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Gaudí's Architectural Evolution
Barcelona (ES) 2023

Creative Director: Xavi Bové
3D Director: Xavier Maixenchs
Art and Motion Designer: Ana de la Mora (SomniaLab)
3D Modeler: Miki Giménez
Music & Sound Design: Gabriel Berlanga
3D Artist: Ton Cortiella
3D Artist: Teo Ruffini
Production: Sarah Agustí, Patricia Vàzquez
Filming and editing: Alvaro X

Comissioned by Fundació Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la
Sagrada Família (Barcelona)

Xavi Bové Studio transforms an area of the museum to create an educational experience based on the use of new technologies. The visitor moves from a more conventional informative area to a more sensorial one, where light and sound are used through videomapping techniques and visual illusions to explain the most relevant keys to Antoni Gaudí's contribution to the history of architecture.

It takes the form of two works:

Polyfunicular Model: Audiovisual on the invention and creation of this unique model of strings and sacks of birdshots for the design of the Güell Crypt, which marks one of Gaudí's great milestones. To recreate a digital twin of the model, a volumetric capture was made with more than 5000 photographs and later converted into a parametric design to be able to modify it digitally as Gaudí crafted manually.
Technique: 2.5x1.8m projection on glass with opaque polarised film programmed to become transparent, allowing the real model to be seen at the same time as it is illuminated.

Evolutionary Models: Four models explain the different significant changes in the architectural evolution of the Sagrada Familia, from the first proposal by F. del Villar to the last by Gaudí, mapping with light the distinctive elements of this iconic work.
Technique: videomapping and light on each 1.5m model, with a 6x3m LED screen at the back to add top and interior information to the models.