Visitors
navigate working materials, original sketchbooks, and works in-progress to
experience the span of Calatrava's career. Videos create the sense of moving in
and through his built works and across bridges.
The Architect's Studio also
explores Calatrava's dynamic process in the milieu of the architect's studio,
including the way its floor is strewn with sketches of figures in motion and
charging bulls.
The
exhibition is organized for the Henry Art Gallery by independent curator
Kirsten Kiser (Editor-in-Chief of arcspace) with Curatorial Coordinator, Jordan
Howland.
The
Santiago Calatrava: The Architect's Studio exhibition catalog is presented as a
sketchbook, of more than 50 color sketches, with an enclosed CD-Rom that
documents 30 projects, including sculptures and furniture, with color photos,
complete texts, and five QuickTime videos.
The many projects presented range
from Calatrava's early 1980s buildings, the Stadelhofen Station in Zürich,
Ernstings Warehouse in Coesfeld-Lette and the Lyon - Satolas TGV Station in
Lyon, to the latest projects, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Tenerife Concert Hall,
the Athens 2004 Olympic Sports Complex, City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia,
the new Path Terminal at the World Trade Center in New York, "Turning
Torso" in Malmø, the tallest apartment building in Europe, and several
extraordinary bridges including the latest design for the Light Rail Train
Bridge in Jerusalem.
