World Monuments Fund has included the Güell Pavilions on the 2014 World Monuments Watch
The Güell Pavilions in Barcelona have been selected for the Watch 2014, a programme of World Monuments Fund (WMF) as one of the worldwide architectural and cultural heritage sites at risk. To be included in Watch list means to receive special international attention to promote the conservation and safekeeping of heritage monuments. Currently, the Urban Landscape Institute of Barcelona City Council and the UB are working together in a project to restore the Güell Pavilions. The Pavilions were Antoni Gaudíʼs first work in Barcelona.
The Güell Pavilions in Barcelona have been selected for the Watch 2014, a programme of World Monuments Fund (WMF) as one of the worldwide architectural and cultural heritage sites at risk. To be included in Watch list means to receive special international attention to promote the conservation and safekeeping of heritage monuments. Currently, the Urban Landscape Institute of Barcelona City Council and the UB are working together in a project to restore the Güell Pavilions. The Pavilions were Antoni Gaudíʼs first work in Barcelona.
Thanks to the proposal coordinated by the UB professor Mireia Freixa, supported by the office of the Vice-Rector for Institutional Relations and Culture, the pavilions are included in the 2014 Watch. The present Management Plan of the University and the Barcelona City Council includes the restoration of the architectural elements of the pavilions, the adjacent garden and the perimeter walls of the ancient estate. The main objectives of the preservation work are to return Gaudíʼs architecture to its original state and aspect, to regenerate the garden, and to substitute 1960ʼs opaque perimeter wall for a fence which allows seeing the ensemble from the street. Guided tours to the pavilions can be scheduled thanks to an agreement between the UB and Ruta del Modernisme. Resources obtained by the Barcelona Knowledge Campus (BKC) enabled to carry out the first restoration works.