Alameda Bridge & Underground Station

Item

Title
Alameda Bridge & Underground Station
Alternative Title
Puente de la Exposicion
Creator
Santiago Calatrava Valls (Spanish architect, born 1951)
City
Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Country
Spain
Date Created
1991-1995 (creation)
Century
20th century
Classification
Architecture and City Planning
Building Type
bridges
transportation structures
Style/Period
Twentieth century
Cultural Context
Spanish
Materials
painted steel
Techniques
construction (assembling)
Subject
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.]
Source
Javier Gomez
Photographer
Javier Gomez
Rights Holder
© Javier Gomez
Texas Tech University Libraries
Access Rights
Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.
Item sets
All Faculty Collections
Javier Gomez Collection
Media
https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/gomezat_0919.jpg

Santiago Calatrava Valls (Spanish architect, born 1951), “Alameda Bridge & Underground Station”, Arch Design Images, accessed November 14, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/archlib/item/34331