年代antiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter whose major interest is the introduction of a new formal vocabulary, composed of forms adapted to our time.
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About his life
年代antiago Calatrava Valls(born July 28, 1951, Benimamet, near Valencia, Spain) is a西班牙建筑师who’s widely known for his sculpturalbridgesandbuildings. Calatrava studied architecture at thePolytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, from which he graduated in 1974. The following year he began a course in structural engineering at the年代wiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)in Zürich, receiving a Ph.D. in technical science (1979) for a thesis entitled “On the Foldability of Frames.
” In 1981 he established his own architecture and engineering firm in Zürich.
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What are the main features of Calatrava’s style?
Known for his daringneo-futurist sculptural buildingsand over 50 bridges worldwide, he is one of the most celebrated and controversial architects working today. Trained as both an architect and structural engineer, Calatrava has been lauded throughout his career for his work that seems to defy physical laws and imbues asense of motioninto still objects.
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The architect has always been fascinated with the structure and anatomy of thehuman body. Shapes such as that of the cube, cone, and sphere have been central motifs both in Calatrava’s drawings and in the design of his early buildings.
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Calatrava has never described himself as a follower of any particular school or movement of architecture. Critics have claimed that a number of influences can be seen in his work.
Calatrava himself observed that he was particularly influenced by the work of engineers such as the SwissRobert Maillart(1872–1940), whose work inspired him to seek simple forms which could create an emotional response.
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Calatrava has also spoken frequently about the connection betweensculptureandarchitecturein his work. He wrote his own university thesis on “The Flexibility of three-dimensional structures,” and described how objects, by moving, could shift from three dimensions to two and even to one. Moving elements which folded and expanded became important parts of almost all of his projects.
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What are his most famous works?
年代ince the start of his career, Calatrava has designed over30 bridges, as well as numeroustrain stationsandairports. He contributed to reshaping Manhattan’s skyline with a proposal for the80 South Street Towerproject, a structure consisting of a stack of 10 cubes offset from one another and held up by a giant scaffold. Recently, he designed the main transportation hub forGround Zero(2008 - 2014)。卡拉特拉瓦也是唯一的建筑师to have his work exhibited at both theMuseum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York.
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info source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Calatrava#Style_and_influences
http://www.thegroundmag.com/santiago-calatrava-an-interview-with/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Santiago-Calatrava
http://www.archdaily.com/531290/spotlight-santiago-calatrava
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