Sant Pau Façades and Ceramics - Exterior Architecture Guide

If interiors are intimate, façades are public speeches.

What the exterior is saying

• "This is a civic institution."
• "Health deserves beauty."
• "Craft belongs to everyday life."

Façade anatomy

A practical way to look

1. Step back until the whole façade fits your view.
2. Move to mid-distance and find repeating modules.
3. Go close for texture, glaze, and hand-made irregularities.

The handmade mark is the fingerprint of Modernisme.

Endnote

Sant Pau's façades are not decorative wrappers; they are civic texts written in brick and glaze.