Javier Manterola Armisén He is one of the most outstanding and brilliant engineers on the current scene. He designed some of Spain's most important public works projects, such as the bridge over the Barrios de Luna Reservoir and the recently completed Cádiz Bay Bridge. Furthermore, as a professor of bridge engineering at the Madrid School of Civil Engineering for over thirty years, he has shaped an entire generation of engineers who have received from him not only exceptional technical training but also a fundamental humanistic and aesthetic vision.

Manterola has spent his entire life building bridges, and not just in the literal sense. Author of several essays and a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Manterola has dedicated a good part of his time to promoting the need for an aesthetic and formal appreciation of engineering works, moving away from the outdated view of the engineer as a mere solver of technical problems.

This documentary on DVD and in the book Accompanied by his co-host, Manterola reflects on the engineer's role and its relationship to architecture and the environment, while reviewing the major milestones of his professional career and explaining everything a layperson needs to know about bridges. He does so with humility, simplicity, a sense of humor, and, from time to time, a biting barb…

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Direction and script: Carolina del Olmo and Juan Ugarriza

Realization: Juan Ugarriza

Camera operators and setup: Juan Ugarriza and Miguel Balbuena

Sound: Andrés Gutiérrez and Pablo Mateos