Jordi Faulí takes part in international conference on Gaudí’s legacy held by Catholic University of America - Jordi Faulí takes part in international conference on Gaudí’s legacy held by Catholic University of America

On 6 November, Sagrada Família Head Architect Jordi Faulí took part in an online conference held by The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, one of the benchmark Catholic academic institutions in the United States.

His talk was part of the international conference ‘Beauty, Space, and the Sacred: Gaudí at 100. Architecture, nature, and the transformative power of aesthetic experience’ held 5 to 7 November. The event brought together specialists from a wide array of arenas to delve deeper into Antoni Gaudí’s work, thinking and legacy.

During the conversation, which was streamed live online, Faulí shared his experience leading construction of the Basilica and explained the challenges of completing it in line with Gaudí’s original designs while incorporating new technologies into the building process.

The head architect also discussed the spiritual side of the Sagrada Família and how Gaudí designed the Temple to invite visitors to experience transcendence through architecture. On this topic, he highlighted how the architect blended architecture, art and symbolism in one work, using each element of the building to express Christian content and meaning.