Technology is constantly changing and brings you automatically into the present. In that way, it automatically makes you build for this time.
Santiago CalatravaI think it is important to be present in the places where you are working. It is not only about doing a project, but following the project through its construction.
Santiago CalatravaVitruvius, the great writer, architect and engineer, identified in his famous treatise on Architecture that the three values essential to any work of Architecture were: firmitas, utilitas, and venustas; or firmness, utility, and delight. Firmness meaning well built, solid and resistant; utility meaning useful and functional, and delight meaning beautiful.
Santiago CalatravaThe architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets.
Santiago CalatravaFor me, architecture is an art the same as painting is an art or sculpture is an art. Yet, architecture moves a step beyond painting and sculpture because it is more than using materials. Architecture responds to functional outputs and environmental factors. Yet, fundamentally, it is important for me to stress the art in architecture to bring harmony.
Santiago Calatrava