Turning Torso Tower, Malmö Tallest Building, Swedish High-Rise Project Photos, Design, Images
Turning Torso : Malmö Skyscraper
Malmö High-Rise Building, Sweden – design by Santiago Calatrava Architects
9 May 2019
HSB Turning Torso Tower
Dates built: 1999 – 2005
Architect and Engineer: Santiago Calatrava
Location: Västra Varvsgatan 40, Malmö, Sweden
Turning Torso Malmö
In 1999, Santiago Calatrava was invited to design a mixed-use residential tower for a prominent site in Malmö’s Western Harbor area, with the plans to be exhibited in the European Housing Expo 2001 (Bo01). The project was envisioned as an important part of the transformation of Malmö’s Western Harbor near the Öresund Bridge, which connects Sweden and Denmark. Once a decaying industrial area, the Western Harbor is rapidly becoming a mixed-use residential district and today features housing, restaurants, shops and businesses, a marina, and Malmö University.
Turning Torso Tower image : www.palladium.de, Barbara Burg/Oliver Schuh
Given the opportunity to enhance and enlarge a public area that is defined by the intersection of two main roads, Calatrava conceived of his project as a freestanding sculptural element posed within the cityscape. He based its form on one of his sculptures, Turning Torso, in which he abstracted the human form in movement as a stack of cubes elegantly positioned around a core.
In the original sculpture, seven cubes are set around a steel support to produ...