work has been in progress on the church designed by catalan architect antoni gaudi for over one hundred thirty years. joining folly is the seventh architect to oversee the projects in scouting and he's been leading the work since two thousand and twelve and has been a member of the project team since one nine hundred ninety. you pick a that are started here when they had architects back then your db on a commission to me. so there were four of us background on it a bit outside of the fifteen a gallon or more than fifty i was working on the site. the most that he would see. when it's finished plus a gratify media will like this. it will have eighteen spiers and three facades. koji oversaw his life's work for more than four decades until he was run over by a tram and killed in one nine hundred twenty six after his death architects from around the globe continues to project a foundation raise the funds the work is financed exclusively from donations and entrance fees needed the spanish government nor the catholic church provides money for the project. nevertheless each year around twenty f

it would be wholly our goal is to finish the project according to antoni gaudi these ideas as much as possible without give us why we've got to study the few documents that he left behind in great detail to make his vision into reality i feel that he. 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. views among the locals about the project. for the crowds of tourists who come to see the church and change 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 building started the construction site was in the middle of the field now the surrounding area is completely built up and some of the buildings will have to be torn down to implement county's original plans for the promise not in front of the main facade. the target date for finishing the project is twenty twenty six just in time for the one hundredth anniversary of county's death but even in its unfinished state the