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Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (Valencian: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Spanish: Palacio de las Artes Reina Sofía; anglicised as " Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts") [a] is an opera house, performing arts centre, and urban landmark designed by Santiago Calatrava to anchor the northwest end of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. [1]
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Surrounded by 87.000m2 of gardens, walks and water features, this monumental work of architect Santiago Calatrava is the centerpiece of the architectural complex City of Arts and Sciences, housing the Opera of Valencia and the headquarters of the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. The building has 37,000 square meters, and more than 70 meters hi...
The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, main building of the complex, is located on the west bank of the axis that runs the City of Arts and Sciences and is a majestic city landmark. The Opera House is one of three buildings that form an integrated by the Palau in the western end of the site followed by the Planetarium / IMAX Theater and the Museum of S...
The main component of the architectural ensemble of the City of Arts and Sciencesrepresents a commitment to art, broadcasting music, dance, and theater. His suggestive forms refer to the nautical activity and are almost like a metaphor of a ship that had aground in the channel of the old Turia River. The project is mainly based on two premises: to ...
Its architectural composition mainly offers four rooms, and other large spaces dedicated to teaching, art and culture. The lobby is located around the main hall providing a perimeter route to access the spaces adjacent to the room. Spiral ramp staircases allow access to different levels of the room.
Shape The general form of the building is lenticular, desarrollanda under a huge metal roof supported by two brackets or “pen”, one at its western end and the other intermediate, on the east end of the cover fully screened. Calatravagave the building Palau iconographic character of a monumental sculpture. In form, the building is created by a serie...
The main material used in construction is the white concrete that is part of the major structural supports of the building. The second is the “trencadís” so common in the work of Calatrava. The two “shells” of rolled steel embrace the building on the outer side have an approximate weight of 3.000tn and are coated with a delicate ceramic coating. In...
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The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía is a majestic building designed by the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava. Its sculpted form is highly symbolic. The innovative architecture of this 40.000 square metre building -75 metres high-, accommodates four venues for opera, music, ballet and theatre.
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía features an auditorium for opera, concert and ballet, a chamber music hall for ensemble performances and drama, an auditorium for film and video projects, an auditorium for experimental theater and dance, and an art gallery.
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