Gaudí designed a house very different from what was expected of a bourgeois dwelling of the time. It blends Arab, Mudéjar, and Oriental influences with glazed ceramics, handcrafted ironwork, and a constant presence of plant motifs. The sweeping undulations of his most famous works are not yet present , but many of his essential ideas are already there.
“For Gaudí, nature and architecture go hand in hand,” explains Jordi Martí, pointing to the entrance gate inspired by palm leaves. The same is true of the doors decorated with iron carnations and the green and white tiles on the façade, which reproduce the carnations that originally grew in the garden. “It’s as if the garden gradually seeped into the house.”