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Santiago Calatrava Valls: The 190 Meter Tall Concrete and Steel Tower Turns 90 Degrees From Bottom To Top

Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish architect, engineer, and sculptor known for designing structures that bridge engineering and architecture. Some of his most notable projects include the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden. Calatrava draws from nature and the human body in his designs, which some critics argue can impose themselves arrogantly on a landscape.

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Santiago Calatrava Valls: The 190 Meter Tall Concrete and Steel Tower Turns 90 Degrees From Bottom To Top

Santiago Calatrava is a Spanish architect, engineer, and sculptor known for designing structures that bridge engineering and architecture. Some of his most notable projects include the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden. Calatrava draws from nature and the human body in his designs, which some critics argue can impose themselves arrogantly on a landscape.

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SANTIAGO CALATRAVA the implied impact to the

VALLS appearance of the bridge


 Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande (Venice,
PROFILE Italy) 1996-08
 has many steps embedded in its
 Born:
 28 July 1951 (age 60) relatively steep pavement
 Benimàmet, Valencia, Spain  does not have a ramp late
 Nationality:  adjustments included a decision
 Spanish to add glass steps, caused
 Education: disabled associations to complain
 Polytechnic University of Valencia over the lack of access
 Swiss Federal Institute of
 Peace Bridge (Calgary, Canada) 2011
Technology
 Work:  has been delayed due to faulty
 Engineering Discipline, Structural welding
engineer, Architect, Sculptor PROJECTS
 Institution memberships:  Museum of Tomorrow. RIO DE JANEIRO,
 Institution of Structural Engineer BRAZIL
 Practice name: The two-story museum features a
 Santiago Calatrava cantilevered roof and facade with
DESIGN APPROACH moving elements that extends
 bridging the division between structural
almost to the full length of the pier,
engineering and Architecture
emphasizing the extension into the bay,
 very personal and derives from
while minimizing the building’s width.
numerous studies of the human body
 Turning Torso. MALMÖ, SWEDEN
and the natural world.
The 190 meter tall concrete and steel
 designs with a maritime sensitivity that,
tower turns 90 degrees from bottom to
at times can soothe the surrounding
top.
landscape, or crucify it consistently
 Tor Vergata University (Roma II)
 create a disturbing paradox, as there
ROME, ITALY
seems to be a low tremor of insecurity master plan for the campus, conceived with
that runs through the veins of his work conscious reference to the Circus Maximus, is
 Much of his work leans towards design designed as a long promenade, bordered along
arrogance that seeks to forcibly its entire length by a double row of cypresses
establish legacy  Tenerife Concert Hall
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN
"…The professions of architecture and -characterized by the dramatic sweep of
engineering are linked together by the art of its roof
construction" he continues, "…The goal of -To fine tune the acoustics, the wood
putting a bridging landscape, or putting a paneling of the interior takes on a
cathedral in the middle of a city is the same crystalline form
thing." - Santiago Calatrava  City of Arts and Sciences.
VALENCIA, SPAIN
CRITICISM a large-scale urban recreation
center for culture and science
 - Sondica Airport (Bilbao, Spain) 1990-
which also incorporates
2000
L’Oceanogràfic, an underwater city
 the airport lacks facilities designed by the late Felix Candela.
 the bridge's glass tiles are prone  The Milwaukee Art Museum
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
to break and get slippery under
incorporates multiple elements inspired by the
the local weather, which urged
Museum's lakefront location
the local administration to add
DOMINGO, ALYSSA JOY E.
anti-slip bands to its floor, with

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