Turning Torso Section

Santiago calatrava discusses the 2015 ctbuh 10 year award winner turning torso during the 2015 ctbuh awards symposium at the hellip.

Turning torso section. There are 147 rental apartments on floors 14 to 52 ranging from one bedroom 45m units to 190m residences. Conceived to enhance and enlarge a public area defined by the intersection of two main roads the turning torso building is meant to be seen as a freestanding sculptural element posed within the cityscape. Gusts of wind at the site delayed concrete work and erection of the steel skeleton by 150 days.

It was inaugurated on august 27 2005 after four years of construction. Designed for a prominent urban site on the occasion of the european housing expo 2001. It is the highest residential building in sweden and the second in europe on the date of its inauguration the work of spanish architect santiago calatrava.

Turning torso 15 jan 2016 monthly video series. Turning torso in malmö sweden consists of nine cubes twisting 90 as the tower reaches its 190m height. Turning torso is located in the western harbour in malmö in southern sweden.

Completed in 2005 the turning torso was the first twisting skyscraper in the world rotating a full 90 degrees along its height in nine pentagonal sections. Turning torso torso in turn is a residential skyscraper at 190 meters high and 54 plants located in the swedish city of malmo. It has also become one of the most famous attractions in sweden with thousands of visitors each year.

It encounters a great challenge of standing upright at a windy coastline and could effectively sustain a 44 meters per second wind by displacing only 30 centimeters. Located in malmö on the swedish side of the öresund strait it was built and is owned by swedish cooperative association hsb. Santiago calatrava santiago calatrava architects engineers thursday 12th november 2015.

One hundred percent of the energy consumed in the building is renewable coming from hydro solar wind and geothermal sources. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres with 54. It is regarded as the first twisted skyscraper in the world.