- Beside the dramatic wing, another Calatrava signature element is a mosaic of trencadis, or broken white cermaics, which cover the structure's entire skin. The 194,000 sq.ft (18,000 sq.m.) of trencadis were brought in from Valencia, Spain.
- The overhanging wing was prefabricated in Seville and shipped to the island in 17 pieces, the largest weighing 60 tons (54,000 kilograms).
- The wing was designed to be supported on only five points.
- âGeometrically, the roof is constructed from two intersecting cone segments. By contrast, the symmetrical inner shell of the concert hall, which is 50 meters high, is a rotational body, generated by rotating a curve to describe an ellipse. A wedge of approximately 15 degrees has been removed from the center of this body so that its two segments (for acoustical reasons 60 cm thick) form a pronounced ridge. At its uppermost point it supports the sweep of the roof. The body of the auditorium thus contrasts with the smooth curves of the flanking tangential shells, whose exterior surfaces are decorated in coloured broken tile.