1 00:00:02,436 --> 00:00:04,970 Narrator: FIVE GENERATIONS OF ENGINEERS... 2 00:00:04,972 --> 00:00:08,240 ♪♪ 3 00:00:08,242 --> 00:00:10,142 ...ARE ATTEMPTING THE IMPOSSIBLE. 4 00:00:11,979 --> 00:00:14,379 IT'S LIKE MAGIC, NO? 5 00:00:14,381 --> 00:00:16,448 Narrator: THEY'RE WORKING TO BUILD AN EXTRAORDINARY 6 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:19,184 AND COMPLEX SUPERSTRUCTURE -- 7 00:00:19,186 --> 00:00:21,987 THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH. 8 00:00:21,989 --> 00:00:24,589 WHEN COMPLETE, THIS ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL 9 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:28,393 WILL SOAR MORE THAN 565 FEET IN THE AIR 10 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:29,728 AND BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S 11 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:33,799 MOST BOLDLY-DESIGNED HOUSES OF WORSHIP. 12 00:00:33,801 --> 00:00:37,001 I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS, LIKE, GOOSE BUMPS. 13 00:00:37,003 --> 00:00:39,405 TO BUILD THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECE, 14 00:00:39,407 --> 00:00:41,807 THE TEAM MUST BATTLE DEADLY WINDS... 15 00:00:41,809 --> 00:00:48,079 WE CANNOT AFFORD ANY DELAY, ANY DISASTER, ANY MISTAKE. 16 00:00:48,081 --> 00:00:50,415 Narrator: ...AND EXTREME HEIGHTS. 17 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:51,884 YOU'RE CRAZY. 18 00:00:51,886 --> 00:00:55,087 ♪♪ 19 00:00:55,089 --> 00:00:57,288 Narrator: THIS INCREDIBLE TEMPLE 20 00:00:57,290 --> 00:01:01,427 RANKS IN A LEAGUE OF AMBITIOUS ENGINEERING WONDERS 21 00:01:01,429 --> 00:01:03,829 THAT ARE BIGGER, FASTER, 22 00:01:03,831 --> 00:01:06,164 TALLER, AND MORE ADVANCED 23 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:08,967 THAN ANYTHING EVER CONSTRUCTED BEFORE. 24 00:01:08,969 --> 00:01:14,173 THIS IS THE INSIDE STORY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY RACE 25 00:01:14,175 --> 00:01:16,175 TO BUILD THESE GIANTS. 26 00:01:16,177 --> 00:01:19,044 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 27 00:01:19,046 --> 00:01:22,081 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 28 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:29,587 ♪♪ 29 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:32,057 IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, ONE OF THE WORLD'S 30 00:01:32,059 --> 00:01:34,760 MOST HISTORIC AND BEAUTIFUL CITIES... 31 00:01:37,664 --> 00:01:40,666 ...WORKERS HAVE BEEN LABORING ACROSS FIVE GENERATIONS 32 00:01:40,668 --> 00:01:43,735 TO BUILD ONE OF THE MOST ARCHITECTURALLY COMPLEX CHURCHES 33 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:46,004 EVER CONCEIVED... 34 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:50,542 ...SAGRADA FAMíLIA. 35 00:01:50,544 --> 00:01:53,678 ♪♪ 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,549 ONLY PARTIALLY BUILT AFTER 135 YEARS 37 00:01:57,551 --> 00:02:00,819 AND CURRENTLY SOARING 330 FEET HIGH, 38 00:02:00,821 --> 00:02:02,754 THIS AWE-INSPIRING CHURCH 39 00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:06,258 ALREADY ATTRACTS 4 1/2 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR. 40 00:02:09,163 --> 00:02:11,963 BUT NOW, THE END OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY BUILDING 41 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:14,099 MAY FINALLY BE IN SIGHT. 42 00:02:14,101 --> 00:02:20,171 ♪♪ 43 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:23,775 BUILDING BEGAN ON THIS AMBITIOUS CHURCH IN 1882. 44 00:02:23,777 --> 00:02:28,513 ♪♪ 45 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:30,515 WORKERS FIRST BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION 46 00:02:30,517 --> 00:02:32,718 OF A TRADITIONAL GOTHIC CRYPT. 47 00:02:34,721 --> 00:02:36,655 THE TEMPLE'S NATIVITY FACADE 48 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:39,591 WITH ITS 330-FOOT-HIGH BELL TOWERS 49 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:42,260 WERE FINISHED IN 1936. 50 00:02:42,262 --> 00:02:46,231 IT'S TAKEN OVER 50 YEARS TO BUILD THE EPIC PASSION FACADE... 51 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:51,002 ...THEN CONSTRUCT THE VAST CENTRAL NAVE, 52 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:54,806 VAULTING, AND TRANSEPTS 53 00:02:54,808 --> 00:02:56,241 TO FORM THE LAUNCHPAD 54 00:02:56,243 --> 00:02:59,277 FOR SIX MIGHTY TOWERS YET TO BE BUILT. 55 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:07,886 ♪♪ 56 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:11,022 BUT COMPLETING THIS GIANT WON'T BE EASY, 57 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:13,491 AND TAKING ON THE FINAL LEG OF THIS JOURNEY 58 00:03:13,493 --> 00:03:15,961 IS CHIEF ARCHITECT JORDI FAULí. 59 00:03:15,963 --> 00:03:19,364 ♪♪ 60 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:21,833 HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS TO COMPLETE THE BASILICA 61 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:24,936 WITH BARELY ANY PLANS. 62 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:27,572 SAGRADA FAMíLIA'S ORIGINAL VISIONARY ARCHITECT, 63 00:03:27,574 --> 00:03:31,643 ANTONI GAUDí, DIED ALMOST 100 YEARS AGO, 64 00:03:31,645 --> 00:03:33,745 AND FEW BLUEPRINTS HAVE SURVIVED. 65 00:03:35,582 --> 00:03:38,850 IT'S A GREAT ENGINEERING MYSTERY. 66 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:41,587 THEY'VE ONLY GOTTEN THIS FAR BY COPYING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS 67 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:44,389 OF MODELS AND 100-YEAR-OLD SKETCHES. 68 00:03:44,391 --> 00:03:54,399 ♪♪ 69 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:57,068 ♪♪ 70 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,871 GAUDí WAS A TRUE ARCHITECTURAL MAVERICK, 71 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:03,208 PIONEERING UNIQUE GEOMETRIC FORMS 72 00:04:03,210 --> 00:04:06,845 INSPIRED BY THE NATURE AROUND HIM -- TREES... 73 00:04:09,016 --> 00:04:12,150 ...ANIMALS, 74 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:14,019 MOUNTAINS. 75 00:04:14,021 --> 00:04:18,423 HE WORKED IN A STYLE NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE. 76 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:23,962 ♪♪ 77 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:29,368 ♪♪ 78 00:04:29,370 --> 00:04:37,842 ♪♪ 79 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:40,978 THIS IS GAUDí'S OTHERWORLDLY VISION, 80 00:04:40,980 --> 00:04:44,850 THE GIANT JORDI AND HIS TEAM MUST SOMEHOW COMPLETE. 81 00:04:44,852 --> 00:04:48,386 ♪♪ 82 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:53,191 THREE HUGE FACADES WILL TELL THE STORY OF JESUS, 83 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:55,661 REPRESENTING HIS LIFE AND TEACHINGS. 84 00:04:58,465 --> 00:05:00,598 SIX ENORMOUS CENTRAL TOWERS 85 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,402 WILL ALMOST DOUBLE THE HEIGHT OF THE TEMPLE, 86 00:05:03,404 --> 00:05:08,307 MAKING IT THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH AT 565 FEET TALL. 87 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:14,546 COSTING AN ESTIMATED $1.2 BILLION 88 00:05:14,548 --> 00:05:17,616 AND ALMOST 145 YEARS IN THE MAKING, 89 00:05:17,618 --> 00:05:20,351 SAGRADA FAMíLIA WILL BE ONE OF THE WORLD'S 90 00:05:20,353 --> 00:05:22,554 MOST EXTRAORDINARY STRUCTURES. 91 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:26,091 ♪♪ 92 00:05:26,093 --> 00:05:28,560 NOW WE ARE FOCUSED IN THE CONSTRUCTION 93 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:31,496 OF THE SIX CENTRAL TOWERS. 94 00:05:31,498 --> 00:05:33,432 WHEN THE TOWERS WILL BE FINISHED, 95 00:05:33,434 --> 00:05:35,967 THE SKYLINE OF BARCELONA WILL CHANGE. 96 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:41,640 Narrator: COMPLETING SAGRADA FAMíLIA'S LANDMARK TOWERS 97 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:44,776 INVOLVES A SERIES OF UNIQUE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES. 98 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:50,382 THEY PLAN TO RAISE THE TOWERS IN LEVELS, 99 00:05:50,384 --> 00:05:54,319 FORMED FROM PREASSEMBLED PANELS. 100 00:05:54,321 --> 00:05:59,124 MOST PANELS WILL BE MADE UP OF 16 BLOCKS OF STONE. 101 00:05:59,126 --> 00:06:02,927 THE TEAM MUST CONSTRUCT SPIRAL STAIRCASES 102 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:05,664 INSIDE FOUR OF THE TOWERS AS THEY RISE UP. 103 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:11,203 ELABORATE STONE FRIEZES AND EXQUISITE STAINED GLASS 104 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:13,271 WILL ADORN THE LARGER TOWERS. 105 00:06:13,273 --> 00:06:20,145 ♪♪ 106 00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:22,747 THE TEAM IS AIMING TO COMPLETE THE SAGRADA FAMíLIA 107 00:06:22,749 --> 00:06:27,819 BEFORE THE CENTENARY OF GAUDí'S DEATH, JUST 9 YEARS FROM NOW. 108 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:32,023 THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS TO SOURCE THE STONE 109 00:06:32,025 --> 00:06:34,259 TO BUILD THE TOWERS AND FACADES. 110 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:41,900 GAUDí'S WORKERS USED LOCAL STONE FROM THE MOUNTAIN OF MONTJUIC, 111 00:06:41,902 --> 00:06:46,037 WHICH IS A UNIQUE MULTICOLORED STONE. 112 00:06:46,039 --> 00:06:49,574 YOU CAN SEE THE STONE OF MONTJUIC CAN BE RED, 113 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:50,976 CAN BE GRAY, 114 00:06:50,978 --> 00:06:55,180 CAN BE KIND OF YELLOW, CLOSE TO ORANGE-BROWN, THAT GRAY. 115 00:06:55,182 --> 00:06:57,749 IT GIVES A VERY RICH-COLORED WALL. 116 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:02,520 Narrator: BUT JORDI'S TEAM HAS A MASSIVE PROBLEM. 117 00:07:02,522 --> 00:07:06,925 THE MONTJUIC STONE QUARRY IS NOW CLOSED, 118 00:07:06,927 --> 00:07:08,259 SO THEY MUST FIND A WAY 119 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:10,929 TO REPLICATE THE LOOK OF MONTJUIC STONE. 120 00:07:10,931 --> 00:07:19,737 ♪♪ 121 00:07:19,739 --> 00:07:28,613 ♪♪ 122 00:07:28,615 --> 00:07:37,622 ♪♪ 123 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:46,497 ♪♪ 124 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:49,167 SO PAU MUST SOURCE THE STONE FOR THE TOWERS 125 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:52,370 FROM 70 QUARRIES AROUND THE WORLD -- 126 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:55,240 GRANITE BLUE BAHIA FROM BRAZIL, 127 00:07:55,242 --> 00:07:57,375 RED PORPHYRY FROM IRAN, 128 00:07:57,377 --> 00:07:58,977 AND THE ONLY QUARRY THAT CAN DELIVER 129 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:00,645 THE RIGHT SHADE OF LIGHT BROWN 130 00:08:00,647 --> 00:08:03,715 BUFF GRITSTONE IS IN LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND. 131 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:09,320 ♪♪ 132 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:12,724 Armstrong: WE GOT A CALL FROM BARCELONA WANTING TO SUPPLY STONE 133 00:08:12,726 --> 00:08:15,059 TO THE SAGRADA FAMíLIA. 134 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:17,128 WE THOUGHT IT WAS A HOAX, TO BE HONEST. 135 00:08:17,130 --> 00:08:19,264 WE THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. 136 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:23,335 Narrator: QUARRY MANAGER EMMA ARMSTRONG MUST DELIVER OVER 300 TONS 137 00:08:23,337 --> 00:08:26,471 OF BUFF GRITSTONE EACH WEEK FOR THE CHURCH. 138 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:31,209 THE QUALITY OF OUR STONE IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 139 00:08:31,211 --> 00:08:34,279 TO THE PROJECT IN BARCELONA 140 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:36,814 BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T OF THE STRENGTH 141 00:08:36,816 --> 00:08:38,550 AND RESILIENCE THAT IT IS, 142 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:41,886 BASICALLY, THE TOWERS WOULDN'T STAND UP ON THEIR OWN. 143 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:45,557 IT'D COLLAPSE. 144 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:46,558 WHAT ARE WE UP TO NEXT, MATE? 145 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:47,893 WHAT'S NEXT STAGE? 146 00:08:47,895 --> 00:08:50,028 Narrator: NATURALLY OCCURRING HAIRLINE CRACKS 147 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:53,364 RUN THROUGH THE ROCK, 148 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:56,901 BUT EMMA'S TEAM WILL ACTUALLY USE THESE EXISTING FISSURES 149 00:08:56,903 --> 00:08:59,704 TO BREAK THE STONE OUT. 150 00:08:59,706 --> 00:09:01,639 SO IT'S TAKEN THIS CORNER OUT BASICALLY. 151 00:09:01,641 --> 00:09:02,907 IT'S JUST TAKING THAT OUT TO GET BACK... 152 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:05,176 AND THEN WORK YOUR WAY. ...LEVEL WITH IT OUT. 153 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:08,747 TO EXTRACT EVERY TON OF GRITSTONE FOR SAGRADA FAMíLIA... 154 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:15,987 EMMA IS RELYING ON BLAST ENGINEER MICK TOODLE. 155 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:17,455 WE SAY, "THERE'S NO PRESSURE," 156 00:09:17,457 --> 00:09:22,327 BUT ALL DOWN TO ONE MAN, LITTLE MICK. 157 00:09:22,329 --> 00:09:26,464 I'M GOING TO DRILL AN HOLE, AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR CHARGE IN. 158 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:35,473 ♪♪ 159 00:09:35,475 --> 00:09:38,943 Narrator: MICK INSERTS THE DYNAMITE AND GETS THE ROCK READY 160 00:09:38,945 --> 00:09:40,411 FOR THE EXPLOSION. 161 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:44,583 ♪♪ 162 00:09:51,024 --> 00:09:53,892 ♪♪ 163 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:57,962 Narrator: THE ENGINEERS OF THE LANDMARK SAGRADA FAMíLIA CHURCH 164 00:09:57,964 --> 00:10:00,364 MUST SOURCE STONE FROM ACROSS THE PLANET 165 00:10:00,366 --> 00:10:02,767 TO CREATE ITS SIGNATURE LOOK, 166 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:07,105 INCLUDING STONE FROM THIS ENGLISH QUARRY. 167 00:10:07,107 --> 00:10:10,842 THE EXPLOSION FREES THE 10-TON BLOCK. 168 00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:14,312 NOW THE TEAM MUST CAREFULLY TEASE IT AWAY FROM THE ROCK FACE 169 00:10:14,314 --> 00:10:16,581 WITHOUT DAMAGING IT. 170 00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:20,718 MICK AND EMMA MUST DELIVER ALMOST 120,000 TONS OF STONE 171 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,856 FOR SAGRADA FAMíLIA. 172 00:10:24,858 --> 00:10:27,726 EVERY BLOCK MUST BE FLAWLESS. 173 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:32,663 Armstrong: WE DO GO AS FAST AS WE CAN, BUT IT IS A VERY PRECISE PROCESS, 174 00:10:32,665 --> 00:10:35,133 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE RUSHED. 175 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:36,967 BEING A SMALL FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS 176 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:38,203 OVER HERE IN LANCASHIRE, 177 00:10:38,205 --> 00:10:42,073 IT IS QUITE HUMBLING BUT ALSO VERY SATISFYING 178 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:44,542 THAT WE'RE SUPPLYING THE STONE TO COMPLETE 179 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:48,346 THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED RELIGIOUS MONUMENT IN THE WORLD. 180 00:10:48,348 --> 00:10:58,089 ♪♪ 181 00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:02,360 Narrator: THE STONE IS SHIPPED TO THIS YARD JUST OUTSIDE OF BARCELONA. 182 00:11:02,362 --> 00:11:05,496 ♪♪ 183 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:09,234 NOW THEY CAN START WORK ERECTING THE SIX CENTRAL TOWERS. 184 00:11:11,571 --> 00:11:14,438 IT'S TAKEN OVER 3 YEARS OF DETECTIVE WORK 185 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,641 TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW TO DESIGN 186 00:11:16,643 --> 00:11:21,379 AND ASSEMBLE THE TOWERS' INTRICATE STONEWORK. 187 00:11:21,381 --> 00:11:23,781 THAT'S BECAUSE THE TOWERS' HEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS 188 00:11:23,783 --> 00:11:26,183 WERE A COMPLETE MYSTERY. 189 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:30,121 FEW CLUES SURVIVE, SUCH AS THIS SILHOUETTE SKETCH 190 00:11:30,123 --> 00:11:32,857 CREATED IN THE EARLY PART OF GAUDí'S LIFE 191 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:35,126 FOR A COMPLETELY UNTESTED DESIGN 192 00:11:35,128 --> 00:11:38,997 THAT SEEMED TO DEFY PHYSICS. 193 00:11:38,999 --> 00:11:43,001 THIS IS ONE OTHER CLUE THAT THE TEAM HAD TO GO ON -- 194 00:11:43,003 --> 00:11:47,138 A MODEL BUILT AROUND 100 YEARS AGO. 195 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:50,741 THIS RECONSTRUCTED MODEL IS OF A SMALL, SQUAT TOWER 196 00:11:50,743 --> 00:11:52,210 CALLED THE SACRISTY 197 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:57,348 THAT GAUDí DESIGNED TO BE BUILT AT THE REAR OF THE BASILICA. 198 00:11:57,350 --> 00:12:00,885 THE SACRISTY ALSO HOLDS THE KEY TO THE SHAPE OF THE CHURCHES' 199 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:03,621 SIX MAIN TOWERS. 200 00:12:03,623 --> 00:12:09,227 ARCHITECT ESTEVE UMBERT HAS BEEN TRYING TO UNLOCK ITS SECRETS. 201 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:13,698 THE SMALL BITS BELONGS TO THE ORIGINAL MODEL. 202 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:16,300 JUST BY HAVING A SMALL BIT OF A SURFACE, 203 00:12:16,302 --> 00:12:20,238 WE COULD RECONSTRUCT THE WHOLE THING. 204 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,508 Narrator: ESTEVE'S TEAM USED THE MODEL TO BUILD THE FULL-SIZE 205 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:28,513 130-FOOT-HIGH SACRISTY TOWER, 206 00:12:28,515 --> 00:12:30,915 AND THE SECRETS OF THE MAIN TOWERS' DIMENSIONS 207 00:12:30,917 --> 00:12:32,850 ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE GEOMETRY 208 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:34,986 OF THE SMALLER SACRISTY TOWER. 209 00:12:37,456 --> 00:12:39,924 SO ESTEVE USES POWERFUL SOFTWARE 210 00:12:39,926 --> 00:12:42,393 TO REPRODUCE THE SACRISTY GEOMETRY. 211 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:51,402 ♪♪ 212 00:12:51,404 --> 00:13:00,311 ♪♪ 213 00:13:00,313 --> 00:13:09,086 ♪♪ 214 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:11,556 METICULOUS DETECTIVE WORK MAY HAVE REVEALED 215 00:13:11,558 --> 00:13:14,892 THE BLUEPRINTS FOR THE SIX TOWERS, 216 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:18,162 BUT BUILDING THEM WILL TAKE SOME INGENIOUS ENGINEERING. 217 00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:21,833 ♪♪ 218 00:13:21,835 --> 00:13:25,503 IN THE BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL CATALONIAN COUNTRYSIDE... 219 00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:31,910 ♪♪ 220 00:13:31,912 --> 00:13:35,914 ...THE TOWERS' CONSTRUCTION IS WELL UNDERWAY. 221 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:39,050 THE CHURCH'S CITY-CENTER PLOT IS CRAMMED, 222 00:13:39,052 --> 00:13:41,986 SO WORKERS PREASSEMBLE SECTIONS OF THE TOWERS 223 00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:45,089 AT THIS OPEN-AIR SITE 50 MILES AWAY. 224 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:49,861 HERE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S LIKE A FACTORY. 225 00:13:49,863 --> 00:13:53,497 HERE, WE BUILD THE SAGRADA FAMíLIA. 226 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:57,068 Narrator: IN CHARGE OF TURNING THE ARCHITECT'S PLANS INTO REALITY 227 00:13:57,070 --> 00:14:00,871 IS VETERAN BUILDER JAUME TORREGUITART. 228 00:14:00,873 --> 00:14:04,341 HE'S WORKING OUT HOW TO BUILD THE TOWERS AT HIGH SPEED. 229 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:12,483 ♪♪ 230 00:14:12,485 --> 00:14:15,019 HOISTING EVERY STONE FOR THE TOWERS UP TO THE TOP 231 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:17,822 OF SAGRADA FAMíLIA INDIVIDUALLY 232 00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:20,158 WOULD TAKE ALMOST 50 YEARS 233 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,094 AND WOULD REQUIRE AROUND 14,000 SEPARATE CRANE LIFTS... 234 00:14:24,096 --> 00:14:28,299 ♪♪ 235 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:30,634 ...SO JAUME'S TEAM PLANS TO BUILD THE TOWERS 236 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:33,371 IN SMALL SECTIONS CALLED PANELS. 237 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:40,177 SIXTEEN BLOCKS OF STONE MAKE UP THESE PANELS. 238 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:43,581 EIGHT PANELS MAKE UP ONE TOWER LEVEL. 239 00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:45,516 ONCE A LEVEL IS COMPLETED, 240 00:14:45,518 --> 00:14:50,521 JAUME'S TEAM NEEDS TO TRUCK THE PANELS TO BARCELONA. 241 00:14:50,523 --> 00:14:52,857 ON-SITE, THEY PLAN TO USE A CRANE 242 00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:56,127 TO HOIST THEM UP TO THE TOP OF SAGRADA FAMíLIA 243 00:14:56,129 --> 00:14:59,030 AND SLOT THEM INTO A STEEL FRAME. 244 00:14:59,032 --> 00:15:01,598 THIS NOVEL BUT UNTESTED TECHNIQUE 245 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,534 SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONSTRUCT THE TOWERS 246 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:07,138 16 TIMES FASTER THAN BUILDING THEM BLOCK BY BLOCK. 247 00:15:07,140 --> 00:15:14,812 [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] 248 00:15:14,814 --> 00:15:20,752 Torreguitart: WE WILL BUILD THE NEXT 3 YEARS 856 PANELS. 249 00:15:20,754 --> 00:15:24,555 IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND LESS TIME. 250 00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:27,425 Narrator: JAUME'S TEAM IS AT A CRITICAL PHASE. 251 00:15:27,427 --> 00:15:30,762 IT'S BUILD THE FIRST PANELS FOR THE FIRST TOWERS. 252 00:15:32,832 --> 00:15:36,768 THEY ASSEMBLE EACH PANEL AGAINST THIS GREEN FRAME. 253 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:40,838 IT ENSURES THAT ALL EIGHT PANELS FIT TOGETHER PERFECTLY. 254 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,975 IN THIS PANEL, THERE ARE 16 STONES. 255 00:15:43,977 --> 00:15:49,313 ♪♪ 256 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:51,248 WE PUT THE STONE IN ITS CORRECT PLACE, 257 00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:56,387 PUT THE MORTAR TO BE IN THIS PLACE FOREVER. 258 00:15:56,389 --> 00:15:58,055 Narrator: FOUR BOLTS WILL LOCK THE PANELS 259 00:15:58,057 --> 00:16:00,325 INTO THE STEEL FRAME ON THE TOWER. 260 00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:05,730 DURING INSTALLATION AT THE TOP OF SAGRADA FAMíLIA, 261 00:16:05,732 --> 00:16:11,536 250 FEET ABOVE BARCELONA, EVERY BOLT HOLE MUST ALIGN EXACTLY, 262 00:16:11,538 --> 00:16:13,670 OR THE PANELS WILL BE LEFT HANGING. 263 00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:20,744 ♪♪ 264 00:16:20,746 --> 00:16:27,885 ♪♪ 265 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:32,556 SURVEYORS USE LASERS TO CHECK THE DIMENSIONS OF EACH PANEL, 266 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:34,559 TO BE SURE THE BOLTS WILL FIT 267 00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:38,095 AND SECURE THE PANELS IN PLACE ON TOP OF THE TOWER. 268 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:46,503 ♪♪ 269 00:16:46,505 --> 00:16:54,912 ♪♪ 270 00:16:54,914 --> 00:16:57,982 IT TAKES 3 WEEKS TO BUILD THE FIRST LEVEL OF PANELS 271 00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:01,318 FOR THE FIRST TOWER, 272 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,388 BUT WILL THEY ALIGN? 273 00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:07,859 THE BATCH OF PANELS SURVIVES THEIR CROSS-COUNTRY TREK 274 00:17:07,861 --> 00:17:10,728 AND ARRIVES IN BARCELONA UNDAMAGED. 275 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:17,201 ♪♪ 276 00:17:17,203 --> 00:17:19,870 THIS IS THE DAY OF THE BIG LIFT. 277 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:23,007 ♪♪ 278 00:17:23,009 --> 00:17:24,875 THIS IS THE ULTIMATE TEST. 279 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:28,146 JAUME'S TEAM MUST HOIST EACH 7-TON PANEL 280 00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:32,417 250 FEET TO THE TOP OF SAGRADA FAMíLIA, 281 00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:35,286 SLOT THEM DOWN INTO A STEEL HOLDING FRAME, 282 00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:37,888 THEN BOLT THEM INTO PLACE. 283 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:40,291 ONLY THEN WILL THEY DISCOVER IF THIS UNIQUE, 284 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:43,895 UNTESTED CONSTRUCTION METHOD WORKS IN PRACTICE. 285 00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:48,833 WELL, TODAY, FOR US, IS A SPECIAL DAY. 286 00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:51,969 FOR US IS PROOF BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME, 287 00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:58,442 BUT WE ARE GOING TO ASSEMBLE THIS PIECE IN ITS CORRECT PLACE. 288 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:00,778 Narrator: JAUME'S CREW SECURES THE FIRST PANEL 289 00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:04,982 TO THE 460-FOOT-HIGH TOWER CRANE BUILT INTO THE BASILICA. 290 00:18:04,984 --> 00:18:08,585 ♪♪ 291 00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:11,923 THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH AS THE LIFT BEGINS. 292 00:18:11,925 --> 00:18:15,760 ♪♪ 293 00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:25,336 ♪♪ 294 00:18:25,338 --> 00:18:27,338 Narrator: IN BARCELONA, 295 00:18:27,340 --> 00:18:30,408 ENGINEERS ARE RELYING ON AN UNTESTED METHOD 296 00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:33,344 TO BEGIN INSTALLING THE PANELS FOR THE EPIC TOWERS 297 00:18:33,346 --> 00:18:36,280 THAT WILL TOP THE ICONIC SAGRADA FAMíLIA. 298 00:18:36,282 --> 00:18:39,817 YEAH, GOING TO ASSEMBLE THE FIRST PANEL. 299 00:18:39,819 --> 00:18:43,020 ♪♪ 300 00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:45,556 [ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ] 301 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:54,499 ♪♪ 302 00:18:54,501 --> 00:18:57,902 JAUME MUST TAKE THE STAIRS TO THE TOP OF SAGRADA FAMíLIA 303 00:18:57,904 --> 00:19:00,771 TO OVERSEE ITS INSTALLATION. 304 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:02,439 Torreguitart: MOVE OVER IN THE LEFT. 305 00:19:02,441 --> 00:19:07,945 ♪♪ 306 00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:11,048 Narrator: LINING THE PANEL UP WITH THE TOWER'S FRAME ON ITS WALLS 307 00:19:11,050 --> 00:19:13,918 TAKES EXPERT SKILLS. 308 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:20,525 ♪♪ 309 00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:26,396 [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 310 00:19:26,398 --> 00:19:35,539 ♪♪ 311 00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:37,942 THE FIRST PANEL FITS, 312 00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:40,344 AND THE BOLTS SLIDE INTO PLACE. 313 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:45,349 ♪♪ 314 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:50,988 THIS PIECE IS HERE FOREVER, FOREVER. 315 00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:59,163 ♪♪ 316 00:19:59,165 --> 00:20:01,232 Narrator: BUT THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM CAN'T REST. 317 00:20:01,234 --> 00:20:04,235 THEY WANT TO INSTALL THE ENTIRE LEVEL, EIGHT PANELS, 318 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:07,771 BEFORE NIGHTFALL, 319 00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:09,974 BUT JUST AS THEY START TO LOWER THE SECOND PIECE 320 00:20:09,976 --> 00:20:13,310 DOWN INTO PLACE, 321 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:15,579 THEY HIT A PROBLEM. 322 00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:20,050 THIS SET OF BOLT HOLES DOESN'T LINE UP. 323 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:25,923 WE DON'T KNOW WHY, AND NOW WE NEED EFFORT A BIT MORE. 324 00:20:25,925 --> 00:20:31,462 ♪♪ 325 00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:35,132 Narrator: THIS MONUMENTAL BUILD HANGS IN THE BALANCE. 326 00:20:35,134 --> 00:20:43,874 ♪♪ 327 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:52,617 ♪♪ 328 00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:56,753 THEY USE CLAMPS AND WRENCHES TO WRANGLE THE PANEL INTO PLACE. 329 00:20:56,755 --> 00:21:02,293 ♪♪ 330 00:21:02,295 --> 00:21:06,364 SOME EXTRA MUSCLE POWER FINALLY FORCES THE BOLT HOLES INTO LINE. 331 00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:16,040 ♪♪ 332 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:25,649 ♪♪ 333 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:29,587 JAUME'S CREW PUSHES HARD TO INSTALL THE REMAINING SIX PANELS 334 00:21:29,589 --> 00:21:32,323 THAT MAKE UP THIS TOWER'S FIRST LEVEL. 335 00:21:32,325 --> 00:21:39,196 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THEM, AND WE WANT TO LIFT UP QUICKLY. 336 00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:45,069 ♪♪ 337 00:21:45,071 --> 00:21:48,205 Narrator: THEIR INNOVATIVE PREFABRICATED PANEL-BUILDING TECHNIQUE 338 00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:49,339 IS WORKING. 339 00:21:49,341 --> 00:21:58,416 ♪♪ 340 00:21:58,418 --> 00:22:01,485 IT TAKES THE FULL DAY TO SLOT ALL EIGHT PANELS 341 00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:05,622 THAT MAKE UP THE TOWER'S FIRST LEVEL INTO POSITION. 342 00:22:05,624 --> 00:22:11,829 WE LEARN EVERY DAY ANOTHER NEW SYSTEM, ANOTHER NEW TECHNOLOGY. 343 00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:17,368 ♪♪ 344 00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:23,040 ♪♪ 345 00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,576 Narrator: COMPLETING WORK ON THE TOWERS WILL TAKE ALMOST 346 00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:28,779 6,500 TONS OF STONE. 347 00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:30,781 EMMA'S TEAM AT THE LANCASHIRE QUARRY 348 00:22:30,783 --> 00:22:33,684 MUST CONTINUALLY PRODUCE TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. 349 00:22:36,122 --> 00:22:39,656 Armstrong: WE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FROM BARCELONA. 350 00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:42,659 AS FAST AS WE CAN PRODUCE, THEY'RE USING IT. 351 00:22:42,661 --> 00:22:47,465 ♪♪ 352 00:22:47,467 --> 00:22:49,934 THE QUANTITY IS... IS GOOD. 353 00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:53,470 Narrator: A GEOLOGIST FROM SAGRADA FAMíLIA MAKES REGULAR VISITS 354 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:57,274 TO CHECK THAT THE QUALITY OF THE STONE IS CONSISTENT. 355 00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:58,809 Armstrong: IT IS A CRITICAL JOB 356 00:22:58,811 --> 00:23:01,679 BECAUSE THE TOWERS HAVE TO BE STRUCTURALLY STRONG, 357 00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:04,548 AND THIS STONE IS THE ONLY STONE 358 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:06,984 THAT THEY FOUND TO MATCH THE ORIGINAL. 359 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:14,892 THE QUALITY OF THE STONE IS PERFECT. 360 00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:18,228 Narrator: ONCE EACH BATCH IS SIGNED OFF, SOME OF IT IS DELIVERED 361 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:22,299 TO THESE EXPERT CRAFTSMEN IN BARCELONA. 362 00:23:22,301 --> 00:23:25,169 THEY SHAPE EACH PIECE BASED ON THE TEAM'S STUDY 363 00:23:25,171 --> 00:23:28,839 OF GAUDí'S MODELS AND SKETCHES. 364 00:23:28,841 --> 00:23:31,842 Man: WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE STONE, IT'S LIKE A CONNECTION 365 00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:37,515 YOU SPEAK WITH IT AND IT SPEAKS WITH YOU. 366 00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:40,718 Narrator: GALICIAN STONEMASONS EMILIO AND ALESSANDRO 367 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,387 ARE SCULPTING FLOWERS, LEAVES, AND LETTERS 368 00:23:43,389 --> 00:23:47,191 THAT WILL FORM PART OF ONE RELIEF FOR THE TOWER EXTERIOR. 369 00:23:47,193 --> 00:23:50,794 ♪♪ 370 00:23:50,796 --> 00:23:52,129 Man: IT'S A VERY BIG JOB. 371 00:23:52,131 --> 00:23:55,065 TO DO ALL THE STONES BY HAND WILL TAKE HALF A YEAR, 372 00:23:55,067 --> 00:23:57,268 YES, I IF HAVE TO DO ALL BY HAND. 373 00:23:57,270 --> 00:24:02,206 ♪♪ 374 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:05,676 Narrator: TO SPEED UP THE OPERATION, HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ROBOTS 375 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:08,813 FORM THE ROUGH OUTLINES OF THE FLOWERS AND PETALS. 376 00:24:08,815 --> 00:24:13,083 ♪♪ 377 00:24:13,085 --> 00:24:17,421 BUT ROBOTS CAN'T REPLACE THE DEXTERITY OF THE HUMAN HAND. 378 00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:20,491 ONCE CUT, IT'S UP TO EMILIO AND ALESSANDRO 379 00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:22,493 TO CARVE THE STONE RELIEFS. 380 00:24:25,097 --> 00:24:28,965 Man: THE ROBOTS, THEY DON'T HAVE FEEL, 381 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,767 AND WE'RE BRINGING THE STONE TO LIFE. 382 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:33,303 WE BRING THE STONE TO LIFE WORKING BY HAND. 383 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:39,843 ♪♪ 384 00:24:39,845 --> 00:24:42,178 Narrator: SMOOTH SURFACES ON THE LEAVES AND PETALS 385 00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,647 MAKE THEM LOOK CLOSER. 386 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:47,885 ♪♪ 387 00:24:47,887 --> 00:24:50,053 DEEPER, HARDER CHISEL STRIKES 388 00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:52,256 GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF DISTANCE AND DEPTH. 389 00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:59,196 ♪♪ 390 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:02,433 OH, IT'S LIKE MAGIC, NO, THE FIFTH DIMENSION. 391 00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:08,471 Narrator: WITH THE HELP OF THE ROBOTS, EMILIO AND ALESSANDRO INCH 392 00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:11,742 CLOSER TO COMPLETING THE COMPLEX STONE RELIEF. 393 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:19,416 ♪♪ 394 00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:21,218 DURING THE TOWER DESIGN PHASE... 395 00:25:21,220 --> 00:25:22,553 [ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ] 396 00:25:22,555 --> 00:25:26,757 ...ENGINEERS FACED ANOTHER CRITICAL CHALLENGE. 397 00:25:26,759 --> 00:25:28,826 THEY HAD TO BE SURE THAT THE TOWERS 398 00:25:28,828 --> 00:25:32,162 WOULD BE EARTHQUAKE-PROOF. 399 00:25:32,164 --> 00:25:35,232 EUROPE HAS 1,100 GEOLOGICAL FAULT LINES 400 00:25:35,234 --> 00:25:40,170 THAT TRIGGER UP TO 300 EARTHQUAKES EVERY YEAR. 401 00:25:40,172 --> 00:25:42,239 THE TALLER THE TOWERS RISE, 402 00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:44,507 THE MORE VULNERABLE THEY BECOME TO TREMORS 403 00:25:44,509 --> 00:25:47,778 THAT MIGHT STRIKE THE REGION. 404 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:52,049 FORCES PUSHING FROM THE SIDES OF THE TOWERS, LIKE EARTHQUAKES, 405 00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:55,318 COULD CAUSE THE PANELS TO COLLAPSE. 406 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,655 ANY LATERAL FORCES LIKE WIND OR EARTHQUAKES 407 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:01,792 WILL MAKE THIS BLOCKS FALL EASILY. 408 00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:06,730 Narrator: PAU'S TEAM NEEDS TO SQUEEZE THE BLOCKS IN EACH PANEL 409 00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:11,201 TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE RIGIDITY OF THE TOWERS. 410 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:13,937 Millet: SO IF WE PUT THE BLOCKS IN COMPRESSION 411 00:26:13,939 --> 00:26:16,874 AND WE CAN AVOID THAT THIS BLOCKS COLLAPSE 412 00:26:16,876 --> 00:26:20,210 WHEN THE WIND BLOWS OR THE EARTHQUAKES, 413 00:26:20,212 --> 00:26:22,412 AND THEN THIS IS STABLE. 414 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:25,349 THERE'S NO WAY THIS CAN FALL. 415 00:26:25,351 --> 00:26:28,218 ♪♪ 416 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:30,888 Narrator: THE EASIEST WAY TO COMPRESS THE STONES IN EACH PANEL 417 00:26:30,890 --> 00:26:33,057 WOULD BE TO WRAP THEM IN STEEL CABLES. 418 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,627 BUT THIS WOULD RUIN THE LOOK OF THE TOWERS. 419 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:41,899 THEY MUST LOOK LIKE STONE FROM THE OUTSIDE. 420 00:26:41,901 --> 00:26:45,436 ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO BRACE THE TOWERS FROM THE INSIDE, 421 00:26:45,438 --> 00:26:48,973 BUILDING A SUPPORTING FRAME OF STEELWORK, 422 00:26:48,975 --> 00:26:50,641 BUT THIS WOULD BLOCK THE SPACE NEEDED 423 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:53,110 FOR THE SPIRAL STAIRCASES INSIDE. 424 00:26:55,581 --> 00:26:57,915 IN ORDER TO BRACE THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH 425 00:26:57,917 --> 00:27:00,517 WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON ITS BOLD DESIGN, 426 00:27:00,519 --> 00:27:03,653 ENGINEERS MUST COME UP WITH AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION. 427 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:07,291 ♪♪ 428 00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:17,267 ♪♪ 429 00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:22,640 Narrator: IN BARCELONA, THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH IS BEING BUILT, 430 00:27:22,642 --> 00:27:26,943 BUT IN TRYING TO COMPRESS THE STONES FOR ITS ICONIC TOWERS... 431 00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:30,414 Man: YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE STEEL COLUMN TO HOLD THE PANEL UP. 432 00:27:30,416 --> 00:27:33,550 ...THE ARCHITECTS GET HELP FROM A TEAM OF BRITISH ENGINEERS. 433 00:27:33,552 --> 00:27:36,286 TOGETHER, THEY DEVISE AN INGENIOUS SOLUTION 434 00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:38,422 THAT WON'T COMPROMISE GAUDí'S DESIGN. 435 00:27:38,424 --> 00:27:41,358 SO WHEN WE HAVE EARTHQUAKES, THIS STEELWORK GIVES US 436 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:46,896 THE ABILITY TO BEND ELEMENTS AND ABSORB ENERGY. 437 00:27:46,898 --> 00:27:50,234 THEIR SOLUTION IS TO INCORPORATE A SECRET STEEL SKELETON 438 00:27:50,236 --> 00:27:54,104 INSIDE THE TOWER STONE. 439 00:27:54,106 --> 00:27:58,241 SETS OF STEEL TENDONS WILL RUN THROUGH EACH PANEL. 440 00:27:58,243 --> 00:28:02,446 TIGHTENING THESE TENDONS WILL LOCK THE STONES TOGETHER. 441 00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:04,848 ONCE LOCKED INTO THE HIDDEN STEEL FRAME, 442 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:08,651 THE TOWERS LOOK LIKE SOLID STONE. 443 00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:12,723 BRACED LIKE THIS, THEY CAN RESIST ALMOST ANY LATERAL FORCES 444 00:28:12,725 --> 00:28:16,526 SUCH AS HIGH WINDS OR EARTHQUAKES. 445 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,061 THAT'S THE THEORY. 446 00:28:18,063 --> 00:28:21,065 NOW THEY MUST PUT IT INTO PRACTICE. 447 00:28:21,067 --> 00:28:23,733 Millet: WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN PRODUCTION, 448 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:27,538 AND IT'S TIME TO SEE, IN REALITY, HOW DOES IT WORK? 449 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:30,073 ♪♪ 450 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:34,411 Narrator: AT THE PREFABRICATION YARD JUST OUTSIDE BARCELONA, 451 00:28:34,413 --> 00:28:37,480 JAUME'S TEAM MUST THREAD THESE STAINLESS-STEEL TENDONS 452 00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:40,283 DOWN THROUGH THE NEXT BATCH OF TOWER PANELS. 453 00:28:40,285 --> 00:28:45,889 ♪♪ 454 00:28:45,891 --> 00:28:49,026 WORKERS USE HYDRAULIC JACKS TO PRESS THE BLOCKS TOGETHER 455 00:28:49,028 --> 00:28:50,427 TO FORM A SOLID UNIT. 456 00:28:50,429 --> 00:29:00,103 ♪♪ 457 00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:03,106 AS THE JACKS SQUEEZE THE PANEL TIGHT, 458 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:05,976 THE TEAM TIGHTENS THE NUTS AT THE ENDS OF THE STEEL BARS 459 00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:08,978 RUNNING THROUGH THE BLOCKS, LOCKING THEM IN PLACE. 460 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:13,250 ♪♪ 461 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:15,185 ON-SITE IN BARCELONA, 462 00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:17,988 THE NEXT BATCH OF EARTHQUAKE-PROOF PANELS ARRIVES. 463 00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:21,191 ♪♪ 464 00:29:21,193 --> 00:29:24,861 NOW JAUME'S TEAM MUST BEGIN BUILDING THE LARGER TOWER 465 00:29:24,863 --> 00:29:27,331 AT THE REAR OF THE TEMPLE. 466 00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:30,200 EACH OF THESE PANELS WEIGHS 10 TONS, 467 00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:35,138 3 TONS MORE THAN THE PANELS OF THE SMALLER TOWERS. 468 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,708 THAT'S A LOT OF EXTRA WEIGHT TO KEEP UNDER CONTROL. 469 00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:43,547 THE ENEMY TODAY FOR US IS THE WIND. 470 00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:47,217 A STRONG WIND CAN TAKE DOWN THE CRANE. 471 00:29:47,219 --> 00:29:50,420 ♪♪ 472 00:29:50,422 --> 00:29:53,090 Narrator: HEAVY ONSHORE WINDS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 473 00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:56,360 BLASTS THE CITY, AND GUSTS AT THE TOP OF THE BASILICA 474 00:29:56,362 --> 00:29:58,462 ARE FAR STRONGER THAN AT GROUND LEVEL. 475 00:30:00,432 --> 00:30:02,699 AT THE MOMENT, THE WIND IS CORRECT, 476 00:30:02,701 --> 00:30:06,036 AND WE ARE GOING TO START. 477 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:10,908 Narrator: CRANE DRIVER JOSE SCALES THE 460-FOOT-HIGH TOWER CRANE. 478 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:17,647 ♪♪ 479 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:24,388 ♪♪ 480 00:30:24,390 --> 00:30:29,059 [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 481 00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:31,728 IF THE WIND CATCHES THE 10-TON PANEL, 482 00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:35,666 IT COULD ACT LIKE A SAIL, SWINGING WILDLY OUT OF CONTROL, 483 00:30:35,668 --> 00:30:37,534 SMASHING INTO THE BASILICA. 484 00:30:37,536 --> 00:30:40,704 ♪♪ 485 00:30:50,749 --> 00:30:56,687 ♪♪ 486 00:30:56,689 --> 00:31:02,626 ♪♪ 487 00:31:02,628 --> 00:31:05,428 [ SPEAKING SPANISH ] 488 00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:10,634 ♪♪ 489 00:31:10,636 --> 00:31:15,172 [ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ] 490 00:31:15,174 --> 00:31:16,973 IT TAKES A STEADY HAND 491 00:31:16,975 --> 00:31:19,576 TO GUIDE THE FIRST TWO PANELS INTO PLACE 492 00:31:19,578 --> 00:31:21,712 AS THE WIND SLOWLY PICKS UP. 493 00:31:21,714 --> 00:31:25,182 ♪♪ 494 00:31:25,184 --> 00:31:29,386 AS THE GUSTS HIT 37 MILES PER HOUR... 495 00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:32,522 JAUME GETS SOME BAD NEWS. 496 00:31:32,524 --> 00:31:35,792 THE WINDS ARE TOO STRONG TO INSTALL THE PANELS. 497 00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:40,931 ♪♪ 498 00:31:40,933 --> 00:31:45,035 I DON'T MAKE THE LIFT. 499 00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:50,073 Narrator: IN THE SEASIDE CITY OF BARCELONA, 500 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:51,674 WORKING THROUGH WINDS LIKE THESE 501 00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:54,144 TO COMPLETE THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH 502 00:31:54,146 --> 00:31:55,879 IS A CONSTANT BATTLE. 503 00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:07,824 ♪♪ 504 00:32:07,826 --> 00:32:09,426 Narrator: IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, 505 00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:12,696 AT THE SITE OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST UNIQUE CHURCHES, 506 00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:15,565 STRONG WINDS THREATEN TO SHUT DOWN THE OPERATION 507 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:18,702 TO BUILD THE TOWERS THAT WILL MAKE SAGRADA FAMíLIA 508 00:32:18,704 --> 00:32:21,704 THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH. 509 00:32:21,706 --> 00:32:25,241 Torreguitart: THE WIND IS GOING UP MINUTE BY MINUTE. 510 00:32:25,243 --> 00:32:26,909 I DON'T KNOW. 511 00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:28,578 WE HAVE TO WAIT. 512 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:37,253 ♪♪ 513 00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:39,923 Narrator: THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE GUSTS DIE DOWN... 514 00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:46,696 ...AND JAUME CAN CONTINUE TO PUSH THE TOWERS SKYWARDS. 515 00:32:46,698 --> 00:32:53,537 ♪♪ 516 00:32:53,539 --> 00:32:57,740 WE NEED THE BEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. 517 00:32:57,742 --> 00:33:03,947 ♪♪ 518 00:33:03,949 --> 00:33:10,020 ♪♪ 519 00:33:10,022 --> 00:33:11,087 Narrator: TOUCHDOWN. 520 00:33:11,089 --> 00:33:14,091 [ CONVERSING IN SPANISH ] 521 00:33:14,093 --> 00:33:17,160 AND WITH ITS STEEL TENDONS SECURED, 522 00:33:17,162 --> 00:33:20,097 THIS PIECE OF GAUDí'S SKY-HIGH JIGSAW 523 00:33:20,099 --> 00:33:22,165 SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A POUNDING FROM THE WINDS 524 00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:25,234 AND EARTHQUAKES FOR CENTURIES TO COME. 525 00:33:25,236 --> 00:33:28,638 ♪♪ 526 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,042 AS THE SIX CENTRAL TOWERS CONTINUE TO RISE, 527 00:33:32,044 --> 00:33:36,913 ANOTHER TEAM IS HARD AT WORK MAKING THE ORNATE STAINED GLASS 528 00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:39,416 THAT WILL SIT INSIDE SOME OF THE WINDOWS. 529 00:33:41,653 --> 00:33:44,521 THE CHURCH'S VISIONARY ARCHITECT, GAUDí, 530 00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:48,458 LEFT BARELY ANY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE STAINED GLASS, 531 00:33:48,460 --> 00:33:51,728 SO IT'S UP TO GLASS ARTIST JOAN VILA-GRAU 532 00:33:51,730 --> 00:33:55,398 TO DEVISE A DESIGN GAUDí WOULD APPROVE OF. 533 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,068 LIKE THE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS BUILDING THE CHURCH, 534 00:33:58,070 --> 00:34:00,537 JOAN HAS SPENT DECADES ON THIS, 535 00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:03,140 AND IS PASSING HIS SKILLS DOWN TO HIS SON, TONI. 536 00:34:03,142 --> 00:34:06,877 ♪♪ 537 00:34:06,879 --> 00:34:09,145 Vila-Grau: MY GRANDFATHER WAS PAINTER. 538 00:34:09,147 --> 00:34:11,214 MY FATHER WAS A PAINTER. 539 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:12,682 I AM A PAINTER. 540 00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:15,752 TONI IS WORKING TOO IN PAINTINGS. 541 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:18,889 ♪♪ 542 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:21,958 Narrator: WORKERS USE TRADITIONAL STAINED-GLASS TECHNIQUES 543 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,627 TO REALIZE JOAN'S DESIGNS. 544 00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:31,768 ♪♪ 545 00:34:31,770 --> 00:34:38,975 ♪♪ 546 00:34:38,977 --> 00:34:46,249 ♪♪ 547 00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:49,519 FINALLY, JOAN AND TONI'S BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS 548 00:34:49,521 --> 00:34:51,321 CAN BE INSTALLED IN THE TOWERS. 549 00:34:51,323 --> 00:35:00,330 ♪♪ 550 00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:09,272 ♪♪ 551 00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:13,477 THE NAVE OF SAGRADA FAMíLIA, COMPLETED IN 2010, 552 00:35:13,479 --> 00:35:18,014 SHOWCASES SOME OF THE 17,900 SQUARE FEET OF STAINED GLASS 553 00:35:18,016 --> 00:35:19,916 CONTAINED WITHIN THE BASILICA. 554 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:27,490 THE LIGHT STREAMING THROUGH COLORS THE PILLARS AND WALLS. 555 00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:29,625 Woman: I WALKED IN, AND IT WAS, LIKE, GOOSE BUMPS, 556 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:32,095 JUST COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE LIGHT, 557 00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:36,165 THE COLOR, THE STRUCTURES. 558 00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:38,835 Vila-Grau: CHOOSING WHAT COLORS WE'D NEED ON 559 00:35:38,837 --> 00:35:41,438 ONE SIDE AND ANOTHER WAS TO CREATE 560 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,909 A KIND OF MYSTIC AMBIANCE. 561 00:35:45,911 --> 00:35:49,245 ♪♪ 562 00:35:49,247 --> 00:35:51,981 Narrator: IN THE MORNING, THE SUN SHINES THROUGH THE EAST SIDE 563 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,517 OF THE NAVE, 564 00:35:54,519 --> 00:35:58,655 BATHING THE BASILICA IN BLUE LIGHT. 565 00:35:58,657 --> 00:36:01,858 IN THE EVENING, THE SPACE TURNS RED 566 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:03,860 AS THE WEST SIDE ILLUMINATES. 567 00:36:03,862 --> 00:36:09,866 ♪♪ 568 00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:15,872 ♪♪ 569 00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:18,608 OUTSIDE, THE TEAM IS PICKING UP THE PACE, 570 00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:20,710 ERECTING THE CHURCH'S TOWERS. 571 00:36:23,414 --> 00:36:28,084 THIS NEW STONEWORK WILL ADD AN EXTRA 6,500 TONS OF WEIGHT 572 00:36:28,086 --> 00:36:30,487 TO THE ROOF. 573 00:36:30,489 --> 00:36:33,089 THAT'S ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE EIFFEL TOWER 574 00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:34,491 ON TOP OF THE BUILDING. 575 00:36:44,503 --> 00:36:48,237 SUPPORTING THIS IMMENSE WEIGHT CREATES A HUGE CHALLENGE. 576 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,909 ♪♪ 577 00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:55,978 THE BUILDERS OF TRADITIONAL GOTHIC CHURCHES 578 00:36:55,980 --> 00:36:59,182 FOUND AN INGENIOUS SOLUTION TO SUPPORT THEIR TOWERS. 579 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:04,120 THIS IS COLOGNE CATHEDRAL, 580 00:37:04,122 --> 00:37:08,391 WHICH TOOK A STAGGERING 632 YEARS TO COMPLETE. 581 00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:12,061 IT'S CURRENTLY THE WORLD'S TALLEST TWIN-SPIRE CHURCH, 582 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:14,698 SOARING 515 FEET HIGH. 583 00:37:17,336 --> 00:37:19,535 THE INCREDIBLE STRUCTURE WAS MADE POSSIBLE 584 00:37:19,537 --> 00:37:23,206 BY USING FLYING-BUTTRESS TECHNOLOGY -- 585 00:37:23,208 --> 00:37:29,079 HUGE STONE ARCHES THAT PROP UP THE CATHEDRAL'S IMMENSE WALLS. 586 00:37:29,081 --> 00:37:31,681 THE BUTTRESSES TRANSFER THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE STONE 587 00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:34,016 DOWN INTO THE GROUND 588 00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:36,619 AND STOP THE STRUCTURE FROM COLLAPSING. 589 00:37:36,621 --> 00:37:40,090 ♪♪ 590 00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:43,893 WHEN COMPLETE, SAGRADA FAMíLIA WILL SOAR 50 FEET TALLER 591 00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:45,361 THAN COLOGNE CATHEDRAL. 592 00:37:45,363 --> 00:37:49,498 ♪♪ 593 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:52,235 ITS PIONEERING ENGINEERS NEEDED TO FIND A WAY 594 00:37:52,237 --> 00:37:54,637 TO SUPPORT THE TOWERS, 595 00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:56,773 BUT THEY FACED A CONUNDRUM. 596 00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:59,976 GAUDí DISLIKED FLYING BUTTRESSES. 597 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:03,446 HE CONSIDERED THEM TO BE UGLY, UNNATURAL CRUTCHES. 598 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:06,582 ♪♪ 599 00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:10,853 Faulí: BUT THIS IS NOT ONLY QUESTION OF WEIGHT. 600 00:38:10,855 --> 00:38:14,457 ALSO, IT'S A QUESTION OF FORM. 601 00:38:16,528 --> 00:38:18,994 Narrator: THE ARCHING EFFECT OF FLYING BUTTRESSES 602 00:38:18,996 --> 00:38:22,299 WOULD'VE TRANSFERRED THE WEIGHT ABOVE DOWN INTO THE GROUND. 603 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:26,736 BUT THE BUTTRESSES WOULD'VE BLOCKED THE LIGHT 604 00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:29,139 STREAMING THROUGH THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS 605 00:38:29,141 --> 00:38:32,942 AND RUINED THE EFFECT OF THE FACADES, 606 00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:37,012 AND FOR AN INTERIOR LIKE THIS, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION. 607 00:38:37,014 --> 00:38:40,083 TO SUPPORT THE INCREDIBLE WEIGHT OF THIS MEGACHURCH, 608 00:38:40,085 --> 00:38:41,484 THE ARCHITECT, GAUDí, 609 00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:44,687 HAD TO USE AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT APPROACH. 610 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:47,891 ♪♪ 611 00:38:54,433 --> 00:38:57,434 ♪♪ 612 00:38:57,436 --> 00:38:59,969 Narrator: TO SUPPORT THEIR INCREDIBLE WEIGHT, 613 00:38:59,971 --> 00:39:01,638 THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CHURCHES 614 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,840 TRADITIONALLY USED FLYING BUTTRESSES, 615 00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:06,176 BUT FOR SAGRADA FAMíLIA, 616 00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:09,712 GAUDí MOVED THE ARCHES INSIDE THE BASILICA 617 00:39:09,714 --> 00:39:14,384 AND SUPPORTED THEM WITH 56 MASSIVE COLUMNS. 618 00:39:14,386 --> 00:39:16,719 AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND ALMOST 100 YEARS 619 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:19,255 BEFORE THE TOWER BUILD BEGAN, 620 00:39:19,257 --> 00:39:21,257 GAUDí HAD FOUND A WAY TO CHANNEL THEIR WEIGHT 621 00:39:21,259 --> 00:39:23,193 DOWN INTO THE GROUND 622 00:39:23,195 --> 00:39:26,529 AND FREE SAGRADA FAMíLIA FROM THE FLYING BUTTRESSES. 623 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:35,405 ♪♪ 624 00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:44,146 ♪♪ 625 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:52,956 ♪♪ 626 00:39:52,958 --> 00:39:55,024 Faulí: IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. 627 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,827 IT'S VERY INGENIOUS. 628 00:40:00,498 --> 00:40:02,765 Narrator: THE FOUR COLUMNS TAKING THE HEAVIEST LOAD 629 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:07,904 BENEATH THE MAIN TOWER ARE MADE OF RED IRANIAN PORPHYRY, 630 00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:10,306 ONE OF THE STRONGEST STONES IN THE WORLD. 631 00:40:10,308 --> 00:40:18,448 ♪♪ 632 00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:26,722 ♪♪ 633 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,525 THANKS TO GAUDí'S FORWARD-THINKING DESIGN, 634 00:40:29,527 --> 00:40:32,862 WHEN TOPPED OUT, THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH TOWERS 635 00:40:32,864 --> 00:40:35,265 WILL HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. 636 00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:43,807 ♪♪ 637 00:40:43,809 --> 00:40:50,546 FINALLY, AFTER 135 YEARS, AN ESTIMATED $1.2 BILLION, 638 00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:54,750 AND A WHOLE LOT OF ENGINEERING INGENUITY, 639 00:40:54,752 --> 00:40:57,553 WORKERS HERE HAVE DECODED THE MAVERICK, 640 00:40:57,555 --> 00:41:00,890 THE MYSTERIOUS VISION OF GAUDí. 641 00:41:00,892 --> 00:41:03,158 IT'S A BIG HONOR AND A BIG RESPONSIBILITY 642 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:08,498 TO FEEL YOU ARE PART OF HISTORY DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT. 643 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:15,371 ♪♪ 644 00:41:15,373 --> 00:41:21,844 ♪♪ 645 00:41:21,846 --> 00:41:24,380 Narrator: THE TEAM IS WELL ON THEIR WAY TO FINISHING 646 00:41:24,382 --> 00:41:27,449 SAGRADA FAMíLIA'S MASSIVE CROWNING TOWERS, 647 00:41:27,451 --> 00:41:30,653 TO FINALLY COMPLETE THIS EXTRAORDINARY STRUCTURE IN TIME 648 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:33,923 FOR THE CENTENARY OF GAUDí'S DEATH IN JUST UNDER 10 YEARS. 649 00:41:33,925 --> 00:41:37,594 THE TOWER IS GROWING TO THE TOP. 650 00:41:37,596 --> 00:41:47,537 ♪♪ 651 00:41:47,539 --> 00:41:57,547 ♪♪ 652 00:41:57,549 --> 00:42:03,519 I FEEL THAT WE ARE CONTINUING HISTORY. 653 00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:07,023 Narrator: POPULARLY KNOWN AS GOD'S ARCHITECT, 654 00:42:07,025 --> 00:42:13,296 GAUDí IS FAMED TO HAVE SAID, "MY CLIENT IS IN NO HURRY," 655 00:42:13,298 --> 00:42:16,699 BUT IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE SAGRADA FAMíLIA IS COMPLETE, 656 00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:20,703 AND GAUDí'S CLIENT WILL HAVE THE WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH. 657 00:42:20,705 --> 00:42:28,244 ♪♪