![]() ![]() The Vicens family’s more private, intimate rooms are on the first floor: two bedrooms, a bath and a sitting room. From the dining room, visitors move into the covered porch, with a marble fountain to cool off this space. It’s a room in which architecture and decoration, the original wooden furniture designed by Gaudí himself, a collection of 32 paintings by Francesc Torrescassana, plant motifs on the walls, ceiling and fireplace, covered with ceramic tiles, form a true work of art. Under the papier-mâché tiles, the wainscoting in this room alternates ochre and sky blue tiles, with red and yellow roses painted in oil above. On this floor, the smoking room is a place to relax and have fun, a true oriental oasis: its multi-coloured plaster mocarabes on the ceiling replicate palm trees with clusters of dates and the walls have papier-mâché tiles with their original polychrome finish in greens, blues and golds. This space that originally housed the coal cellar, under Catalan vaults, is now home to the La Capell speciality store/bookshop, where visitors can find items to complement their visit, ask questions and continue to enjoy their tour of Gaudí’s first house.Ībove the entrance, the ground floor housed the spaces for day-time use: a central dining room surrounded by an enclosed porch, a smoking room and a foyer. Read detailed information about the vegetation of the garden This allowed us to recreate and plant a garden with Phoenix and Trachycarpus palms, climbing plants, magnolias and roses, among other plant species of the time in this space that has been subject to successive reductions in size over the years. In his first work, the architect took inspiration from Mediterranean flora and fauna, reflected in his resources and decorations inside. The garden as it is today is fruit of a detailed study and reflection on the original surroundings of Casa Vicens, as Gaudí conceived of it, and the gardens of the time. Accessible tour for people with people with reduced mobility. ![]() The building and routes have been adapted with different resources to facilitate and improve visitors’ experience at Casa Vicens. The La Capell Store / Bookshop is located in the basement.Īccessibility programme. On the ground floor, there is an area to welcome visitors and the first and second floors feature spaces displaying the permanent collection focusing on the building and the temporary exhibits and activities that make up the museum project. In order to make the building accessible and give it the necessary flow for visitors to get around inside, a modern staircase work of Elías Torres, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña and David Garcia has been installed in place of the original one connecting the two spaces and a lift has been added, stopping at all floors and the rooftop. So, it hasn’t been necessary to modify any of the spaces designed by Gaudí. With its new purpose as a museum and cultural space, the renovation project has adapted the spaces in the building from the 1925 extension in order to house the various services needed for the new cultural spaces and the general public. The current configuration of Casa Vicens and its land is the result of many changes and transformations, with three clearly differentiated spaces: the original construction from 1883-1885 designed by Antoni Gaudí the expansion from 1925 designed by Joan Baptista Serra de Martínez and the garden surrounding the building. It is his first masterpiece and one of the first buildings to kick off the Modernisme movement in Catalonia and Europe. In 1883, Manel Vicens i Montaner, a stock and currency broker, entrusted the young architect with designing his summer garden home in the former village of Gràcia. Casa Vicens is the first important commission Antoni Gaudí received and sowed the seeds of all his architectural work. ![]()
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