Calatrava has worked on five projects which reflect Berlin's new identity as a European metropolis at the end of the Cold War, and which are discussed in this book. Four of these are literally cross-border projects: the Kronprinzen and Oberbaum bridges which will relink East and West Berlin and which will definitely be built; and the Jahn Sports Park located in the former border patrol zone, and new construction and renovation projects for the Reichstag adjacent to where the wall once stood. These latter designs (and also the Spandau Station) will remain as plans. These works demonstrate how Calatrava overcomes topographical borders, as well as the conventional restrictions of his discipline.
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Sketches, Structure and Site Plans Illuminate Calatrava work,
By Kristina Kaur (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Berlin: Five Projects / Fünf Projekte (English and German Edition) (Hardcover)
In architecture and engineering we often see the finished product of the masters. The strength of this book is the sketches, architectural models and interview with Calatrava which explain the projects. The projects are Spandau Station, Jahn Sports Park, Kronprinzenbrücke (bridge), Oberbaumbrücke (bridge), and the Reichstag. The book has beautifully reproduced hand drawn ink drawings-plans, sections, details, elevations (presumably from Calatrava's office), as well as photos, engineering explanations, and historical background. I compared Calatrava's Reichstag to Sir Norman Fosters. I would like to see the two built bridges in Berlin and compare them to the nuts and bolts details in the book. And after I studied the hardlined ink drawings, something always draws me back to the napkin sketches-they capture the essence .
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