Eduardo Torroja architects and engineerer Background and Education Language Case Study Algecira Market Zarzuela Hippodrome Algecira Market Algecira Market Inspiration/ Artwork Background and Education Eduardo Torroja is born and riased in Madrid, Spain at 1899. His father is a professor at the Universities of Valencia and Madrid. Park Guell 1900 Casa Mila 1906 Casa Batllo 1907 Palau de la Musica Catalana 1908 Language Case Study The Zarzuela Hippodrome (1941) This architecture was a winning entry of a public contest sponsored by Madrid’s Office of Suburban Access ss to replace a dilapidated hippodrom in northernskirt of Madrid. A focal point for the designers was the relationship between the spectators and the horses, that they should always have visual contact (to promote betting, the end-all, be-all of the race) but not interfere in each other’s spaces. The project took the limits to feasibitlity and the accurate calculation and measurement resulted in a bold eye-catching marquee. The asymmetry of the section balanced out the weight of the marquee and the vault while a guyed facet supported the covering over the betting booths and upper gallery without obstructing the view of the paddock. Case Study Algeciras Market Hall (1935) Algeciras Market Hall is also known as Engineer Torroja Market. Built in 1935, it is one of the most telling examples of Torroja’s structural philosophy. The architecture embraced simplicity aesthetically and complexcity structurally with the thin concrete dome of 47.7 m span. The thickness of the thin shell is 10cm and growing to 50 which it reaches the supporting coloumns. The structure demonstrate a high level of funtionality which it maximise the usable area under the open-aired market with a large open space. Case Study Froton Recoletos (1935) The site of the design is in a regular rectangular shape in a dimension of 55m Lx 32.5m W. Above the oridnary site boundary, the innovation arch roof is the key aspect of the architecture. The two asymmetrical arch of 22m and 9.5m echo the the main playign area and the seats. The roof sheet is only 8cm thick and the only support point are at the two side of the architecture. On the roof, two longitudinal skylight were used and the cyliner shade prevent direct sulight on the performer and audience. Case Study Water Tower, Fedela (1956) The tower is a hyperbolic-paraboloid shell structure with an inverted truncated cone in the middle. The thickness of the concrete shell varies, from the bottom with 28cm to the highest water level of 17cm and 10cm for the part above. Inspiration and Artwork Contradition between material and design Ability to connect with human activities
