An Exhibit at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York, September 2014 – May 2015. Curator: George Ranalli More than a century after Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí began working on the Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, Sagrada Família remains under construction. This catalog focuses on that dynamic and ongoing process, and on the successive builders’ incorporation of new technologies into the structure´s magnificent design, a living work of performance in itself. It documents the cathedral’s evolution using handmade drawings, plaster models, digital imaging, and 3D modeling. It examines the geometries and formal languages that have informed generations of architects and builders. At the same time, it shows the integration of traditional craftsmanship with the most cutting edge computer graphics and robotic engineering. Originally situated on the outskirts of the city, La Sagrada Família today serves as the enduring symbol of Barcelona. But unlike the Eiffel Tower or Brooklyn Bridge, Barcelona’s icon is still a work in progress and a magnetic center of spiritual life. A collaboration between The City College of New York. Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture and Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers

• Foreword by George Ranalli
• Essay by Fabian Llonch
• Edited by Josep Gómez Serrano, Maria Rubert and Oscar Riera Ojeda

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Contributors Biographies

George Ranalli, FAIA is an American architect based in New York. A graduate of Pratt Institute (’72 B.Arch.) and Harvard Graduate School of Design (’74 M.Arch.), Mr. Ranalli is known for his innovative design practice, and coherent, elegant work, at every scale, attuned to history and surroundings. Since 1977, George Ranalli Architect has set the standard of care for the practice and profession of architecture. For 40-years, Mr. Ranalli has created a diverse body of work, ranging from civic masterplans and cultural projects to private residences and product design. Mr. Ranalli is recognized in hundreds of publications, gallery and museum exhibitions, and collections, around the world, and he has received dozens of awards for excellence. A rigorous scholar, Mr. Ranalli has advanced the profession through systematic teaching, research, and practice; this month, issuing his fifth book, In Situ, Oscar Riera Ojeda Publications. An academic leader, Mr. Ranalli taught for 25-years at fine schools, most notably, a professor of architecture and college fellow at Yale University. After educating thousands of students, Mr. Ranalli took on the Deanship at City College; presiding for the past 16-years over a renaissance of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. According to the renowned historian of architecture William J.R. Curtis, Mr. Ranalli has “set in place a value system for teaching the art of architecture.”

Fabian Llonch studied architecture at Universidad Nacional de Rosario Facultad de Arquitectura Planeamiento y Diseno Argentina where he graduated in 1995. He received his Master of Architecture with Honors at Washington University School of Architecture in 1999 where he received the Frederick Widmann Prize in Architecture, based on his outstanding architectural work. Fabian worked from 1989 to 1992 as an intern at Corea Gallardo Mannino in Barcelona, Spain, he worked from 1993 to 1996 at the City Planning Office, Rosario Argentina. From 1998 to 2000 at Sverdrup Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri, as a senior designer, and from 2000 to 2001 at Steven Holl Architects in New York City. He was named one of the best 20 Young Architects in Argentina by the Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires and the Arquis Magazine, Argentina, and his work is published in several magazines in Argentina, Spain, and the United States. Fabian has taught in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and the United States and he is currently a tenure associate professor at The City College of New York’s Spitzer School of Architecture. In 1998 he co-founded Llonch + Vidalle Architecture NYC where he is currently the principal.

Josep Gómez Serrano. Architect. Professor of architectural structures, Vallès School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Structural Director Architect of Sagrada Família Temple since 1986. Author of Gaudí’s Workshop (UPC, 1996) and co-author of Sagrada Família. De Gaudí al CAD (UPC, 1996), Invisible Gaudí (ETSAV, 2003), Sagrada Família s.XXI. Gaudí Now (UPC, 2008), Gaudí. Exploring form: Space, Geometry, Structure and Construction (Lunwerg, 2002). Architectural curator of the exhibition Gaudí, Exploring Form (Saló del Tinell, Barcelona, 2002).

Maria Rubert. Architect. Professor of urbanism, Barcelona School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Has written numerous essays and articles on urban history, public space, mobility, and landscape. Author of Places Porxades a Catalunya [Porticoed Plazas in Catalonia] (2006), “No square, no city” (in Squares of Europe, Squares for Europe, 2007), co-author of Metro, Metropolitan Galaxies (2000), and La ciudad no es una hoja en blanco [The city is not a blank slate] (2002, 2014). Co-editor of the magazine D’UR: urbanism, architecture and cities now, from the Laboratori d’Urbanisme de Barcelona (LUB). National Urbanism Prize for journalism 2006.