Santiago Calatrava designs art edition of the NZZ
Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava is taking charge of the artistic design of Saturday’s NZZ art edition. In this special edition, Calatrava also offers insight into his working methods and his connection to the city of Zurich.
Known for striking buildings such as bridges and railroad stations, Zurich-based architect Santiago Calatrava is designing this year's art edition of the NZZ. His work is characterized by organic forms and moves in the field of tension between architecture, art and nature. "My method consists of making a lot of sketches and drawings. Working in series takes you where you didn't want to go," explains Calatrava in an interview with Roman Bucheli, deputy head of the features section at the NZZ.
Calatrava, who is originally from Valencia, describes his current adopted home of Zurich as a city that became an artistic revelation for him: "The sobriety in Zurich, the silence and at the same time the light in this city by the lake, it all meant a liberation. I breathed more easily again. Here I experienced the dawn of a new art, because I have always understood architecture as art."
Exclusively for the art edition, Calatrava has created a series of 25 watercolors and a limited edition of two lithographs for the NZZ, which will be available in the newspaper's store from Saturday.
