A comparison between Antoni Gaudi (1852 – 1926) / Barcelona / Spain – – Fa?ade of The Secret Family Temple with Poty Lazzarotto (1924-1998) Ctba-BR

humanity if he had worked only with his designs and projects, reserving builders the responsibility to incorporate values to the buildings. But this is utopia. It sounds that he had to be everything. Nowadays, with the division of the work, consolidated mainly with the contemporary vision of the world, it sounds that people know exactly how short life is to reserve so many realizations for only one man (Gaudi’s death is related with stress). Poty works with different plans and Gaudi with volume (His figures are represented in natural side). It is very interesting to notice that Gaudi represents animals, much more realistic than human figures.

         Gaudi is being considered a Saint. He could project not only a complement (façade) as part of the building. Gaudi was one century in front of his time, and besides Picasso, Miró and many ones, he could make of Barcelona the number one city in terms of style, aesthetics, innovation, attracting people from several different nationalities to contemplate his extraordinary production of works, influencing even Portinari one of the most Brazilian famous artists. And Curitiba has an atmosphere of a special “elsewhere” inviting people to fulfill the emptiness of the architectonic creations metaphorically using Poty’s works as an invitation to attract visitors. With a modern vision Poty incorporates historical evidences wherever it is possible to modern buildings, which seems to be the opposite in Gaudi’s work, because he demonstrates the modern creations incorporating biblical references mainly to a gothic building (Secret Family Temple), proper of medieval architecture, maybe because of his extreme religiosity. But it is not a general topic of his creations. His work is as

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