Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Will Finally Be Completed by 2026 Using AI-Powered 3D Printing — But Critics Say It’s ‘Not Gaudí’s Vision’
In a bombshell announcement that has split the art and tech worlds, the Basílica de la Sagrada Família will finish its 144-year construction by 2026—not with traditional masonry, but with AI-driven robotic arms that print organic, bone-like facades in real-time. The new "Gaudí 2.0" algorithm, trained on millions of unfinished architectural drawings, will erect the remaining 12 towers autonomously, using lunar-material-inspired concrete and solar-etched glass. While the Vatican has given its blessing, a global petition with 2 million signatures argues the machine-made spires are "sacrilege." But social media is already obsessing over the AI’s first output: a hyper-complex, DNA-helix tower that Gaudí himself could have only dreamed of.