Guiding Architects, tour: Santiago Calatrava (Fig. 1)

Guiding Architects, tour: Santiago Calatrava (Fig. 2)

Guiding Architects, tour: Santiago Calatrava (Fig. 3)

Guiding Architects, tour: Santiago Calatrava (Fig. 4)

Guiding Architects, tour: Santiago Calatrava (Fig. 5)

Guiding Architects, tour: Santiago Calatrava (Fig. 6)

Visite à Valence:
Santiago Calatrava

If you are interested in contemporary architecture, this tour offers a complete overview of Santiago Calatrava's work in Valencia. Since the 1980s, the architect has used his hometown as a laboratory where architecture, art and engineering converge. The itinerary includes visits to nine of Calatrava's projects that have defined Valencia's recent urban profile and are now part of its visual and tourist identity.

During the experience, we will analyse Calatrava's recurring formal qualities, structural solutions and creative processes, as well as the historical and urban context in which the works were developed. The tour also addresses key issues such as financing, the current use of the buildings, their maintenance and citizen perception over time. A visit designed to understand how this work has helped to build the image of a 21st-century Mediterranean Valencia.