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BODY & BUILDING

Architects work is an art that provide us the physical environment we live in, is a deep expression of human civilisation in a particular era, but their responsibilities doesn't stop there. An architect can affect the quality of life in our communities, they can influence social conditions and even be the cause of positive social changes.

“Since nature has designed the human body so that its members are duly proportional to the frame as a whole, it appears that the ancients had good reason for their rule, that in perfect buildings the different member must be in exact symmetrical relations to the whole general scheme.” – Marcus Vitruvius

In the 20th century are Le Corbusier's Modular, It was a shorthand method for him to create a certain rules about proportion of spaces and how they can be subdivided, this design formula is very out dated especially for dealing with visual and aesthetic side of design. The modular is based on an average and imaginary body, however people come in many shapes and sizes, and so their eye levels occupy different height. Therefore Architect should explore architecture and human body relationship, which are simply more than finding the proper dimension and placements within the space to accommodate different people behaviour by using a useful technique of seeking out phenomena to extrapolate from and spaces.

“Architecture must be a thing of the body, a thing of substance as well as of the spirit and of the brain”-Le corbusier 

CASE STUDY
TURNING TORSO-SANTIAGO CALATRAVA

In 1999, Calatrava was invited to design a mixed-use residential tower for a prominent site in Malmö's Western Harbor area and was planned to be exhibited during the European Housing Expo 2001 (Bo01). The project was envisioned as an important part of the transformation program of Malmö's Western Harbor near the A–resund Bridge connecting to Sweden and Denmark. Given the opportunity to enhance and enlarge a public area defined by the intersection of two main roads, Calatrava conceived his project as a free-standing sculptural element posed within the cityscape



The entire building is handicapped accessible and features a highly advanced environmental design. Moreover, the engineering technique applied allows for an extraordinarily efficient method of construction. After the sub-basement was erected as a conventional concrete work, the vertical circulation nucleus and slabs were put up using a sliding framework system. The exterior steel structure was then attached, using elements that were in-shop prefabricated. Finally, cranes pulled up the in-shop, prefabricated facade. In this way, despite its highly innovative and complex design, the construction time was reduced substantially.

REFERENCE

 1. http://www.archdaily.com/771471/santiago-calatravas-turning-torso-wins-ctbuhs-10-year-award

 2.  http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-life/copenhagen-x-galleri/cases/turning-torso/

 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Torso

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