Santiago Calatrava Public Spaces

Presented on March 30, 2017 at 11a.m. in Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Auditorium 152.Architect, Artist and Engineer Santiago Calatrava earned a degree in architecture at Valencia’s Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. In 1975 he enrolled at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, receiving his Ph.D. in 1981 with the thesis: Concerning the Foldability of Space Frames. Santiago Calatrava has received numerous prizes and awards from renowned institutions and organizations such as the UIA Auguste Perret Prize in 1987, The Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Royal College of Art “Sir Misha Black Medal” (2002), the Principe de Asturias Art Prize, Oviedo. He also received AIA Gold Medal (2005), the Premio Nacional de Arquitectura (2005), the Grande Médaille d’Or d’Architecture, Académie d’Architecture (2003) and the AIA National Medal (2012). Santiago Calatrava’s personal contribution has been recognized by many renowned institutions and organizations. He was named a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum in 1993 and was named as one of the 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in 2005. At an academic level, Santiago Calatrava is a permanent guest lecturer at Universities such as the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), MIT School of Architecture and Design, University of Yale, Azrieli School of Architecture in Tel Aviv and Columbia University in the city of New York. Throughout his career so far, he has received over 20 honorary doctorates (Doctor Honoris Causa) from many of the most prestigious universities around the world.Runtime: 53:43 minutesCalatrava’s works are remarkable as they present a multidisciplinary approach, combining architecture, sculpture, art and engineering with great artistic sensitivity and technological innovation. His projects inspire one’s emotional perceptions due to the innovative aesthetical language he encompasses