing about hearing in architecture is to listen to tranquility, calmness and silence.
-Sound can also describe and create an atmosphere in a certain space.
-By having different kinds of material in a certain space, different experience will occur.

9. -Due to the fact that Sagrada Familia is made mainly by masonry, bricks and clay, the echo inside is
obvious.
-The ceiling of Sagrada Familia is full of semi-circular spaces much like the interior of a dome, this
shows how much echo will be produced in the hall.
-When the sound that was created towards the ceiling bounces off
back to the ground, it creates a holy ambience, showing how human
communicates to divine entity.

10. -Besides having hard materials made up the interior, musical instruments can also used to create
different sound and music, and the main instruments for this cathedral is organ.
-The organs can also used as decorations to compliment the interior of it.
-The organs are used when there are any special events going on.

11. PASSION FACADE
This is located on the west side of the
Sagrada Familia, which means its facing the
setting of the sun. This then sets the sad
and sorrow mood, that is the reason the
façade is dedicated to the suffering of Christ.
Suffering of Jesus Christ

12. GLORY FACADE
The glory façade is the largest most
striking of the façade. It is where the
access to the central nave be located.
This represent s the road to God : Death,
Final Judgment and Glory.
As seen from the inside the pillar of
window allows the sunlight to be shine to
the inside creating a holly vibe. This
represents the road to God : Death.
Pillar of Window

13. NATIVITY FACADE
The nativity façade is the first façade to be
completed. It is dedicated to the birth of Jesus, the
floral design is what shows the element of life. This
façade is facing the rising of the sun at the
northeast which represents the birth of Christ.
Floral design

14. THE ALTAR
The altar is the focus point of the whole Cathedral. It is located
at the centre of Sagrada Familia and elevated from the floor
making it the centre of attention. The skylight form
above and the stained glass creates the warmth feeling
when people gather there.