Calatrava – AN INSPIRATION FOR CONCERT HALL

 

Born 1951 in Valencia,

Spain Architecture School and Arts and Crafts
School, Valencia, Spain

Graduated 1975.

Calatrava - key influences

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Le Corbusier's Chapel Notre Dame du Haut

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia

Anthropomorphic structures - animal / plant skeletal patterns

Oceanarium

Planetarium/IMAX Theater

Tenerife auditorium

Valencia City of Arts and Science

Atlanta Symphony Center

STUDY MODEL OF CONCERT HALL

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The viewer attention is called by the great wing that emerges from the back of the building,Sharpens until  finishes in a point, covering the whole building in its longitudinal direction.

As bridging the division between structural engineering and architecture.To focus the building’s central axis i have provided a skylight in form of bent leaves" of delicate, lattice-like steel.Front wings inspired from movable steel wings in atlanta symphony centre.

SITE PLAN OF CONCERT HALL

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FINAL MODEL OF CONCERT HALL

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN OF CONCERT HALL

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN OF CONCERT HALL

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN OF CONCERT HALL

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BEAM PLAN OF CONCERT HALL

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ELEVATIONS AND MODEL OF CONCERT HALL

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SECTIONAL VIEWS OF CONCERT HALL

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