Façade

Name of house: Casa Comalat
Address: Córcega 316
Architect: Salvador Valeri I Pupurull
Building date: 1909-1911

 

 
Córcega 316 is a modernist facade, which was built at the end of the XIXth century.
The modernist movement is different in every country and they have different nouns. In Italy it is called Liberty and Art Noveau in France.
The common characteristics of the modernist artists are the fantasy, the representation of nature and the union of the architecture with the minor arches, this root of the modernism will find a great evaluation and will be the glass, the iron, the tiles and the broken tiles which Gaudi did so famous.
The presence of the curve line trying to identify nature.
Also it is possible to observe glazing and tiles of different colours, those take advantage very much of the light. They were very interested in having a great light in the buildings. The doors are very big and very impressive. I'm sure everybody looks at it when they pass by
One of the characteristic of this building is that it plays with volume and relief.