Sagrada Família - Claustre Montserrat

Location: Basilica of the Sagrada Família : Barcelona

Architecture: Antoni Gaudí / Arq. Dir. Jordi Faulí i Oller

Engineering: AIA Architects – Facilities Master Plan

Year of construction: 2018

The Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, is a Catholic basilica in Barcelona, designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. Started in 1882, it is still under construction. It is Gaudí’s masterpiece, and the maximum exponent of Catalan modernist architecture.

The cloister extends along the perimeter of the church, interrupted only by the facades and the apse, whose structure with Gothic windows are located to the left and right of the Nativity door. It is located at the same level as the floor of the temple and crosses the three porticoes, and is articulated with the constructions with which it interacts, such as the Chapel of the Assumption, which interrupts it to begin its course symmetrically on the other side, and the Sacristies, Baptistery and Chapel of the Sacrament.

It was conceived by Gaudí with a double function. On the one hand, it isolates the church from outside noise and on the other hand, it acts as a processional and communication element between the different areas of the basilica without interrupting worship. Currently, this area of the cloister has been fitted out as a multipurpose room for conferences and events .

The perimeter, where various models of the Basilica are exhibited, is illuminated by small projectors located at the top of the arches. The central part is illuminated by projectors oriented towards the center of the groin vaults to illuminate the space in general by means of bounced light. In addition, surface projectors hidden in the geometry of the lateral space have been foreseen to illuminate possible speakers.