work has been in progress on the church designed by catalan architect antoni gaudi for over one hundred thirty years. joining family is the seventh architect to oversee the project since cody. he's been leading the work since twenty twelve and has been a member of the project team since one nine hundred ninety. i started here when they had architects back then your db on a commission to me. so there were four of us back from when it. because i thought it up with. more than fifty i was working on the site. that's with. when it's finished last about if i mean you will both like this. it will have eighteen spiers and three facades. cody oversaw his life's work for more than four decades until he was run over by a tram and killed one thousand nine hundred twenty six after his death architects from around the globe continue the project a foundation raised the funds the work is financed exclusively from donations and entrance fees neither the spanish government nor the catholic church provides money for the. nevertheless each year around twenty five million euros is raised to finish his creat

it would be our goal is to finish the project according to antoni gaudi these ideas as much as possible that's why we've got to study the few documents that he left behind in great detail to make his vision into reality just a few lucky. funny here is the most important site in barcelona and an important economic factor. more than three million tourists come to the catalan city each year to see the church it's a pretty spectacular piece of aa and is evocative and we're just tossing through for the day say we have to come and see it while we were there we had to come and see what it was all about and if i think the cigar on a familia is a must for everyone who comes to spain especially if you're in barcelona i just because it's a landmark i think a lot of people come to barcelona just to see the cigarette of familia. views among the locals about the project differ the crowds of tourists who come to see the church have changed the neighborhood souvenir shops and kiosks have forced out businesses from around the church and there's another thing that worries the residents back when the buil