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[3 Dec 2009 | Comments | ]
If Calatrava Designed A Car

Might it look like this? The Volkswagen Viseo is the final diploma project of designer Marc Kirsch in collaboration with Volkswagen. The design borrows heavily from Santiago Calatrava’s motto of “dynamic balance”. The architect is well known for his beautiful buildings but translating that aesthetic into a vehicle is a challenge. I think Kirsch did a great job and married new technologies to his design to keep pace with Calatrava since the man himself was quite a believer in technology.

The Viseo eschews the a, b, and c pillars we normally …

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