interviews
Meet the architect behind PATH Station, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub
New York-based filmmaker Alexandra Liveris talks about her profile of Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, here shown as a special Nowness cut of the film:
“Santiago Calatrava has designed two of the major projects at Ground Zero, a site of massive redevelopment that is changing the way we are interacting with Downtown New York. It became apparent to me that the importance of Calatrava’s designs is not yet fully absorbed into the collective consciousness of the city, but will come to define an important part of our environment and history.
“IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF CALATRAVA’S DESIGNS IS NOT YET FULLY ABSORBED INTO THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE CITY”
Earlier this year we had the chance to interview Spanish-born architect Santiago Calatrava in his New York apartment. Trained first as a structural engineer, he has designed and completed over 50 projects, which include bridges, transportation hubs, theaters and even a skyscraper. Calatrava has built a career through public architecture, and thanks to open competitions he has received commissions for mostly large-scale, cultural and transport projects. Many cities around the world—from Europe to the US and Asia and beyond—can proudly lay claim to the structurally dramatic projects that Calatrava has dreamed up.
His architectural explorations fuse engineering and art, and result in impressive structures that are honest in revealing the forces at play. In this respect, he is a pioneer; when working on his earliest projects, he didn’t have access to software and tools that are ubiquitous today.
We asked him about his definition of architecture, his high-profile commission for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, and the challenges he has faced while running his practice. The WTC hub is one of Calatrava's most-anticipated projects in New York; though its inherent complexity has resulted in a long construction period, he has created a project rich in not only form, but also in spatial quality.
Some of Calatrava's projects use an almost modern-day gothic vocabulary—where big spans, vaults and thin lines define large spaces. Other works, such the St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York, mobilize larger masses and big, stacked walls.
Santiago Calatrava explains how became an architect and gives insight into his designs, including the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Thursday 12th November 2015. Chicago, IL. Santiago Calatrava, Founder, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2015 CTBUH Tall Building 10 Year Award Winner, Turning Torso, Malmö, during the 2015 CTBUH Awards Symposium at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
La giornalista del Tg1 Barbara Carfagna intervista il grandissimo architetto Santiago Calatrava a Dixit su Rai Storia il 28 marzo 2013
Lezioni Borrominiane: Santiago Calatrava. Politica e Teologia nell’Architettura martedì 9 ottobre 2018
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