La Sagrada Familia
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Architects and Parametrical Modeling
In goude's time, you would move a weight around to see how the connected set of chains would all kind of deform by adding a little bit of bird shot. And in sograta familia, that those details are beautiful, but so is this internal framework of columns and arches and vaults That branches up and out and creates a kind of fractile forest inside. But because gouty didn't spend a lot of time teaching or explaining his methods, or really writing about his designs, he didn't always get a lot of from the architectural establishment. So he was like a arachitect, but in hiding.
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