Reconstruction of Antoni Gaudí's Church of the Colónia Güell

Gaudi's church for the workers' settlement is one of the most important works of the Catalan architect. Only the basement floor with crypt was built, the entire church above was not realised. All documents of this project were destroyed in the civil war, only the photos of the famous suspension model still exist. Starting in 1983 with the reconstruction of the suspension model based on old photos, since several years we have been working in Innsbruck on the reconstruction of the original church design. The paper explains the complex process, in which all available sources were newly recorded, interpreted and conclusively connected to accomplish a precise and detailed reconstruction of the lost project.