9th PROPOSAL: SANTIAGO CALATRAVA

Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish architect, sculptor and engineer whose principal office is in Zürich, Switzerland. He has offices in Zürich, Paris and in New York City, where he now resides. He was born in Valencia.

He is very famous for his futuristic buildings and bridges. Can you recognise this one? Clic on the image to find out.

This architect has recently beeen quite controversial because his buildings have been accused of being faulty. In any case, we have to recognise they are certainly attractive.

Do you think it is difficult to raise a tall building? How tall do you think you can make it with this material?

Work in grous, using this material and the other material the teacher gives you, to build the highest structure you can.