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Santiago Calatrava

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Architect

Santiago Calatrava is a renowned Spanish architect known for his work with steel and glass structures. Born on July 28, 1951, he has designed a series of iconic works that combine functionality and beauty. Some of his most notable projects include the Alamillo Bridge in Seville and the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona.

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“There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique.”

Wanted Wish Unique Uniqueness Exceptional

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your pension.”

Persons Ends Young Ready Projects Pension

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender.”

Needs Building Disappear Statements Height Severe Slender Skylines

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“For me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony.”

Art Important Moving Steps Painting Materials Stress Harmony Environmental Architecture Factors Sculpture Output Environmental Factors

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“The concept of an "architect" is one of the oldest professions in the world. Whereas, some professions, such as a "lawyer", have their roots in Latin, "Archi - tecton" is actually a Greek word, and much older. Just knowing how old the profession is gives me hope that we will still exist for years to come, even if we are changing.”

Ifs World Giving Years Stills Knowing Concepts Roots Give Me Profession Lawyer Greek Latin Architect

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the music director and composer. He cannot play each instrument, but he needs to understand and embody the sense of each part.”

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“The architect holds much knowledge, but is not a specialist. Especially with the computer and technology, the amount of knowledge an architect possesses keeps on growing.”

Technology Growing Amount Computer Architect Specialists

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building.”

Creativity Building Directors Architect Composer

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things.”

Language Technology Vocabulary

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“Technology is constantly changing and brings you automatically into the present. In that way, it automatically makes you build for this time.”

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“Technology is an important element in progress. See, we can always do something better. We can improve water technology, or energy efficiency. There is always progress forward using technology and that's where innovation starts.”

Important Energy Water Technology Progress Elements Innovation Efficiency Something Better Energy Efficiency

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“What each school offers is something unique. But, there are two types of activity an architect must be educated on. First, the architect needs concentrated activities to learn the guidelines, and that is what school is for. But, second, is the public aspect of education. The architect needs to see architecture in the streets to learn.”

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“The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets.”

Needs Eye Streets Lessons His Eyes Architect

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“Later works are better because it takes a lot of time in architecture to mature. And, it takes a lot of discipline to experience everything that is changing around you.”

Discipline Architecture Mature

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“Actually, if you look at the works of the great architects of our time, you can see that their most beautiful works are always their later works - Kahn, Corbusier, even Gehry.”

Ifs Looks Beautiful Our Time Architect

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“I think it is important to be present in the places where you are working. It is not only about doing a project, but following the project through its construction.”

Thinking Important Projects Following Working It Where You Are Construction

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“I love the construction process and it is always important because we try to experiment and do something new, so the builders are not copying any technique from other projects. Everything is innovative and so I need to be there and be attentive to make sure everything is running smoothly.”

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Author:Santiago Calatrava

“Vitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of Architecture were: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas; or firmness, utility, and delight. Firmness meaning well built, solid and resistant; utility meaning useful and functional, and delight meaning beautiful.”

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“As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life.”

Persons Force Acting Building Tenacious

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“The way is not always easy, but in order to bring a work through to completion, you will need a strong character, a broad foundation of knowledge and an enormous force of persuasion.”

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Author:Santiago Calatrava

“These three qualities I recommend to you; tenacity, goodness, and intelligence. They are as valuable today as they were in the time of the ancient Greeks, Romans and during the renaissance. They will help make you good professionals.”

Helping Today Three Quality Goodness Ancient Valuable Greek Tenacity Renaissance Ancient Greek

Author:Santiago Calatrava

“I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.”

Art Architecture Sculpture Frontiers

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“The most touching thing that anyone can say to me is that I have done something beautiful for the community.”

Done Beautiful Community Touching Something Beautiful

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“I am always searching for more light and space.”

Light Space Architecture

Author:Santiago Calatrava

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Born: July 28, 1951
Known for: Architect
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