Santiago Calatrava-Poetics /anglais

by Tzonis

Santiago Calatrava offers in his numerous buildings, engineering projects, sculptures and furniture designs, a cultural vision that unifies art, science and technology. This work presents the Spanish architect's oeuvre and ideas in the context of contemporary architecture and society. His demanding technical projects are shown to spark off highly abstract sculptural essays, which in turn serve as a research laboratory for the development of innovative engineering. After tracing the roots of Calatrava's design in Spanish traditions and 20th-century intellectual struggles, the author focuses on the development of major infrastructure projects and urban complexes where pragmatic efficiency and technical rationality are combined with engineering and aesthetics. The book discusses approximately 25 projects, including his most recent work, fully documented with photographs, drawings and sketches. Calatrava's work can be interpreted as a paradigm for contemporary this book shows that to achieve more integrated cities and landscapes, current boundaries between art, architecture and engineering must be blurred.

Genres: Architecture

Paperback

First published November 20, 1999

Reviews

[Sally Jamal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buildings, engineering works, sculptures, and furniture by Santiago Calatrava demonstrate the genius of one of the greatest, most prolific designers of our time, and, furthermore, reveal him to be one of the very few designers in any field who can be called a universal designer.

[Fontype · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pernah tau dinding yang bisa melambai seperti sayap?. Nih dia orangnya, Santiago Calatrava, disebut-sebut Da Vinci nya arsitek modern

[Windry · Rating 3 out of 5]

kumpulan karya calatrava seperti pameran fosil dalam museum purbakala :D