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RE: Trip to La Sagrada Família #2 - Barcelona | Spain

in Worldmappin4 years ago

Hi. Just gave you a follow here on Hive.
I found your Steemit post regarding your Pitivi logo submission while searching Google Images. I'm a fellow open-source evangelist, Linux user, and media creator.
I was researching for an upcoming video about Pitivi, and as a designer who also uses open-source I thought you'd be someone I'd like to follow.

And then I saw this post and became even more green with envy...
This basilica is easily one of my favorite architecture designs, and from one of the greatest architects. I too hope to see it in person someday, and visit Espania.
I was greatly fascinated by his dedication to Christ, and how he like so many other brilliant minds took examples from God, the greatest artist and engineer. But in this building that's ever so apparent with how the tops of the columns are tree branches.

I even read that he planned the structure by hanging bags of sand upside down to view the stress and bearings in a natural way.

Also, quite a fan of your design work.
-Jay, DS-Tech Media.

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OMG, Pitivi Logo, i did that one a long time ago in Utopian, great times :)
Regarding This place, it is magnificent, as you say, a fantastic architecture full of symbolism and subliminal messages.
About the structure by hanging bags, i have a photo of that project, take a look ;)

Btw, thank you for your kind words ;)

Wow that is also incredible, was this on display at the basilica? From what I heard this was in his workshop which was destroyed by the Anarchists in the civil war.

Yes, this one is in workshop underground, the image you see is the reflection on the mirror from the hanging bags.. is a bit hard to see all the structure, but is there ;)

That is unbelievably cool. Thank you for sharing.