Gaudí's Hanging Chain Models

http://dataphys.org/list/gaudis-hanging-chain-models/

by pizza • 4 years ago

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rongopo• 4 years ago

Too short for an intellectual appetiser.

mcphage• 4 years ago

Then I guess it’s an intellectual amuse-bouche.

evanb• 4 years ago

You can see a hanging chain model in the basement of Sagrada Familia; it's extremely impressive and an enormously clever form of analog computational architecture!

avindroth• 4 years ago

There's also one at attic of Casa Milà, with a mirror to boot.

psadri• 4 years ago

I completely agree. I recommend everyone visiting Sagrada Familia to make a point of visiting the basement and checking out this model. It's almost as mind blowing as the actual church.

lehi• 4 years ago

Here's a good overview of this technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlL6ZHChhQE

pugworthy• 4 years ago

If you ever ever get the chance, go see the cathedral. It is just amazing in its detail and scale.

tympious• 4 years ago

Obviously not the same as being there, but there is this film https://gwarlingo.com/2012/antonio-gaudi-and-hiroshi-teshiga... which is actually on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfTwzCi-KHM

ThePowerOfFuet5• 4 years ago

Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí

Nitpick: Gaudí was simply Catalan. "Spanish Catalan" is a contradiction.

Eleison23• 4 years ago

This is a huge thing on Wikipedia. Nationalist factions on both sides endlessly edit-war about this. "Spanish Catalan" is a blatantly constructed compromise that somewhat keeps both sides happy enough not to break the truce.

ThePowerOfFuet5• 4 years ago

Having lived in Catalonia for many years, and speaking both Spanish and Catalan, they absolutely have a point.

"Spanish Catalan", construction I have never seen before today, is like calling Nicola Sturgeon an "English Scottish" person: it's an absurdity.

Gaudí's Hanging Chain Models

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