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Structure-ID: s0000754
Created on: 05/31/00
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Orient Station

Estacion de Oriente
Completed in: 1998
Status: in use
Address: Avenida Berlin & Avenida Reciproca
Location: Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Orient Station
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Structural Type:
Truss roof
Function / usage:
Railroad station [Railway station]
Part of: Expo 1998

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Santiago Calatrava Valls

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Client City of Lisbon
  Parque Expo '98
Steel construction EMESA Elaborados Metalicos S.A.

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
roof  steel
substructure  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  width 68 m
  length 313 m

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External Link0lll.com - Architecture Gallery: Lisbon Station English
External Linkarchiweb.cz: Estação do Oriente Czech
External LinkWikipedia: Gare de l'Orient French

Relevant Literature
* Bahnhof in Lissabon / Station in Lissabon, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", September 1998, n. 6 v. 38 .
* Jodidio, Philip   Santiago Calatrava, Taschen, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3822878839, 1998; pp. 110-115.
* Lacroix, Alain   Le métro de Lisbonne. Construction du tronçon Vale de Chelas - Oriente., in "Travaux", July - August 1998, n. 744 .
* Molinari, Luca   Santiago Calatrava, Skira, Milan (Italy) , ISBN 8881182533, 2000.
* Tischhauser, Anthony   Calatrava Public Buildings, Birkhäuser, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764356278, 0817656278, 1998; pp. 98-107.

 
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