ARCHITECT

SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
 ABOUT...
Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish
architect, structural design and analyst engineer, sculptor and
painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single
leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and
museums,

whose sculptural forms often resemble living organisms.

His best-known works include the Milwaukee Art Museum, the

Turning Torso tower in Malmo, Sweden, the Margaret Hunt Hill
Bridge in Dallas, Texas, and his largest project, the City of Arts
and Sciences and Opera House, in his birthplace, Valencia.

His architectural firm has offices in New York City,

 ABOUT...
He is known for his spectacular designs, but often criticized for
their lack of practicality ,cost overruns, and poor execution.

He has received 11 doctoral honors throughout his career

He had his primary and secondary schooling in Valencia, and,

beginning in 1957, studied drawing and painting at the School
of Applied Art.

He enrolled in the Higher School of Architecture at the

Polytechnic University of Valencia.

He received his diploma as an architect and then did higher

studies in urbanism
DESIGN CONCEPT
Calatrava is inspired by natural forms in
movement -waves undulating, trees bending
to the wind, flower petals opening.

Especially ,he focuses on the human body.

 DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY
“One draws the human body to understand the
movement ,the gesture. The space, the landscape,
the human landscape, and topology are important for
me.these will inspire or bring the essence to a
project.so,for myself I venerate the human body.”

“To me,there are two overriding principles to be found

in nature which are most appropriate for building; one
is the optimal use of material,the other the capacity of
organisms to change shape,to grow,and to move.”
The City of Arts and Sciences in
Valencia, Spain (1991–2006)
WORKS...
● 1983–84, Jakem Steel Warehouse, Munchwilen, Switzerland
● 1983–85, Ernsting Warehouse, Coesfeld, Germany
● 1983–88, Wohlen High School, Wohlen, Switzerland
● 1983–90, Stadelhofen Railway Station, Zürich, Switzerland
● 1983–89, Hall of Lucerne railway station, Lucerne, Switzerland
● 1984–87, Bac de Roda Bridge, Barcelona, Spain
● 1984–88, Barenmatte Community Center, Suhr, Switzerland,
● 1986–87, Tabourettli Theater, Basel, Switzerland,
● 1987–92, Allen Lambert Galleria (ce), Toronto, Ontarin
Brookfield Plao, Canada,
● 1989–94, TGV Station, Lyon, France
● 1991–95, Alameda Bridge and Metro Station, Valencia,
Spain
● 1992, Puente del Alamillo, Seville, Spain
● 1992, Lusitania Bridge, Mérida, Spain
● 1992, Montjuic Communications Tower at the Olympic Ring,
Barcelona, Spain
● 1992, World's Fair, Kuwaiti Pavilion, Seville, Spain
● 1994, Mimico Creek Bridge, Humber Bay Parks, Toronto,
Ontario
● 1994–1997, Campo Volantin Footbridge, Bilbao, Spain
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, US
ABOUT...
Beginning around 1872, multiple organizations were
founded in order to bring an art gallery to
Milwaukee, as the city was still a growing port town
with little or no facilities to hold major art exhibitions.
Over the span of at least nine years, all attempts to
build a major art gallery had failed. Shortly after that
year, Alexander Mitchell donated all of her collection
into constructing Milwaukee's first permanent art
gallery in the city's history
 TURNING TORSO,Sweden

AERIAL VIEW VIEW AT NIGHT

ABOUT...
Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper in Sweden
and the tallest building in Scandinavia

Turning Torso is based on a sculpture by Calatrava, called

Twisting Torso, which is a white marble piece based on the form of
a twisting human being. It is the first "twisting" tower.

This is a solid immobile building constructed in nine segments of

five-storey pentagons that twist relative to each other as it rises;
the topmost segment is twisted 90 degrees clockwise with respect
to the ground floor. Each floor consists of an irregular pentagonal
shape rotating around the vertical core, which is supported by an
exterior steel framework. The two bottom segments are intended
as office space. Segments three to nine house 147 apartments.
 The unique shapes or the use of materials, all of his buildings have their own
sense of charm and identity to it. Right from his conceptual approach to the
design process, he tend to let his imagination take over the design and moves
away from the conventional approach. His buildings are noting but
conventional. He creates architecture that stands out in the context and makes
you look at the building twice.