Alameda Bridge and Underground Station
VRA Core
Title
Alameda Bridge and Underground Station
Puente de la Exposicion
Agent
Santiago Calatrava Valls (Spanish civil engineer, born 1951)
Location
Valencia, Valencia, Spain
39.10713
Date
1991-1995 (creation)
20th century
Style Period
Twentieth century
Cultural Context
Spanish
Worktype
built works
bridges (built works)
Material
painted steel
Technique
construction (assembling)
Measurements
130 m (length, main span) x 26 m (width)
163 m (length, total)
Subject
Architecture and City Planning
architecture
cityscape
engineering and industrial design
manufacturing
bridges (built works)
City planning
Description
View of subway station
Both an architect and civil engineer (with a doctorate on the technology of space frames), Calatrava produces dynamic structural forms that challenge traditional practice in both architecture and engineering. His approach to bridge design, for example, is based on the view that bridges can be used "˜to add energy to the landscape'. [Alameda Bridge is an arch bridge which is a roadway and pedestrian walkway.]
Rights
© Javier Gomez
ID
GOMEZAT4043
Source
Javier Gomez
State Edition
Dec-93
35 mm slides
Collection
Citation
Valles, Santiago Calatrava, Alameda Bridge and Underground Station, 1991-1995 (creation), Valencia, Valencia, Spain, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Javier Gomez. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/11493.
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