Thursday, October 26, 2006

Today's PIC MSG
Santiago Calatrava-Turning Torso ( Malmö, Sweden)

Designed for a prominent urban site on the occasion of the European Housing Expo 2001, Calatrava's residential tower for Malmö, at the city's West Harbor, is based in form on his sculpture Turning Torso.

The 190 meter tall concrete and steel tower turns 90 degrees from bottom to top.

In the original sculpture of Turning Torso, seven cubes are set around a steel support to produce a spiral structure, which resembles a twisting human spine.

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