L'Umbracle (Ciutat de les Arts i Ciències)
Europe, Spain, Valencia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, L'Umbracle (slightly cut)
The L’Umbracle (a covered statue garden designed by Santiago Calatrava in 2001) was conceived as an entrance for the Ciutat de les Arts y les Ciènces.
The intention was that over the course of time ivy could grow over Calatrava's trademark parabolic arches. And that this would create a shadow over the gardens. But alas. Because of the hot sun and the metal heating up, the ivy burned before it could reach the top of those arches.
At one base of the structure, the architect made use of the characteristic white-blue trencadís (small tile mosaic) to decorate the vents of the the carpark that´s under the Umbracle. His inspiration was again Guadì and in a broader sense the Modernismo Valenciano. The first six of the series sometimes looked upon as fish mouths) form an entrance to the building.
In the BG is Calatrava's Pont de l'Assut de l'or.
This is number 28 of the Valencia! album and 288 of Valencia & Andalucia.
L'Umbracle (Ciutat de les Arts i Ciències)
Europe, Spain, Valencia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, L'Umbracle (slightly cut)
The L’Umbracle (a covered statue garden designed by Santiago Calatrava in 2001) was conceived as an entrance for the Ciutat de les Arts y les Ciènces.
The intention was that over the course of time ivy could grow over Calatrava's trademark parabolic arches. And that this would create a shadow over the gardens. But alas. Because of the hot sun and the metal heating up, the ivy burned before it could reach the top of those arches.
At one base of the structure, the architect made use of the characteristic white-blue trencadís (small tile mosaic) to decorate the vents of the the carpark that´s under the Umbracle. His inspiration was again Guadì and in a broader sense the Modernismo Valenciano. The first six of the series sometimes looked upon as fish mouths) form an entrance to the building.
In the BG is Calatrava's Pont de l'Assut de l'or.
This is number 28 of the Valencia! album and 288 of Valencia & Andalucia.