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Santiago Calatrava

Calatrava is an architect and structural engineer known for sculptural structural expressionism. Works like the Milwaukee Art Museum with its wing-like brise-soleil and Lyon Airport Station transform engineering into poetic architectural language.

Life span1951 – PresentNationality / Region西班牙StyleHigh-Tech Architecture, Parametric DesignPeriodsContemporaryEducation巴伦西亚理工大学(建筑学),苏黎世联邦理工学院(结构工程博士)
ContemporaryHigh-Tech ArchitectureParametric Design

Ideas

结构即建筑——将工程结构升华为艺术形式
仿生学灵感——从人体骨骼和鸟类翅膀提取结构逻辑
运动建筑——可开合的动态结构赋予建筑生命感

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1852–1926 · 19世纪末/新艺术

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Antoni Gaudí1852 – 1926

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