{"id":33584,"date":"2016-04-29T13:46:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T12:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=33584"},"modified":"2016-04-29T13:46:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T12:46:48","slug":"modern-architecture-architect-santiago-calatrava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/modern-architecture-architect-santiago-calatrava\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Architecture by Top Architect Santiago Calatrava"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Modern Architecture by Top Architect Santiago Calatrava<\/em><\/strong> |\u00a0The last name Calatrava<\/em> is a world reference when it comes to architecture and engineering. In his beginnings, the Valencian architect moved to Zurich to achieve the most successful mixture: studying engineering. Calatrava<\/em> chose not to stay just with the architect or engineer title, and start to explore his artistic vein as a painter and sculptor. Perhaps this is why his works are difficult to explain on an aesthetic level, this Spanish top architect is one global reference of the best architecture projects.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m always looking for more light and space.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Artistic vein<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calatrava\u2019s family had suffered during the political upheavals of the 1930\u2019s in Spain, and saw that an international future was the best opportunity for their child. When he was 13, they took advantage of the travel restrictions release -imposed by the dictator Francisco Franco- and sent him to Paris under a student exchange program.<\/p>\n

Later he took classes in Switzerland and also learned German on the way, becoming polyglot with a fluency in seven languages.\u00a0At this point, Calatrava still hoped to become an artist. He made plans to attend to art school in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux -Arts<\/em> (School of Fine Arts) but he arrived in the middle of the student protests, and found classes were canceled. Back in Valencia, he decided to attend the Technical University of Architecture. The artistic soul was always there, inside it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Calatrava\u2019s steps<\/strong><\/p>\n

While studying architecture, Calatrava along with some colleagues, published books of the vernacular architecture of Valencia and Ibiza.<\/p>\n

Also in Zurich, he was an assistant at the Institute for Building Construction, static, aerodynamics and light construction, was his first practice of architecture and engineering. Then life leads him to become a member of several associations of architecture.
\nIn 1988, he participated in the 17th Triennial di Milano and a year later, he began his second internship of architecture and engineering in Paris, France. In early 90s he began his third practice of architecture and engineering in Valencia.\u00a0In 1992 he joined the \u201cRoyal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos\u201d and gets the title of Valencia\u2019s honorary member, later, he received that same title from the University of Seville and the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

The projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Santiago Calatrava, as a real artist, has periods. His first work was focused on railway stations and by then, projects were different, you can clearly see the innovations he achieved along his trajectory. He has created an amazing architecture portfolio!<\/p>\n

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\"Modern Calatrava\u2019s Alamillo Bridge<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 He gained a reputation for his ability to blend advanced engineering solutions with dramatic visual statements, in both bridges and buildings. When Expo \u201992 was going to\u00a0Sevilla, Spain, the city needed to have bridges constructed to allow access to an island that would be used for exhibitions. Calatrava\u2019s Alamillo Bridge<\/em><\/strong>, built for this purpose, instantly received international attention. The dramatic structure\u2019s central feature is a 142 meters pylon that inclines asymmetrically away from the river, supporting a span with more than a dozen pairs of cables. The dramatic image, resembling a harp, transformed bridge engineering into a form of\u00a0sculpture\u00a0that can invigorate its surrounding landscape.<\/p>\n

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\"ModernThe Montjuic communications tower<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 136 meters high, this tower dominate the main group of sporting facilities on the slopes of Montjuic in Barcelona , site of the 1992 Summer Olympics games. This steel tower is located immediately next to the Palau Sant Jordi Arena. The tower became not only the symbolic focus to the Olympic complex but also a landmark for the city.<\/p>\n

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\"ModernQuadracci Pavilion<\/em>\u00a0(2001) Milwaukee Art Museum \u2013 this was Calatrava\u2019s first building in USA<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Santiago went into the high-rise design projects called Turning Torso (2005), located in Malmo, Sweden. Today his projects, continue the tradition of Spanish modern architecture that includes influences of big names as Felix Candela, Antonio Gaudi, and Rafael Guastavino.<\/p>\n

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Her we show you some more pictures of his emblematic projects of architecture building:<\/p>\n

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\"ModernFlorida Polytechnic University Campus<\/strong><\/em> by Santiago Calatrava<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"ModernSharq Crossing (Doha Bay, Qatar) \u2013 <\/i>Calatrava\u2019s largest project so far<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"Modern\"ModernWorld Trade Center Transportation Hub<\/em> by Santiago Calatrava<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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SEE ALSO:\u00a010 DREAMY MODERN INTERIOR DESIGN LIVING ROOMS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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