Calatrava's Twisting Torso

Water front warehouses...the industry beginning of Sverige(Sweden)

Today was a day of shopping in Malmo for chinese spices and seasonings mainly. however, while my rice-craving Malaysian friend and Pluto-loving chinese friend were going GAGA over their chinese sauces and stuff, i was busy looking for my Lentils, Mustard and Cummin seeds and Masala spices...haha!! i'm pretty sure i'm part indian somewhere...haha!!!!

anyway, the best part of the trip came after the shopping...me and Vivian decide still we had no happening parties to go to tonight, we migh as well go to *drumroll* THE TURNING TORSO, by Santiago Calatrava...Wooohoooo!!!!!! hahaha!!!! my first visit to the great architects work which i have only read in books...it was like a pilgrimage...hahaha!!!

it was actually not as big as i seemed from far, but it was really TWISTED!!! and it seemed to lean slightly too. i guess the rational for the steel spine that runs along one of its sides is sort of justified by Calatrava's TWISTED intention, plus the wind load is pretty heavy there. but well, apart from it being twist, it didn't look much different from normal skyscrapers...same boring surface treatment and stuff...maybe all the budget was spent on resolving its from structure. too bad we couldn't get in...