The National Geographic has an interesting article arguing that the Sagrada Família's nature-inspired design is ahead of its time:
'Gaudí based his buildings on a simple premise: If nature is the work of God, and if architectural forms are derived from nature, then the best way to honor God is to design buildings based on his work. As the Barcelona scholar Joan Bassegoda Nonell notes, "Gaudí's famous phrase, 'originality is returning to the origin,' means that the origin of all things is nature, created by God." Gaudí's faith was his own. But his belief in the beautiful efficiency of natural engineering clearly anticipated the modern science of biomimetics.'
Biomimetics involves applying designs from nature to solve problems in engineering, materials science, medicine, and other fields.
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Neil Young - Natural Beauty.
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