CALATRAVA IN CALATRAVA IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
CALATRAVACALATRAVA
ININ
CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
Brief Information about Santiago Brief Information about Santiago CalatravaCalatrava
ARTISTARTIST
ARCHITECTARCHITECT
ENGINEERENGINEER
PHILOSOPHYPHILOSOPHY
CREATIVITYCREATIVITY
Montjuic Communication Tower, Barcelona
• NATURAL FORMSNATURAL FORMS
•UNITY OF ART & SCIENCEUNITY OF ART & SCIENCE
SOME OF HIS WORKSSOME OF HIS WORKS
The City of Art and Science in ValenciaThe City of Art and Science in Valencia
Athens Olympic Sports ComplexAthens Olympic Sports Complex
Kinetic structure: Kinetic structure: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee Art Museum
CASE STUDY: TURNING TORSO CASE STUDY: TURNING TORSO ( Malmo, Sweden )( Malmo, Sweden )
General Information:General Information:
Location: Malmo, SwedenLocation: Malmo, Sweden
Height: 190 mHeight: 190 m TThe tallest building in Scandinavia, and he tallest building in Scandinavia, and
Europe's second highest apartment Europe's second highest apartment building, after the 264-metre-high building, after the 264-metre-high Triumph-Palace in Moscow.Triumph-Palace in Moscow.
54 stories54 stories
Insipiration – Where does the Insipiration – Where does the shape come from?shape come from?
• Concept from a man’s body figure
DesignDesign
TThe building is made up of nine cubes that he building is made up of nine cubes that twist towards the city's waterfront twist towards the city's waterfront
A central core passes from the bottom to A central core passes from the bottom to the top of the buildingthe top of the building
Exoskeleton, a steel truss consisting of a Exoskeleton, a steel truss consisting of a spine column and horizontal and diagonal spine column and horizontal and diagonal elements elements
Spine of the BuildingSpine of the Building
Giant pins
Santiago Calatrava did not include the giant white pins around the edge of Turning Torso from the beginning
Construction and MaterialsConstruction and Materials
4,400 tons of concrete reinforcement steel 4,400 tons of concrete reinforcement steel is used in the building. is used in the building.
The thickness of the concrete floors is 270 The thickness of the concrete floors is 270 mm for the construction plus 80 mm for mm for the construction plus 80 mm for installations. installations.
180 kg of reinforcement steel is used per 180 kg of reinforcement steel is used per cubic meter of concrete.cubic meter of concrete.
25,000 cubic meters of concrete have 25,000 cubic meters of concrete have been used.been used.
Apartment InteriorsApartment Interiors
Turning Torso – The Only One of Its KindTurning Torso – The Only One of Its Kind
What is next?What is next?
Chicago SpireChicago Spire
The tallest building in U.SThe tallest building in U.S
Pushes the limits of both Architecture Pushes the limits of both Architecture and Engineeringand Engineering
•Location: Chicago
•Height: 610 m, 150 stories
•Rotation: 360º
Base Plan
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