Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau

I use this complex to teach site planning. The 45-degree rotation against Cerdà's grid isn't rebellion — it's a garden strategy. The buildings face the sun, not the street.

Domènech i Montaner's hospital complex — twelve pavilions connected by underground passages, set at 45° to the Eixample grid. The most generous building in Barcelona.

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