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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Zurich, Zürich [canton], Switzerlanden_US
dc.coverage.temporal1983-1990 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorCalatrava Valls, Santiagoen_US
dc.date1983-1990en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-06T15:07:42Z
dc.date.available2013-03-06T15:07:42Z
dc.date.issued1983-1990en_US
dc.identifier197653en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1237en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/105401
dc.descriptionGeneral view of lower (train tacks) and upper (pedestrian) levels, with bridge in background; Between 1979 and 1981 Calatrava worked at the ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) and obtained a doctorate on the technology of space frames. After establishing an independent architectural and engineering practice in Zurich in 1981, he rapidly gained an international reputation for his integration of technology and aesthetics, producing dynamic structural forms that challenged traditional practice in both architecture and engineering. Calatrava's most important building designs include the Stadelhofen Railway Station (1983-1990), Zurich, a long, curving, three-level structure that includes a basement underpass and upper-level walkway with connecting bridges. The nature of these spaces is emphasized by the structure: the basement is dominated by heavy, inclined concrete supports, and the upper walkway by the skeletal steel ribs of its cantilevered glazed roof. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/3/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel; glass; concreteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectTransportationen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.titleStadelhofen Railway Stationen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-CS-ZT-A2en_US
vra.culturalContextSwissen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktyperailroad stationen_US
dc.contributor.displaySantiago Calatrava Valls (Spanish architect, born 1951)en_US


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