Designer: Santiago Calatrava
Location: City of Sciences, Valencia, Spain
2005
The Valencia Opera House, located in the City of the Sciences, Valencia, Spain, was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. Competed in 2005, this landmark building functions as an Opera House and theater for the Arts & Sciences Center. The building program is encased within a football-like shell. Santiago Calatrava's designs often refer to anatomical structures.
Nature's shapeshifting transitions create phases of inflation and deflation. Exploring the idea of inflation, the form becomes a living organism constantly evolving. As it evolves, its structure becomes more and more complex.
Exploring the idea of growth. The shell is the anatomical dome. The primitive shelter species experienced before the world.
