Lower thirds:

00:50 Mauricio Cortés / Architect of the cross
01:23 Mauricio Cortés / Architect of the cross
02:20 Luard Bonet / Stained glass artisan
03:13 Luard Bonet / Stained glass artisan
04:01 Lucía / Tourist from Chile
04:18 Ronald / Tourist from Haiti
04:48 Csec Pla / Resident
06:42 Report by / Nicole Ris

Script:

00:02 
This is the moment Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia became the tallest church in the world. 
Meticulous coordination. Precision work. The final touches by hand.  

00:19 
Nothing less would do for raising the cross atop the central Jesus tower.

00:23 
The Sagrada Familia now stands 172,5m tall.  
 
00:30 
Architect Mauricio Cortés climbs one of the platforms several times a day, just as he has for 20 years.  

He still finds it hard to believe the world-famous cathedral  
is nearing completion. 

00:43  
+++ SOT Mauricio Cortés, Architect of the cross +++
"Now, as we're dismantling the scaffolding, I try to go up very early in the morning to see the tower. Either first thing or last thing in the afternoon. The whole process is very exciting; you gradually discover what's happened in the last few weeks. It's also a historic and very beautiful moment."
((Justamente cuando estamos desmontando los andamios sí procuro subir muy de mañana para ver la torre. A primera hora o última hora de la tarde. Entonces es muy emocionante todo este proceso irás descubriendo poco a poco qué ha pasado en las últimas semanas. También un momento histórico y muy bonito.)) 
 
01:05 
It took 144 years to form the cathedral’s final skyline. 

One reason why everything has taken so long is the incredible complexity of Antoni Gaudí’s vision: Creating a bible in stone, inspired by nature, and full of symbolism. 

01:21 
+++ SOT Mauricio Cortés, Architect of the cross +++
"Throughout the process, we faced design challenges, engineering challenges, structural challenges, and then finally, manufacturing and assembly challenges. Within this entire process, I believe that finding the materials that we felt best represented Gaudí's original vision was the greatest challenge." 
((A lo largo del proceso ibamos afrontando los retos del diseño, los retos de ingeniería, estructurales, y luego los retos de fabricación y el montaje por última parte. Dentro de todo este proceso yo creo que encontrar los materiales que creíamos que representaban la idea original de Gaudí fue el reto más grande.)) 
 
01:51 
That visión is also visible inside the cathedral . Tree like columns form a stone forest, different materials, and carefully designed light draw around 5 million visitors every year. 

02:04 
The colourful stained-glass  windows were made outside the city center, in the workshop of the Bonet family. Here, too, precisión is essential.  
 
02:19 
+++ SOT Luard Bonet, Stained glass artisan +++
"The glass is cut on this. If it fits, you can see it here, so you put this here. If you don't see the glass, it doesn't fit." 
((El vidrio se corta sobre esto. Si cuadra ya lo ves aquí, entonces pones esto aquí. Si no ves el vidrio es que cuadra.)) 

 02:33 
Luard Bonet helped bring Gaudi’s vision for light to life. So did his father, and generations before him.  
 
02:42 
+++ SOT Luard Bonet, Stained glass artisan +++
"This was my great-uncle. He was the founder of the workshop along with my grandfather. Here they were playing a football match with the Sagrada Familia in the background. Little did they know their paths would cross." 
((Este era mi tío abuelo. Era el fundador del taller junto a mi abuelo. Y entonces aquí estaban jugando un partido con la Sagrada Familia detrás. Sin saber que sus caminos se juntarían.)) 
 
02:58 
The cathedral became the family’s main client. They made all of its iconic stained- glass windows.  
The work has provided a stable livelihood for the family for decades. 
That time, enough for them to witness the building becoming a global icon. 
 
03:13 
+++ SOT Luard Bonet, Stained glass artisan +++
"The first time we visited with my father, there were practically no doors. There was a gate and a man there who would unlock it for you without asking any questions, just let you in. Now it's impossible. You can barely even touch the outside wall. It's like it no longer belongs to us, the people. It's so vast that it's slipping out of my grasp, out of our control." 
((La primera visita que hicimos con mi padre. Prácticamente no había puertas digamos. Había una reja y un señor allí que te abría el candado y no te pregutaba nada, te dejaba pasar y ya está. Ahora es imposible. Casi ni puedes tocar ni la pared de fuera. Es como un poco que ya no pertenece a nosotros. Es como tan grande que ya se escapa de mis manos, de nuestro control.)) 

03:43 
A bittersweet feeling. However, Spain’s most visited monument is THE highlight of most visitors of Barcelona. Not only because of the dramatic facades of the monument. 

03:58 
+++ SOT Lucía, Tourist from Chile +++
"It's been under construction for so many years that you can really see the passage of time through the place, and I think that's what makes it special. Many people saw it differently years ago than they do today. I think that also gives it a bit of a mystical feel." 
((Lleva en construcción tantos años que entonces uno puedo ver un poco el paso del tiempo a través de un lugar eso creo que es algo que lo hace especial. Que hay mucha gente que lo ve muchos años de una forma diferente a la que está hoy en día. Creo que esto también le da un poco un toque místico.)) 

04:18  
+++ SOT Ronald, Tourist from Haiti +++
"I’m impressed with the architecture and with the height. It’s really high. That’s why I took a picture." 
 
04:23 
Every day up to 16 thousand people are drawn to the building as IT nears completion. 

They leave a heavy mark on a neighborhood, designed to please them.  

Locals are harder to find. But they are there. Wondering, for how much longer.  

There are plans to build a big staircase and park on one side of the Sagrada Familia. Entire blocks of houses could be demolished, Cesc Pla lives in one of them. 

04:48 
+++ SOT Csec Pla, Resident +++
"All the houses we see here are affected. Both on this block of houses and on the other. All these homes have people living in them. So this is a problem in a city where housing is now an issue." 
((Todas las casas que vemos aquí están afectadas. Tanto en esta isla de casas como en la otra.  Y aquí hay una realidad que todas estas viviendas que tiene gente que vive, no. Es una problemática en una ciudad en donde la vivienda ahora es un problema.)) 
 
05:03 
The architect likes the Sagrada Familia, has lived closeby for 11 years. 
But the plans, which have existed for 50 years – without a solution -  could become a reality now. 
 
05:18 
+++ SOT Csec Pla, Resident +++
"Drawing a project on paper, on a plan, is one thing. But then it has to translate into reality. Into a reality where there's a city, where there are houses, where there are neighbors. So you can't draw it as if it were a blank sheet of paper, no. You have to draw it with the awareness that there are people who live here. That they have their homes, and you have to think about whether everyone agrees and is comfortable with what's drawn." 
((Dibujar un proyecto en un papel, en un plano, es una cosa. Pero después tiene que traducirse en una realidad. En una realidad donde hay una ciudad, donde hay unas casas, hay unos vecinos. Entonces no se puede dibujar como si fuera una hoja en blanco, no. Se tiene que dibujar con que hay una conciencia que aquí hay gente que vive. Que tiene su casa y pensar en que todo el mundo esté de acuerdo y cómoda con lo que se dibuja)) 

05:48 
Barcelona’s City Council Officials declined an interview but said in a statement they are negotiating with the Sagrada Familia Construction Board. As well as some neighbours.  

Its a conversation Pla is not directly involved in. 

06:04 
+++ SOT Csec Pla, Resident +++
"It's a perpetual uncertainty. Fear about what might happen... I love my home, I don't know if everyone feels this way. But I feel like this is my identity, this is my place. And I don't want to lose it." 
((Es incertidumbre que es perpetua. Un poco de miedo por lo que puede pasar... yo amo a mi vivienda, no sé si a todo el mundo le pasa. Pero yo me siento que esto es mi identidad, esto es mi sitio. Y no quiero perderlo. )) 

06:27 
Hundreds of neighbors and shop owners share his feeling. Many still hope for a solution.  

As the scaffolding of the Sagrada Familia slowly comes down, it enters a new chapter - as the tallest church in the world.  

Its an unfinished masterpiece. For those living in its shadow, a masterpiece that comes at a cost. 

END