Santiago Calatrava Biography

Santiago Calatrava studied civil engineering after receiving a degree in architecture because he was fascinated by the mathematical principles behind old architecture. Calatrava, an engineer by profession, started participating in architectural contests to win assignments. Midway through the 1980s, Calatrava began to engage in significant public construction projects and established offices for his business in Zurich, Paris, and Valencia. Calatrava frequently blurs the distinctions between art and architecture; his structures are sometimes called sculptural, and his sculptures and paintings resemble architectural designs. Buildings by Calatrava are renowned for their fluid curves. He employs steel concrete and innovative computer modeling techniques to create compositions that look both natural and technically impossible. If the mantra of modern architecture was "form follows function," Calatrava's postmodern constructions flip this hypothesis on its head. His artwork resembles idealized natural phenomena like waves, wings, or skeletons exposed to the sun and rows of white concrete ribs bent into twisted parabolic arches. However, these dramatic curves' actual function is usually more ornamental than structural.

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