The Travels of Santiago Calatrava
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Travels of Santiago Calatrava |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christoph Schaub |
| script |
Martin Witz , Christoph Schaub |
| production |
T&C Film , Swiss television |
| music |
Martin Witz , Lukas Piccolin , Dieter Meier |
| camera | Matthias Kälin |
| cut | Fee Liechti |
The Journeys of Santiago Calatrava is a Swiss documentary film by director Christoph Schaub from 1999 . For Schaub, the film initially marks the end of a series of previous film works on architecture ( Il girasole: una casa vicino a Verona , 1995; Lieu, Funcziun e furma - L'architectura da P. Zumthor e Gion Caminada , 1996; Il project Vrin - The Vrin project , 1999).
action
The film approaches Santiago Calatrava , who is both an architect and a civil engineer. His buildings around the world are as popular as they are controversial. Calatrava is accompanied to his construction sites, where an insight into the hectic everyday life is given, while the quiet dominates while drawing on the way. The journey leads from train stations over bridges to concert halls, airports and towers. It enables an encounter with buildings as sculptures, with dynamic equilibrium, in frozen movements and forms that are reminiscent of nature.
Reviews
"Christoph Schaub's filmic portrait is an intoxicating homage to the artist, engineer, architect, urbanist and manager Calatrava, with interdisciplinary considerations on the perception and effect of architecture."
“In addition to feature films, Schaub repeatedly dealt with architectural issues. Now he has succeeded in creating a captivating portrait of the Spanish sculptor, civil engineer and architect. Schaub concentrates on a few projects that illustrate Calatrava's philosophy of the architecture of movement and the changeability of spaces. Matthias Kälin's camera skilfully captured the harmony of the components. A very clever contribution to architecture, opportunities and risks as well as the environment. "
“The obvious dual point of view is transformed into a parallel montage of two different types of images that runs through the entire film. Precisely designed recordings show the artist Calatrava patiently drawing in the seclusion of the apartment. And the bewitchingly beautiful views of the built results are pure visual enjoyment. (...) The sensitive portrait, drawn from tangible proximity, enables an insightful view of an outstanding work that is noticeably non-Swiss in its formal design. "
Web links
- The Travels of Santiago Calatrava in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Santiago Calatrava's travels at Swiss Films
- Trailer on T&C Film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ciné Portrait Christoph Schaub at swiss films . Retrieved February 26, 2011.