20|Coworking Let us be surprised. We have said that Gaudi must invent a system to calculate new structures because the existing methods and machines do not work, so he must innovate and, beforehand he must investigate. We are in the approach of R & D & I. Let’s look at it in a simplified way: Gaudí wor- ked as a team and for ten years, to conceive the famous mo- del polifunicular (see photo), the one where the weights were proportional to the structural loads, the upside down model, which thanks to gravity, draws the constructive shapes he imagines. Well, to invent this “calculator” and “avant la lettre Autocad” from something new he dies it with the mentioned engineer, and, pay attention!, with a boy of 14 or 15 years, and a bricklayer. Why? Because the former is useful for cal- culations, the second will be an effective apprentice (vocatio- nal) and due to his age, will be a questioner who will make questions about odd and new things about which others dare not utter. Meanwhile, because the builder has in his hands, as for pure transmission of experience, the entire building tradition, that works, useful, cheap, efficient, recyclable, local and, if possible, of humanity. This unusual device is the one that breaks, in the words of Arata Isozaki, the known limits of the known forms of architecture: a boy, a builder, an engineer and an archi- tect working as a team. It is the Crypt of the Colonia Guell, where Gaudi’s creativity explodes, the testing laboratory where constructive and formal approaches were devised for that new architecture that would be ushered in the Sagrada Familia temple. Notice well: Gaudí is the architect with more works decla- red as World Heritage Site, a feat that can only be explained if we understand his way of working and not forgetting to aim high, to an ideal. Art is beauty, beauty is the splendor of truth, and it seduces to everyone. From the idea, the concept, the “I imagine shapes and volumes” to practice as a team and without fear of error. Putting everyone in place to provide the best of himself. Conceiving from science and technology, but putting before the love to people. That is Gaudí’s method, a boundless creative motor to make availa- ble to people works and useful objects, that is to say, beau- tiful and rational ones. Is not that precisely the goal of all innovation and design from the co-working? More information on the paper “Gaudi’s Studio: El taller d’un geni o d’un boig” in: www.grupidea.com www.youtube.com/grupidea96 To see the exhibition contact: Gaudi’s Studio, Diocesan Museum of Barcelona, Avenida de la Catedral, 4, Barcelona. His aim was not to create school (“every artist and every time has its spirit,” he used to say), but to work together (co-wor- king), multidisciplinary at the same time (co-design), and so as to take out the maximum potential of each of its members famosa maqueta polifunicular (ver foto), la de los pesos proporcionales a las cargas estructurales, la maqueta cabeza abajo que, gracias a la gravedad, dibuja las formas constructivas que imagina. Pues bien, para inventar esta “calculadora” y “Autocad avant la lettre” de algo nuevo lo hace con el ingeniero citado y, agárrense, con un chaval de 14 o 15 años, y un albañil. ¿Por qué? Porque el primero le será útil para realizar cálculos; el segundo será un aprendiz eficaz (formación profesional) y, por edad, será un pregun- tón que pedirá el porqué de algo raro y nuevo sobre lo cual los otros no se atreven a pronunciar. Por su parte, el albañil porque lleva en sus manos, por pura transmisión de expe- riencia, toda la tradición constructiva, que funciona, útil, barata, eficaz, reciclable, del lugar y, si cabe, de la humani- dad. Este insólito equipo es el que rompe, en palabras de Arata Isozaki, los límites conocidos de las formas conocidas de la arquitectura: un chaval, un albañil, un ingeniero y un arquitecto que trabajan en equipo. Es la Cripta de la Co- lònia Güell, el lugar donde estalla la creatividad de Gaudí, el laboratorio de ensayo donde ideó los planteamientos constructivos y formales de esa nueva arquitectura que se plasmaría en la Sagrada Familia. Fijémonos bien: Gaudí es el arquitecto con más obras declaradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad, hazaña que sólo se explica si comprendemos su método de trabajo y no olvidamos que apunta alto, a un ideal. El arte es belleza, la belleza es resplandor de la verdad y ésta seduce a todo el mundo. De la idea, del concepto, del “imagino formas y volúmenes” a la praxis, en equipo y sin miedo al error. Poniendo a cada cual en su lugar para aportar al conjunto lo mejor de sí mismo. Concibiendo desde la ciencia y la téc- nica, pero anteponiendo el amor a las personas. Ese es el método Gaudí, un motor de potencia creativa desbordante para poner a disposición de la gente obras y objetos útiles, es decir, bellos y racionales. ¿Acaso no es ese, precisamen- te, el objetivo de toda innovación y diseño desde el co- working? Más información sobre la ponencia “Gaudi’s Studio: El taller d’un geni o d’un boig” en: www.grupidea.com / www.youtube.com/grupidea96 Para ver la exposición dirigirse a: El Taller de Gaudí, Museu Diocesà de Barcelona, Avenida de la Catedral, 4, Barcelona.