Over the last 20 years, Santiago Calatrava has made literally
thousands of drawings and paintings and more than a hundred
sculptures. Many of his drawings show the human body - often in
motion - alone, or in groups, or in an architectural context. Others
show preliminary ideas which lead to constructions, details,
sculptures, and buildings. This book contains a selection of over 200
drawings, water colours and depictions of sculptures, chosen by the
architect and the author because they are particularly well-suited to
showing the significance of his artistic work as the basis for his
architectural designs. A drawing is always the starting point for an
entire laboratory of ideas. Many of the themes and forms which
Calatrava investigates and develops on this level are subsequently
transformed into sculptures and go on to provide the inspiration for
his bridges, railway stations, airports, museums and even dining
tables. This volume analyses how Calatrava's creative ideas ripen and
develop, from the initial drawings, to the sculptures, finally
attaining completion in the realised buildings. At the same time, it
examines the interfaces between the fine arts, engineering and
architecture.
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