Sociotecnicas

Es un edificio residencial situado en Malmö, Suecia. Tiene una altura de 190 metros de altura y 54 plantas. Fue realizado por el arquictecto Santiago Calatrava e inagurado en el 2005. Está inspiradoen una escultura que representa un torso humano, del propio Calatrava, que se retuerce sobre sí misma dando un giro de 90 grados desde la base hasta la planta más alta. El edificio está construido enacero, vidrio y hormigón armado. En el edificio coexisten viviendas de lujo y oficinas.

Half-way mark
Santiago Calatrava
Turning Torso
Malmø, Sweden
On Sunday December 7th Malmø celebrated the"Turning Torso" reaching it's half-way mark.  Once completed the building will be Europe's tallest residential skyscraper and Scandinavia's tallest building.

Photo: arcspace

Photo: arcspace
Nine cubes,twisting 90 degrees from bottom to top, will rise 54 stories topped with a glass-enclosed floor for meetings and special events, and a rooftop observation deck with vistas across the Øresund straitto the Øresund Bridge and Copenhagen.

Sketch courtesy Santiago Calatrava
The residential tower is meant to be seen as a free standing sculptural element inspired by the human body.
Height: 186meters
Twisting from base to top: 90 degrees
Apartment: 45 in nine cubes
Total area: 12,150 square meters
Completion is estimated for Spring 2005
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In his numerous buildings, engineering projects, sculptures, and furniture designs, Santiago Calatrava has developed a unique poetics ofmorphology that overlaps structure and movement.
Combining art and science, technology and architecture, Calatrava's bridges and buildings create a sublime elegance in their urban contexts. With dynamiccurves, leaning vertical elements, and mechanically operable roofs, they embody potential motion. In this book,
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