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Engineering Catastrophes

This was a highly skilled and painstaking process. Essentially, they had to coveran area...

[Corina] This was a highly skilled and painstaking process. Essentially, they had to cover
an area more than three times the size of the White House with thousands of shards of broken tiles. [narrator] With constructio complete, the Queen Sofia palace of the arts was officially opened on October 8th, 2005. And it was an immediate success. It was the project that put
Valencia on the map, it's a landmark Valencia
needed from the moment that this was finished, lots of people started to visit Valencia. This changed everything. [narrator] But while the performances on the insi were receiving rave reviews On the outside, the building huge roof would soon have audiences running for cover

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[Corina] This was a highly skilled and painstaking process.
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Essentially, they had to cover an area more than three times
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the size of the White House with thousands of shards of broken tiles.
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[narrator] With constructio complete,
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the Queen Sofia palace of the arts
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was officially opened on October 8th, 2005.
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And it was an immediate success.
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It was the project that put Valencia on the map,
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it's a landmark Valencia needed from the moment
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that this was finished, lots of people started
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to visit Valencia.
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This changed everything.
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[narrator] But while the performances on the insi
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were receiving rave reviews
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On the outside, the building huge roof would soon have
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audiences running for cover
Duration
52 seconds
Views
10
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:22
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: The rot was discovered near - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
NARRATOR: The rot was discovered near
S06 • E06 Like the Embarcadero, the Marina District - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
Like the Embarcadero, the Marina District
S06 • E09 When that water is curving right through - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
When that water is curving right through
S06 • E04 And you start to think about things like that - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
And you start to think about things like that
S06 • E03 [narrator] As the dust settl everyone wanted to know, "why had this happened?" - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] As the dust settl everyone wanted to know, &qu...
S06 • E02 [narrator] Five centuries ago, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[narrator] Five centuries ago,
S06 • E04 [narrator] Engineer John Pistorino, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] Engineer John Pistorino,
S06 • E07 MAJEVADIA: Cantilever balconies have no built-in redundancy. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
MAJEVADIA: Cantilever balconies have no built-in redundancy.
S06 • E09 I could see the floodwater going directly inside one of - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
I could see the floodwater going directly inside one of
S06 • E10 Some of the biggest issues were water damage. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:54
Some of the biggest issues were water damage.
S06 • E03 [narrator] In Barcelona, aft a massive sinkhole ravaged the Carmel neighborhood, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:40
[narrator] In Barcelona, aft a massive sinkhole ravaged t...
S06 • E07 There's a lot of concern at some point, there could be - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
There's a lot of concern at some point, there could be
S06 • E02 But that said, they did hold the road up for centuries. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
But that said, they did hold the road up for centuries.
S06 • E06 The threat stemmed from the days of the Gold Rush. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
The threat stemmed from the days of the Gold Rush.
S06 • E05 "Stop. Don't move. Don't move." - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
"Stop. Don't move. Don't move."
S06 • E09 I actually broke down at one point and could hardly talk. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
I actually broke down at one point and could hardly talk.
S06 • E02 So chances are, there was something else going on too. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
So chances are, there was something else going on too.
S06 • E04 [narrator] At first sight, some believe the culprit - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] At first sight, some believe the culprit
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Nearly five hours after the disaster had begun, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
NARRATOR: Nearly five hours after the disaster had begun,
S06 • E05 [narrator] The operator had fallen - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] The operator had fallen