Santiago Calatrava Professions : ArchitectBorn : July 28, 1951 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Santiago Calatrava I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art. Santiago Calatrava sculpturearchitectureart The architect is not only the director, but he is the composer. And, as a composer, the architect brings a sense of creativity to each building. Santiago Calatrava buildingcreativitydirectors There was a wish to get something exceptional, ... I also wanted to deliver something technically unique. Santiago Calatrava exceptionaluniquewish The most touching thing that anyone can say to me is that I have done something beautiful for the community. Santiago Calatrava touchingcommunitybeautiful For me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony. Santiago Calatrava stressartmoving I am always searching for more light and space. Santiago Calatrava architecturespacelight As a building is resistant to forces acting upon it, a person must be equally tenacious in life. Santiago Calatrava buildingforceacting The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets. Santiago Calatrava lessonseyeneeds 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. Santiago Calatrava strongcharacterorder You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your pension. Santiago Calatrava projectsendsyoung Technology is an important element in progress. See, we can always do something better. We can improve water technology, or energy efficiency. There is always progress forward using technology and that's where innovation starts. Santiago Calatrava innovationtechnologywater Technology is a vocabulary and a language in which you can say many things. Santiago Calatrava vocabularytechnologylanguage It's very atmospheric. It's not a building that is a severe statement in the skyline. We need the height; otherwise, the building almost disappears because it is so slender. Santiago Calatrava skylinesheightneeds The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the music director and composer. He cannot play each instrument, but he needs to understand and embody the sense of each part. Santiago Calatrava playinterestingneeds 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. Santiago Calatrava essentialsthreebeautiful These three qualities I recommend to you; tenacity, goodness, and intelligence. They are as valuable today as they were in the time of the ancient Greeks, Romans and during the renaissance. They will help make you good professionals. Santiago Calatrava qualitythreegreek Technology is constantly changing and brings you automatically into the present. In that way, it automatically makes you build for this time. Santiago Calatrava technologyway 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. Santiago Calatrava importantrunningtrying 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. Santiago Calatrava disciplinearchitecturemature 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. Santiago Calatrava constructionimportantthinking Similar Authors Ben van Berkel architect Bruno Zevi architect Bruno Freschi architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin architect Arthur Erickson architect Arne Jacobsen architectAll Authors
