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Santiago Calatravasantiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish architect, engineer, sculptor and painter born in 1951 in Valencia, Spain. Some of his major works are located in Spain and include the Opera House in Santa Cruz de Tenerife built between 1997-2003. The opera house features an architectural expressionist style with two openings, one facing the sea and one facing the city. It has an auditorium divided into two chambers and is constructed primarily of concrete with a ribbed concrete roof and arched structural system. Another major work is his addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum completed in 2001, which features a glass-enclosed pavilion facing Lake Michigan with a huge wing-like sunscreen. The structure is built from reinforced concrete on four

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Santiago Calatravasantiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish architect, engineer, sculptor and painter born in 1951 in Valencia, Spain. Some of his major works are located in Spain and include the Opera House in Santa Cruz de Tenerife built between 1997-2003. The opera house features an architectural expressionist style with two openings, one facing the sea and one facing the city. It has an auditorium divided into two chambers and is constructed primarily of concrete with a ribbed concrete roof and arched structural system. Another major work is his addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum completed in 2001, which features a glass-enclosed pavilion facing Lake Michigan with a huge wing-like sunscreen. The structure is built from reinforced concrete on four

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SANTIAGO CALATRAVASANTIAGO CALATRAVA

BORN ON : 28 JUL 1951


NATIVE : VALENCIA,SPAIN
NATIONALITY : SPANISH
HES ALSO A SCULPTURE, PAINTER,CIVIL &
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
MAJOR WORKS DONE IN SPAIN

IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHY


NATURAL ANALOGIES
GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATION SUCH AS
STRECTCHING & BENDING
MOVING STRUCTURES ARCHITECTURE
PRINCIPLES
SUCH AS REPITATION,SYMMETRY,RHYTM &
PROPORTION

OPERA HOUSE IN CANARY ISLAND(1997-2003)


LOCATION : SANTA CRUZ DE
TENERIFE,SPAIN
AREA : 2300sq. M
ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
HAS TWO OPENINGS ONE TO SEA & OTHER
TO CITY
GIVES AN IMPRESSION OF ORGANIC
MOVEMENT
AUDITORIUM DIVIDED INTO TWO
CHAMBERS
MAIN HALL CROWNED BY DOME & ALSO
HAS AMPHITHEATRE & A STAGE WITH AN
OPENING OF 16.5m & A DEPTH OF 14m
LOBBY ACCESSIBLE FROM TWO SIDES OF
BUILDING
BUILDING LIT IN WHITE & YELLOW

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM : CONCRETE


FRAME & CONCRETE RIBBED ROOF
MAIN FEATURE IS THE ARCH
ARCH IS SUPPORTED BY ONLY TWO
POINTS OF SUPPORT WHILE THE TIP
APPEARS SUSPENDED DEFYING
VAULTED INTERIORS
ROOF IS CONSTRUCTED FROM 2
INTERSECTING CONE SEGMENTS

CONTAINS AN AUDITORIUM
THAT SEATS 1800 & CHAMBER
MUSIC HALL WITH 400 SEATS
FOR ACOUSTICS PURPOSE
WOOD PANELING IN
INTERIORS
INNER SHELL OF CONCERT
HALL IS 50m HIGH
TOTAL HEIGHT 58m
WIDE ARCHES SPANNING
OVER 50m
EXTERIOR SURFACE
DECORATED IN
COLOURED BROKEN TILES
MATERIALS USED :
CONCRETE, CLAD IN BASALT ,
VOLCANIC STONE

MILWAUNKEE ART MUSEUM


ESTABLISHED IN 1918
AN ADDITION WAS ADDED TO THE
MILWAUKEE ART CENTER IN 1975
CALATRAVAS RESPONSE WAS TO
DESIGN A GLOWING LANTERN ON
THE DOWNTOWN LAKEFRONT . HE
EXECUTED THIS CONCEPT
THROUGH A PAVILION FEATURING A
VAST,GLASS-ENCLOSED
RECEPTION HALL
WITH A TRANSPARENT, BOAT-LIKE
PROW , FACING THE LAKE AND A
HUGE, WING-LIKE SUNSCREEN
THE FIVE-LEVEL MILWAUKEE ART
MUSEUM, INCLUDING THE FOURLEVEL CALATRAVA ADDITION

STEEL-AND-GLASS QUADRACCI
PAVILION,SERVE AS THE ENTRY
INTO THE EXPANDED MUSEUM,
ERECTED OVER A CONCRETE
RING BEAM

THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF THE MAIN


BUILDING INCLUDE THE PARKING
GARAGE, THE GALLERY SPACE, THE
PAVILION AND THE SOUTH TERRACE
THE STRUCTURAL MATERIAL IS
REINFORCED
CONCRETE ON FOUR LEGS
THE PAVILION MODELED AS A TRUSS
SEVENTEEN SPECIALLY BUILT A-FRAMES
OVAL TABLETOP THAT INCORPORATES AN
OPENING FOR THE ATRIUM

THE MOVABLE BURKE BRISE-SOLEIL


FEATURES TWO LARGE WINGS
EACH COMPOSED OF 36 STEEL
RECTANGULAR TUBE
TWO ROTATING SPINES WILL SUPPORT THE
MOVABLE WINGS OF THE BRISE-SOLEIL,
POSITIONED TO ADMIT OR KEEP OUT
SUNLIGHT

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