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Tenerife Auditorium : Kanarie Islands

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The Tenerife Auditorium is the creation of architect Santiago Calatrava.
This impressive piece of architecture has a huge sculptural impact and it is well known as a unique landmark.

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It offers its visitors the opportunity to admire the architecture as well as being able to enjoy the other natural attractions,
such as the sea and mountain ranges that form part of the ancient Anaga Mountains

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The auditorium has tiered platforms that overspill onto the stunning curved area of the Symphonic Hall.
This is surrounded by an impressive wing, suspended at 50 metres giving the sensation of movement and flexibility as though it were animated.

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In addition to being an architectural masterpiece the Tenerife Auditorium also offers a wide variety of programmes that can be viewed on their official website.

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The variety of contemporary programmes, such as Tenerife Dance Music, Atlantic Jazz and World Music complement
the more classical style of the Tenerife Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera and the Festival of Canarian Music.

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he success of these programmes relies on the a variety of open spaces and halls available- such as the Philharmonic Hall,
which can accommodate up to 1,658 guests and the Camara Hall with 428 seats.

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There are also smaller areas available such as rehearsal and meeting rooms or dance and exhibition halls.
The Tenerife auditorium is finished in stunning white, which gives huge visual impact.

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The interior is equally impressive with its unusual open spaces and modern curved architecture that attract the eye in particular
due to its wealth of silhouettes and complex structures.

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Mind House : Barcelona

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Guggenheim Museum : Bilbao

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La Pedrera : Barcelona

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Teatro del Agua Solar Desalination Plant

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As the planet heats up and our resources stretch to accommodate a skyrocketing population, it has become clear that water will be a hotly contested commodity in the coming years - some are even calling it the “new oil”.

Charles Paton has endeavored to meet this challenge with his Seawater Greenhouse which takes a low-cost, low-energy, carbon-neutral approach to desalination.
Recently he’s been working with Eden Project and Grimshaw Architects to create a gorgeous sweeping Teatro Del Agua.

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The design will incorporate Paton’s remarkable desalination method with a publicly accessible venue for the performing arts, once again focusing our societies around the common element that sustains them.

The Teatro del Agua works by coupling “a series of evaporators and condensers such that the airborne moisture from the evaporators is then collected from the condensers, which are cooled by deep seawater.”
The sweeping structure will incorporate solar panels to provide heat for the evaporators and will operate almost entirely on renewable energy.

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The Teatro del Agua is planned to be but in Spain’s Canary Islands.
We’ve covered culturally focused desalination plants in the past, and we’d love to see more innovative ideas such as these begin to precipitate around the world.

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