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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.”

Quote by Santiago Calatrava

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Santiago Calatrava

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. more

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“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.”

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“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.”

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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.”

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“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.”

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“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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“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.”

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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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