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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