Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Alameda Bridge
Alternate Title:
Puente de la Exposición
Image View:
View looking southeast and under the bridge
Creator:
Santiago Calatrava Valls (Spanish civil engineer, born 1951)
Location:
site: Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Location Note:
spans the Turia river
GPS:
39.473145-0.366015
Date:
1991-1995 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Spanish
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
bridge (built work)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
painted steel
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Measurements:
130 m (length, main span) x 26 m (width); 163 m (length, total)
Subjects:
architecture; cityscape; engineering and industrial design; manufacturing; bridges (built works); City planning
Description:
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: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Identifier:
1A1-CS-AB-A6
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Alameda Bridge