Spain rich in architectural talent. Moreover, a new generation of masters replaces their worthy predecessors and comes up with projects that fascinate the whole world. In the 21st century, Santiago Calatrava, a Valencian who has received recognition not only in his homeland, surprises everyone with his works. Constructions based on his designs adorn both hemispheres of our planet.
However, the architect did not deprive his hometown of attention. In Valencia, he built the largest complex, including several objects that seemed to come to us from outer space.
The architectural ensemble can safely be called the City of the Future, but, based on the complex program of the complex, they found another proper name for it - the City of Arts and Sciences. I have already talked about this complex of fantastic objects in every detail. When they were built and what the purpose of each is, you can find out by using.
This post concerns the work of Santiago Calatrava and the expressive features of his architectural works.
The photo shows a science museum. The architect designed an openwork building in which the walls are made of metal supports, spikes and glass. Looking at the extended side, you can imagine the skeleton of a huge animal. But if you look at the transverse facade - as in the photo - you first notice the dynamism of the composition. It seems that the object, having half opened, suddenly froze.
Another alien ship is already at the start. Just look, now all the components will close tightly, the structure will turn into a smooth ball and rise into the air.
This is a palace of arts. From this angle, it looks massive and heavy, which is not surprising given its size. The height of the building can be equated to a 14-15-story building. The palace is the most “multifaceted” object of the complex. If you examine it from the opposite side, it will turn into an attractive fish.
The author, realizing the flight of his unbridled imagination, provides cities with attractions of a new generation. Among professionals, a definition of the style of Santiago Calatrava’s futuristic projects has appeared - his individual style is called bio-tech.
Works of Santiago Calatrava in other cities
Calatrava created many projects for European countries. But since we are talking about Spain, some of the architect’s works can be seen in Barcelona. The most interesting object is the telecommunications tower of the Olympic complex, built for the 1992 Olympics.
The height of this charming structure will surprise you - 136 meters. And if we “measure” the floors of an ordinary residential building, then we have a candle of approximately 34 floors! But for the author, this is simply an artistic embodiment of an athlete’s hand holding a torch.
The tower will be the first object that greets your arrival in Barcelona when you drive from El Prat airport into the city. This large needle looms on a pedestal, contrasting with its snow-whiteness on the reddish slope of the mountain.
The tower will flash its belt throughout Barcelona, but in a completely different appearance.
Pay attention as you drive along Montjuic's high roads past the Olympic Ring. But to see in full height original television tower, you need to get off the bus and visit the sports complex.
Bridges of Santiago Calatrava
The architect seems to be partial to images such as needle and strings. In various configurations and combinations, these structural components find their place in bridges, of which S. Calatrava has already invented dozens.
The architect's bridges look like huge strings musical instruments. The most accessible of them for inspection is located in the same scientific and cultural City of Valencia. Like a huge harp, the bridge boom rises above the entire complex, holding the long load-bearing part without supports with metal strings.
The original design is similar to the so-called Woman's Bridge, built according to Calatrava's design in the capital of Argentina, and to the bridge from the same author in Seville. Maybe one of us will be lucky enough to visit Argentina one day?.. In such a fortunate case, we will see a seemingly simple, but at the same time, technically complex project dedicated to a woman.
I borrowed a photo from the Internet. And perhaps in this image the strings that are used in the construction of this bridge are not clearly visible, but they are there and completely fill the acute angle formed by the arrow and the main plane.
The bridge is pedestrian and can rotate around a massive “leg” to clear the way for ships. The purpose of the network of metal strings is precisely to hold the long rotating fragment. But this is a description from the technical side. What is the idea behind the creation of the project! Calatrava was inspired by the image of a couple dancing Argentine tango!
I wonder what the name is connected with?.. It turns out that in the surrounding areas of the city there are several streets named after the heroines of the country. And the bridge emphasized their importance.
You will be surprised, but now I will invite you to look under the bridge. Fortunately, this is easy to do in the same City of Arts and Sciences. Usually, this is not a place that is interesting to the audience. But not with regard to designer bridges. Everything in the Valencian complex is wonderful here too.
Large arched bridge structures combine well with the arches of other structures. A pedestrian road has been created under the bridge between the two reservoirs and benches have been installed. Just ideal conditions to hide from the sun on a hot day and quietly enjoy the excellent views.
Santiago Calatrava is at the peak of his creative activity. He creates projects commissioned by many countries. I would like to see the unique train stations of Lisbon and the Belgian city of Liege, the creations of the architect in Switzerland and France, Italy and Germany... The name of the master has long been known not only to specialists, but also to people far from creating projects. If travelers are attracted to Barcelona, then the architecture of the future from Calatrava beckons to Valencia.
The avant-garde master is only a little over 65 years old, which means that his bold ideas will many times be embodied in such amazing aerial projects in various parts of the globe.
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The architect himself defines his style as “bringing a difference between design and architecture.” In his projects, he says, he continues the traditions of Spanish modernist engineering by Antonio Gaudi, Felix Candela and Rafael Guastavino, interspersed with a personal style that is based on a long study of the human body and the surrounding nature. Architectural critics usually agree that Calatrava continues the traditions of Eero Saarinen's expressionism.
Santiago Calatrava was born on July 28, 1951 in Benimamet, a small village near Valencia in Spain. He received his primary education in Valencia, formerly a prosperous royal city. Founded by the Greeks, it was conquered by the Romans, Arabs, Moors and Goths, and was home to a wealthy Jewish settlement in the 13th century. Despite its royal past, the city was involved in numerous republican uprisings in the 19th and 20th centuries. Then Valencia turned into the center of an agricultural region, but the rich past of the city could not but be reflected in its architecture. The historical center of the city, in particular the complex of buildings of Lonja de la Seda, where little Santiago was taken for a walk, especially amazed him. He later said in an interview that it was the effect of Lonja's majestic tree-like columns that influenced his understanding of "anti-gravity space."
Calatrava's passion for design began early when, at the age of 8, he was sent to the Valencian art school to study drawing. When he was 13, his mother, in order to broaden her son's horizons, arranged for Santiago to go on an exchange trip to Paris so that he could learn French and become acquainted with great masterpieces of art. 4 years later she sent him to Zurich, this time to study German. Santiago returned to Paris after finishing school in 1968 with the intention of enrolling at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and found himself at the center of the student uprisings that engulfed the city. In order not to waste time, Calatrava returned to Valencia to enroll in the School of Arts and Crafts, but, nevertheless, the “spirit of creation” of May 1968 influenced his worldview. He studied at school only until the end of the year. At that moment, he realized that he wanted to study architecture. The laconic, direct statement he sent to the Valencia Higher School of Architecture said:
Reasons why I want to study architecture:
I like drawing.
I've always liked art.
I think I have the potential to learn and develop this profession.
I have high career expectations and expect that through work and persistence I will fill the educational gaps that currently exist.
I also think that this is where I can best benefit society and I am confident that I can exercise my abilities in this field with enthusiasm and love.
Calatrava entered the Valencia High School of Architecture in 1969, ironically, just as the echoes of the student uprisings in Paris reached Valencia. Across Europe and the United States, students have begun to actively promote “alternative” types of education. This also affected the architectural school. On the one hand, the situation upset Calatrava, who wanted to gain thorough knowledge in the necessary disciplines. On the other hand, he agreed that the limitation in creativity and the emphasis on studying only the main tendencies that were dominant at that time, which was inherent in classical education, would greatly hinder its development. The prospect of self-education suited his independent nature. Calatrava eagerly developed a course with other students that would include visiting and studying Iberian folk buildings, contrasted modern buildings. For Spanish students and young architects, studying this architecture, which does not belong to the generally recognized monuments, was something of a challenge. For Calatrava, exposure to the freshness, directness, and functionality of these buildings further strengthened his view that serious learning involved self-analysis and setting one's own goals, rather than passively receiving and assimilating accumulated information. Following the goal of self-education, he planned a trip to Ronchamp, France, to the building of the Notre-Dame-du-Haut chapel, built by Le Corbusier. The famous building in those years was considered out of the ordinary, but Calatrava was completely delighted with what he saw. He also liked other works of Le Corbusier.
In his sketches, he tried to combine the indescribable, shapeless appearance of the Ronchamp Chapel and Spanish rural architecture. But simple sketches could not convey the full innovativeness of the projects. And then descriptive geometry came to the aid of Calatrava. Santiago also decided to study it on his own, drawing geometrically constructed perspectives of two buildings. Of course, descriptive geometry could not reveal all the “secrets” of the organization of Ronchamp’s space, but in the course of attempts, the architect learned to convey explosive, emotional images through rational science and became confident in the power of analytical tools. To improve his skills in this field, in 1974 Calatrava went to Zurich to continue his studies there at the Zurich Institute of Technology in the department of civil engineering. Having completed his studies in 1979, Calatrava began working as an assistant in an engineering company and at the same time writing scientific work. For some time, his thoughts were occupied only with mathematical calculations and the strict pragmatics of numbers. In 1981, he defended his dissertation while also working as a teacher. That same year he opened his first studio in Zurich. Then Calatrava chose this city as his permanent place residence.
In 1983, Calatrava received his first serious order: designing a railway station in the suburbs of Zurich. Over the course of several years, he designed several railway stations. In 1986, the 9 October Bridge in Valencia appeared, which marked the beginning of a whole series of bridge projects around the world.
One of the key points on the path to world fame was the communications tower on Montjuïc in Barcelona, which appeared on the eve of the 1992 Olympics, as well as the Allen Robert Gallery in Toronto.
During his undoubtedly successful and fruitful work, Santiago Calatrava was awarded dozens of different awards, and he was recognized as an honorary doctor of science by about 12 universities around the world.
Spanish modern architect and sculptor Santiago Calatrava Valls famous throughout the world for his bold and unusual works. Calatrava also went down in history as a bridge designer. Santiago's style is called "bio-tech".
Santiago Calatrava was born in 1951 in Valencia, the third most populous city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona. The land of fantastic beauty did not leave the boy indifferent. Santiago's father also instilled in his son a love of art, taking him to the Prado Museum and encouraging his passion for drawing. At the age of eight, Santiago was already studying at the art school of Valencia and depicting - not surprisingly! - various of its sights on large Whatman paper.
In 1973, Calatrava graduated Politechnical University Valencia and went to Switzerland to study engineering. There he devoted four years to studying at the Zurich University of Technology and in 1981 received a doctorate in technical sciences. That same year he opened his workshop in Zurich, and eight years later in Paris.
Having received such a fundamental education, Calatrava could safely begin to transform his hometown. Already in 1986, he began designing the “9 October” reinforced concrete bridge for cars in Valencia, an order for which came from the city authorities. The purpose of the construction was to relieve congestion on the highway. And the main move that the architect came up with to make the bridge look easy and organic was the separation of its two parts. For this work, Santiago received an award from the International Union of Architects. And already in 1991 he was able to open his own office in his homeland.
The career of a promising architect developed rapidly: already in 1992, he was involved in the preparation of Barcelona for the Summer Olympic Games. Santiago Calatrava was building a telecommunications tower to broadcast games on television. Its construction took three years.
The tower is 136 meters high and is located on Montjuic mountain. But this is not just an ordinary technical “boring” tower, of which there are thousands. Santiago came up with two unusual solutions: firstly, visually the tower looks like an athlete with a torch, and secondly, the cleverly designed spire serves as a real hand on the dial at the base of the tower, by which you can tell the time. There's more sliding door similar to an eye. This building has become a symbol Olympic Games 1992 and Barcelona.
In 1994, Santiago Calatrava began improving the Milwaukee Art Museum, a city in the northern United States, and the port of Lake Michigan.
The project was completed by 2001. The architect erected a new Quadracci pavilion for temporary exhibitions, which has a spacious lecture hall and a restaurant with a gorgeous panorama of Michigan. Particularly fascinating to viewers is the large canopy, which is designed to regulate lighting and was supposed to be lowered only in the evening. But based on requests from viewers, the roof now “works” on schedule, allowing everyone to enjoy the architect’s unique invention.
In 1996, Calatrava transformed his hometown of Valencia with a new architectural masterpiece. It became the Palace of Arts named after Queen Sofia. Externally, the building resembles a shell, but in fact it is made of concrete.
The building belongs to the large-scale project “City of Arts and Science” - a complex of five buildings on the river bank, which is considered one of the best modern projects. The complex includes an opera house, a gallery with a garden, a science museum that highly recommends touching and operating the exhibits, Europe's largest open-air aquarium in the shape of a water lily, a cinema, a planetarium and a laser theater. It is interesting that the place chosen for construction was considered a very disadvantaged area of the city, and now it is called a park of wonders. In night light, all these buildings of different biological shapes resemble animal skeletons. “City of Sciences” is one of the important attractions of Barcelona, its area is 350,000 square meters, and the cost of construction is 900 million euros. It is worth noting that Calatrava built “The City” together with his colleague Felix Candele.
“The goal of my buildings is to make cities unique and enrich human experience”, said Santiago Calatrava.
Many reproach the author for waste of public funds, because his projects often exceed the stated amount. Also, the architect often makes mistakes that cost the state treasury dearly. But still, it was thanks to him that the world acquired amazing architectural chic and modern look. One of the master’s latest completed projects is Railroad station in New York, which took 12 years to build and resembles the wingspan of a bird. This project was also much criticized for being uneconomical, called “the most expensive TPU project in the world” and “a soaring symbol of wastefulness.” And it is no coincidence, because its final cost turned out to be exactly twice as high as stated. But this white dove is a real masterpiece, although it does not quite correspond to the architect’s original design.
From the latest news it is known that Santiago Calatrava has started a new project. This time it is a mixed-use complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in London. The work will be the master’s “premiere” in the UK.
Meta description: Spanish modern architect Santiago Calatrava builds bridges and buildings in the bio-tech style.
While I was looking on the Internet for some photos in addition to my own
for the story about the Milwaukee "Sunny Breeze" I read a lot
interesting things about Santiago Calatrava, the architect who
designed.
And since Calatrava’s brainchild made a great impression
at all, I want to show you his other works, no less
interesting and unique.
Santiago Calatrava is probably the most famous Spanish
architect after the great Antonio Gaudi.
The basis of his futuristic works is most often seen as borrowing
formation of natural forms and processes, therefore creativity
The Calatravas are usually considered to be among the emerging architectural
tour style "bio-tech".
Santiago was born in 1951 in Valencia (Spain).
Studied at the Higher School of Architecture. Then, in 1975,
entered the architectural faculty of the Federal Institute
technology in Zurich (Switzerland), from where he graduated with a diploma
engineer's mom. Thus, Calatrava received two images:
knowledge: engineer and architect, which helped him in his creativity.
And besides this, Santiago is a sculptor.
In 1981, the year of his thirtieth birthday, Santiago Calatrava
opened a workshop in which he worked as an architect
and an engineer.
The Spaniard drew inspiration for his creativity from the works of the famous
French architect Le Corbusier, creator of architecture
international style. In 1989 the architect opened a branch
his workshop in Paris.
The secret of Santiago Calatrava's success is universalism.
Being an engineer and architect rolled into one, he is capable of
develop seemingly fantastic designs, and
plastic studies bring forms to perfection.
The early period of Calatrava's work was devoted mainly to
train stations and bridges.
His first project was a hangar at the Jakem plant in Switzerland.
Over the next thirty years, the talented architect more than once
surprised the world with his fantastic projects.
Here are the most famous of them.
The most famous creation of his early work is
Alamillo Bridge in Seville.
The turning point in Santiago's career was his telecom
communications tower Montjuïc in Barcelona, designed to be
the heart of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Having seen what the Spanish architect “does” with an ordinary television
tower, many countries wanted to see the creations of this
definitely a talented person with a completely new look
to conventional designs.
In 1997, in another Spanish city - Bilbao - there was
the new pedestrian White Bridge Subisuri, or as it’s called, has been completed
also called Campo Volantin, built according to the project already
world-famous architect.
In 1998, in the Puerto Madero area of Buenos Aires, Argentina
an amazing pedestrian Bridge of Women appeared, which is
in fact, the first and so far only work of the Spanish architect
In South America.
In 2001, an amazing piece appeared at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Quadracci Pavilion, which became the first creation of Santiago
Calatravas in the USA.
In 2003, a small,
but this does not make James Joyce's bridge any less spectacular.
The Irish liked Calatrava's work so much that they
it was decided to order another bridge for him.
Thus, in 2009, a little downstream of the Liffey River appeared
Samuel Beckett Bridge, completely different in design and purpose
purpose.
And also in 2003, the construction of the Concert Hall was completed
Sala Tenerife, which Santiago Calatrava worked on for 6 years.
In 2004, Santiago distinguished himself in California (USA), having built
Turtle Bay Bridge, which is also
The world's largest sundial!
That's what he called it - Sundial Bridge. White arrow of the Sandial Bridge
stretches across the Sacramento River. Those who are familiar with creativity
The Clatraves probably recognized the architect from the very first photograph.
A little more about this bridge.
The Sundial Bridge is designed exclusively for pedestrians.
foot and bicycle traffic to the southern part of Turtle Bay,
where there is a whole park complex with an arboretum and gardens
and museums.
The only support of the Sandial Bridge is directed due north, and
The bridge itself is recognized as the largest sundial in the world
(although the Taipei sundial is larger - cast by the gnomon
Californian bridge onto the adjacent park area in the shadow
much longer). The tip of the shadow moves about a third
meters every minute, so its movement can even be seen
naked eye. The final cost of the project was
$23.5 million.
The Sundial Bridge was built on the same principle as the others.
Calatrava's projects - Alamillo Bridge in Spanish Seville and Bridge
Women in Buenos Aires are the only support of the bridge under 42-
degree tilt supports the 213-degree bridge through
tensioned cables.
The floor of the bridge is made of clear glass brought from Quebec,
which is illuminated at night and takes on an aquamarine hue.
In cloudy weather, when there is no sun and the clock “does not work”, support
the bridge can even merge with the sky, thanks to the traditional
Calatravas are white in color.
In 2005, Calatrava completed construction of his first
skyscraper -Turning Torso in the Swedish port town of Malmo -
which delighted the public with its “twisted” shape.
The design of the Swedish skyscraper was based on sculpture.
In 2008, the entrance to Jerusalem was decorated with the new Calatrava Bridge, immediately
nicknamed the Harp of David for its shape and immediately
which became one of the symbols of this ancient city.
In 2009, Santiago Calatrava presented his kinetic
composition at the Israel Institute of Technology.
The most significant work of an architect mixing biotech,
avant-garde and expressionism, considered the "City of Arts and Sciences"
in Valencia - an architectural complex of five buildings on
dried bottom of the Turia River.
It includes an opera, a planetarium, a gallery, a science museum, in which
Schoolchildren are required to touch all exhibits with their hands, and the oceanographic
outdoor park.
The last completed creation of the Spanish architect was
the new building of the Liege-Guillemin station in Belgium, striking in its lightness
their forms, even the most inveterate critics of our time.
Calatrava is currently designing the future station - Center
World Trade Center Transportation - Restored
World Trade Center in New York.
And now, due to the crisis, construction has been suspended.
the quality of an object that was supposed to become a pearl of creativity
Spaniard - skyscraper Chicago Spire Drill, becoming
what would be the most amazing and beautiful building of the "sky city"
scrapers".
And here's what the tower would look like from below...
In addition to the above projects, Santiago Calatrava
built the Brookfield Place office complex in Toronto, Canada;
erected the Kuwait pavilion at the World Expo in Seville 1992
of the year; was involved in the development of the station and remodeling of the university
City Library in Zurich, Switzerland;
restored in 1992-1995 the central span of the Berlin
Oberbaumbrücke bridge; designed one of the Lisbon stations
metro in 1998; opened the 21st century with the construction of a new
Bilbao airport terminal in Spain;
rebuilt the Olympic Sports Complex in Athens in 2004
for the Olympics.
Each of his creations was different in some way from the previous ones, in each
had its own zest, and it was far from full list his genius
projects.
According to the artist, his source of inspiration is
only man and nature. Therefore, all its engineering structures
embody the idea of anti-constructivism - in proportion to
respect the human body and do not try with their size and
scale to suppress the personality, causing, on the contrary, a feeling
harmony and unity with nature.
Last year the Hermitage of St. Petersburg hosted
Exhibition "In Search of Movement" by Santiago Calatrava.
The exhibition featured about 150 architectural
layouts and projects, some of which came to life
after pressing a button, as well as sculpture and drawings.
When at the opening of the exhibition the architect was asked: would there be
he's working on one of his new science fiction projects
in St. Petersburg, Calatrava said he would be afraid to invade
own architecture in a space balanced by centuries
St. Petersburg. The only thing he can do is with pleasure
We would like to leave several exhibits in the
gift to the Hermitage.
Apparition on the lake
28.08.14 17:35
Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland will open its doors to its first students in September. The main and so far only building of the new campus educational institution, founded only in the spring of 2012, the Center for Science, Innovation and Technology was designed by Santiago Calatrava. The construction of the legendary Spanish architect and engineer can itself serve as an excellent practical tool for future students.
The entire campus covers an area of almost 70 hectares. The total area of the main building is 18,580 sq.m. Construction cost $60 million. The materials are simple and straightforward - aluminum, concrete and glass. From these dry “initials” a surprisingly subtle and romantic project is born, simultaneously masterfully and pragmatically calculated.
The building has elongated shape, resembling a ship on air cushion, especially since it is located literally on the water, in the northern part of the lake. The landscape of the future campus, interspersed with paths and bridges, is formed around the latter. In this case, the artificial reservoir becomes both a collector for storm drainage and a source of moisture for the surrounding park. But so far only one of the planned buildings has been realized - a light, as if illuminated, futuristic volume is undoubtedly the main “landmark”, because spectacular, carefully thought out views of it open even from the nearby highway.
Photo by Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava
Inside two-story building All the necessary infrastructure is located. The ground floor houses classrooms, research laboratories, various communication spaces, work areas and an amphitheater for open lectures and special events. The center of the second floor was a large public space directly under the roof arch, which was called “Commons”. It is surrounded by meeting and administrative premises.
Photo by Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava
From above, the building is covered, like a cobweb, with a rather thin aluminum “pergola”. The solution not only adds dynamics and introduces a moment of play, but also helps protect the interiors from direct sunlight. And above the central vault there are two rows of giant aluminum slats, 46 in each. They are movable and controlled using hydraulic drives, following the position of the sun. The building either “bristles” like some kind of fantastic prehistoric creature, or peacefully “retracts” the spike plates. And again the solution is quite practical: firstly, it makes it possible to regulate the level natural light in a central public space, and secondly, solar panels can be installed on the slats to save electricity consumption.
Photo by Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava
Photo by Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava
Photo by Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava
Photo by Alan Karchmer for Santiago Calatrava
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Wings and strings
03.07.12 16:59
From June 27 to September 30, the State Hermitage Museum hosts a monographic exhibition of Santiago Calatrava.
Valencian Santiago Calatrava's bridges of a new typology brought him worldwide fame in the 1990s. By now in different countries He built more than thirty of them around the world, and each one is a miracle of technology. The Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin is capable of turning 90 degrees on its single support, opening the way for ships passing along the river. The String Bridge in Jerusalem is the longest (360 meters) transport cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Bridge of the Constitution, with glass railings and a large radius of curvature, is the only modernist bridge that, although not without problems, managed to “register” on the Venetian Grand Canal.
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Samuel Beckett Bridge. Dublin, Ireland. 1998-2009
At the exhibition “Santiago Calatrava. In Search of Movement,” which opened in the Hermitage, you can see the famous bridges and many other creations of the master. He studied to be an artist, architect, engineer and does not share these specialties, considering architecture to be high art. The versatility of nature is reflected in 150 exhibits exhibited in the Nikolaevsky Hall of the palace. These are models and photographs of structures, mobile sculptures, graphics and paintings, as well as ceramics and scenography.
Photo by Oksana Milashkina
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Photo by Kirill Ikonnikov
From work to work, the viewer has the opportunity to trace the master’s “fixed idea” - his persistent desire to comprehend and transfer it into his work design principles nature. Calatrava draws the “skeletons” of his buildings, imitating the structure of fish, birds, and palm leaves. Organic structures, in his opinion, are so perfect that they should be left in sight. And at the same time he tries to set the architectural mass in motion. Sometimes it is only a visual effect, built on flying silhouettes and the dynamics of lines. This is how the skyscraper in Malmö, nicknamed “The Twisted Torso,” is “screwed” into the sky like a spiral.
Photo by Oksana Milashkina
Photo by Kirill Ikonnikov
But in some cases there is a special mechanism that makes architectural elements actually move. For example, the Milwaukee Art Museum has “wings” that open and fold. The exhibition features a model of the Church of the Blessed Jupinero Serra in Los Angeles, for which Calatrava designed a roof that opens and closes according to a similar principle. You can also see other models that clearly demonstrate the “mobility” of structures.
Photo by Kirill Ikonnikov
Photo by Oksana Milashkina
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Photo by Kirill Ikonnikov
At the opening of the exhibition, the director of the Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky, mentioned that this format is unusual for these walls. The Nicholas Hall, however, also hosted much more radical modernity. It was here that the Newspeak exhibition took place in 2009 - as part of the Hermitage 20/21 program, London gallery owner Charles Saatchi presented the work of young British artists. Compared to their works, Calatrava's works are, one might say, classics.
Photo by Oksana Milashkina
In addition, architectural exhibitions can become a tradition for the Hermitage. The museum is planning a series of educational projects dedicated to modern architecture, and after Calatrava, Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas are expected to visit with personal exhibitions. The main Russian treasury of world art continues to build bridges from the past to the present and future. In this context, the exhibition of the master, famous for the most incredible bridges, is logical and symbolic at the same time.
Exhibition page on the Hermitage website: www.hermitagemuseum.org
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Constitution Bridge Venice, Italy. 1996-2008
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Alamillo Bridge. Seville, Spain. 1987-1992
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Kuwait pavilion at Expo 1992. Seville, Spain
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Saint-Exupéry Airport railway station
Lyon, France. 1989-1994
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World Trade Center transportation hub
New York, USA. Since 2003
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Sailor. 1995
Ebony, stainless steel
Santiago Calatrava LLC, 2012
Transformation: yellow. 2009. Aluminum
Santiago Calatrava. Born in 1951 in Valencia. He left the local art school to study at the Higher Technical School of Architecture. Then he continued his education at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, where he received a diploma in design engineering. Currently based in New York. There are also branches of the bureau in Valencia and Zurich.
Calatrava's first work in Asia
24.04.12 11:20
Santiago Calatrava presented the concept of a complex of buildings for Yuan Jie University in Taiwan.
Data about the project is extremely scarce. It is known that the complex includes three buildings that will house the Performing Arts Center, the School of Art and Design, and the University Campus Memorial Hall. The architectural prototype of the group of buildings was a traditional Chinese castle surrounded by water. It’s easy to guess this, just look at the bionic curved roof of the Center and the cantilever projection from the side of the main facade. It is obvious that Calatrava drew inspiration from the best examples of culture and art of the Middle Kingdom and Taiwan. The frame of the volume that will house the design school consists of rhythmically arranged steel ribs. Most of the Performing Arts Center's interior space will be occupied by a 1,200-seat concert hall and a 500-seat theater for experimental student productions.
Official website of the architectural bureau: calatrava.com
Photo by Santiago Calatrava, LLC
Photo by Santiago Calatrava, LLC
A city called Spain
06.05.11 14:43
The exhibition includes drawings, models, photographs, and videos. The organizers set themselves the task of showing today's architecture in Spain in a variety of aspects: from merging with the historical heritage in big cities to the development of small settlements and the construction of individual objects. Also, through architecture it will be offered to look at the social life of the country. This includes the solution of environmental problems, the development of new territories, and cultural and educational processes. Along with works by Santiago Calatrava, Miguel Navarro, EMBT Bureau, Foreign Office Arquitectors and other eminent Spaniards, the exhibition will introduce the Russian public to the works of little-known but highly regarded professionals in their homeland. More than 80 architects took part in the project.
The general concept of the development was initially developed by specialists from Studio di Ingegneria De Cola di Messina. The area adjacent to the pier was to be transformed into a developed infrastructure, including retail space and a leisure area with a landscaped beach, a hotel, a bar, a restaurant, a sports center and an amphitheater. The main building of the marina will be located on an artificial island, separated from the shore by a 70-meter wide canal. A world-class star, Santiago Calatrava, was invited to design it.
The climate and local color of Salerno reminded the architect of his native Valencia, which he glorified with a whole series of objects, thematically and formally also related to the water element (Museum of Oceanography, City of Science and Arts). According to Calatrava’s plan, the pier building in Italy should be visually weightless and transparent, effectively reflected in the water. From afar, the snow-white volume with a sail-roof looks like the largest yacht among the moored yachts.
The second significant construction of the master is a cable-stayed bridge connecting the building on the island with the shore. It will be a multi-level structure with an overpass and pedestrian promenade galleries.
Official website of the architect: calatrava.com
Official website of the project: marinadarechi.com
