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Some interesting things I found about Zaha Hadid, other than architectural/interior/clothing design:
She majored in mathematics before studying architecture, and she participated in the design of the Z-Car. Initially a hydrogen-powered, 3-wheeled 2-seater which evolved to battery-powered, 4-wheeled 4-seater, the Z-Car looks as if all the preconceptions of what a car should be were set aside, in order to start the new design from a pure, fresh place.
An interesting things I found out about Zaha Hadid was that in 2004 she was the first female architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Award. Also that along with being a architect Zaha is also a painter, furniture designer, fashion designer, jewelry designer, and has designed various interior objects for buildings.
Her designs very are innovative and organic. She explores new technologies, manufacturing processes, and materials to express her designs.
A few images of her designs: http://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/icone-bag/ http://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/melissa-shoes/ http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/abu-dhabi-performing-arts-centre/
Zaha Hadid has taken advantage of her abstract and creative designs to begin a jewelry line through Atelier Swarovski. It’s the first time the Austrian crystal manufacturer has commissioned a series from an architect. Hadid used her unique sense of forms to create a collection called glace – which includes cuff bracelets, a pendant necklace and rings. Her use of the world known Swarovski crystals was shocking because she reduced the crystals to the size of glitter and encased them in resin. Her jewelry forms reflect her large-scale projects and captures her energy for experimentation.
Images of the jewelry: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/10273/zaha-hadid-glace-jewelry-for-swarovski.html http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20100317/zahas-jewels
I noticed a few different things of the work of Zaha Hadid. Hadid has some wonderful organic buildings that she designed, but she also designed many other objects. The furniture she designed has many complex shapes that are very natural. One of the objects that I found interesting was the sofa she designed for B&B Italia. The sofa was designed so it can be arranged in the center of the room to express the curved geometry of the couch. The ottoman was also designed to fit into the couch to help preserve space and create an adaptive living room. Another piece of furniture that she designed was the Genesy Lamp. The lamp is an interesting piece because it resembles a tree and builds in complexity from the bottom to the top. Both of these pieces exhibit complex geometry and organic forms she uses in her buildings.
Moon System Sofa - http://www.bonluxat.com/a/Zaha_Hadid_Moon_System.html
Zaha Hadid worked under the tutelage of Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, elevating to become a partner in 1977. The two architects were previously her professors at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
She was largely inspired by an engineer named Peter Rice who also worked for OMA. At that point many of her designs were too complex for the technology of the 70's and 80's. Rice was a proponent of her work, providing support for designs that would later be built. Her firm has been able to largely develop since its inception in 1980 as her unique organic style has received acclaim.
She now designs buildings all over the world, including the MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Italy, the Ghuangzhou Opera House in China, and the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. One prominent theme in her work is the celebration of circulation and passage.
Paintings are one of Zaha Hadid's non architectural works.Her paintings are recognised as energetic, explosive works of varying and mixed perspectives. They are uaually acrylic on canvas or cartridge paper.Recently she began to use the process of silver paintings. Her work has transformed over time, from the abstract but simple fluid shapes to complex details. According to Hadid, her painting style is influenced by the Russian suprematist Kasimir Malevich. One such example is "The Worls," a large 1983 acrylic painting, a simpler one, which is her early work. The other one is "Grand Buildings, london." Many of her early paintings had swirling forms which were hynoptic and had sometimg like a psyhedelic impact as seen through a three-dimensional kaleidoscope. here is the link to view some of her paintings- www.sites.google.com/site/allenhadid/Home
Zaha Hadid’s baroque modernism in her work is fluid and unique. The materials she uses in each design provide different elements of texture, light, and color. As a contemporary architect/designer, she often creates patterns that show movement. Her working mediums range from paint to jewelry, shoes, buildings, tables and even car designs. I found Ms. Hadid's architectural work to be most exciting. Particularly, the Guangzhou Opera House is very impressive. It currently stands as the largest performance center in southern China. Building this structure was a rather complicated achievement, well worth the effort. After 5 years of construction Ms. Hadid received praise for successfully developing a unique cultural hub and icon within that local municipality. The materials integrated in this design included exposed steel frames delicately harnessing glass panes within a freestanding concrete mold which emits a brilliant glowing quality at night. I think Zaha Hadid offers great examples of how materials can be manipulated into beautiful yet functional designs.
While researching Ms. Hadid, I found a lot of accomplishments and awards that she has received/earned but what I found most interesting is a project that a lot of people would find the most simple. Ms. Hadid has been chosen to design a parking garage in Miami Beach, Florida. While to some it is just a parking garage, the city of Miami understands that it could be a work of art:
"Miami Beach’s parking garages have received world-wide media attention and have become tourist attractions themselves. They include the Frank-Gehry designed, city-owned, Pennyslvania Avenue Garage; Herzog de Meuron's minimalist, edgy space at 1111 Lincoln Road; Arquitectonica's Ballet Valet Garage at 7th Street and Collins Avenue as well as their newest design in Sunset Harbour, which is currently under construction; Enrique Norton’s newly designed parking garage at 16th Street and Drexel Avenue; and Perkins and Will’s recent City Center Garage Project at 18th Street and Meridian Avenue. Hadid's new design is expected to continue to raise the bar for garages worldwide. The City of Miami Beach is currently working with Ms. Hadid to determine commencement dates for the new garage’s design plans and construction."
Looks like Zaha Hadid has started designing with sustainability too. She has designed a building with a green roof in Seoul and Australia’s, "greenest and probably most expensive commercial and housing complex" in Melbourne. I couldn't find anything more recent than '07 for the Australian project so I don't know if that is happening or not. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/zaha-does-green-roof.php http://inhabitat.com/zaha-hadid-goes-green-down-under/
Everyone has pretty much covered Hadid's work and history. I give her credit for getting to where she is now as a designer and being the first female architect to win the Pritzker Prize. That being said, I hate her work. I see her as more of a sculptor than an architect. Her buildings are too much about the form. They don't relate to the program or scope of work at all. To me she just tries to make another 'pretty' building for people to admire. But hey that's just my opinion.
I agree with Sean as far as her work being very sculptural. She seems to be pushing the envelope of shape and structure. I commend her for that, but I do tend to think that some of her work comes off as ostentatious 'rock star' architecture, however, it is this kind of work that pushes the envelope of design and architecture, and seeing someone like Zaha do some work in sustainability is great for our interests.
Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win a Pritzker Architecture Prize. Her work experiments with new spatial concepts and encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban spaces to products and furniture. Zaha Hadid has defined a radically new approach to architecture by creating buildings, such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. Hadid has received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. She has also undertaken some high-profile interior work, including the Mind Zone and Feet zone at the Millennium Dome in London and the Z.CAR hydrogen-powered, three-wheeled automobile. She worked with the clothing brand Lacoste, to create a new, high fashion, and advanced boot. Her unique contributions to brassware design and other fields continue to push the boundaries of innovation.
There has always been an element of mystery in Zaha Hadid’s work, may be buildings, painting, jewelery, or product design. ‘Gravity-defying’, ‘fragmentary’ and ‘revolutionary’ are a few words I could think of to define her designs. I believe that the pedagogy at the AA, where she received her Architectural Degree provided the freedom to Ms. Hadid to explore design that reflects her ‘child-like’ mind. One area that Hadid has branched from traditional architectural is in her style of representing architectural ideas. Her paintings for instance, do not represent a rendering, but a conception of a volume or space. Her unique use of color as a method of working out lighting schemes undoubtedly differentiate her from any conventional artist. They resemble collages in storyboards and multiple perspectives meshed together. Once considered as a ‘paper architect’ she has come a long way to be the first female recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Her seamless integration of materials in design and function is very evidently portrayed in her first built work in the United States - The Contemporary Arts Center, Ohio. The new building had to fit the confines of a narrow street corner lot in downtown Cincinnati, but Hadid made a virtue of necessity by linking the museum’s internal and external environments with her concept of the ‘urban carpet’. To draw the pedestrian traffic inherent to any downtown area, the outdoor sidewalk articulated by a seamless run of concrete begins outside the building, where it propels visitors towards a sleek black central staircase that melts dramatically into the structure’s back wall. Not many people voluntarily walk up 6 stories anywhere, but Hadid’s space so intriques visitors that few think of passing the experience by hitching a ride on the elevator to avoid missing chapters of the building form & space. Inspite of its spectacular blend of form, function & material use the most acknowledging aspect of the design was its economy; $230 per sft. This distinct integration of linear volumes of concrete, glass and metal into function and design built on the inherent crowded nature of the downtown resulted in bringing life to the otherwise declining downtown of the city. Inspite of having abstained from the extremes that Hadid is fondly recognized by, her traditional shaped volumes still portray a lively shift due to the juxtaposition of the large masses in the façade in an almost orderly fashion. I particularly cited this example to bring out her sixth sense of geometry she uses in her designs to highlight ‘order’ as in this project or ‘chaos’ as in most of her other projects.
Supposing this is where I should post, and assuming this works, here goes!
ReplyDeleteSome interesting things I found about Zaha Hadid, other than architectural/interior/clothing design:
She majored in mathematics before studying architecture, and she participated in the design of the Z-Car. Initially a hydrogen-powered, 3-wheeled 2-seater which evolved to battery-powered, 4-wheeled 4-seater, the Z-Car looks as if all the preconceptions of what a car should be were set aside, in order to start the new design from a pure, fresh place.
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/z-car/
An interesting things I found out about Zaha Hadid was that in 2004 she was the first female architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Award. Also that along with being a architect Zaha is also a painter, furniture designer, fashion designer, jewelry designer, and has designed various interior objects for buildings.
ReplyDeleteHer designs very are innovative and organic. She explores new technologies, manufacturing processes, and materials to express her designs.
A few images of her designs:
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/icone-bag/
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/melissa-shoes/
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/abu-dhabi-performing-arts-centre/
Zaha Hadid has taken advantage of her abstract and creative designs to begin a jewelry line through Atelier Swarovski. It’s the first time the Austrian crystal manufacturer has commissioned a series from an architect. Hadid used her unique sense of forms to create a collection called glace – which includes cuff bracelets, a pendant necklace and rings. Her use of the world known Swarovski crystals was shocking because she reduced the crystals to the size of glitter and encased them in resin. Her jewelry forms reflect her large-scale projects and captures her energy for experimentation.
ReplyDeleteImages of the jewelry:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/10273/zaha-hadid-glace-jewelry-for-swarovski.html
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20100317/zahas-jewels
I noticed a few different things of the work of Zaha Hadid. Hadid has some wonderful organic buildings that she designed, but she also designed many other objects. The furniture she designed has many complex shapes that are very natural. One of the objects that I found interesting was the sofa she designed for B&B Italia. The sofa was designed so it can be arranged in the center of the room to express the curved geometry of the couch. The ottoman was also designed to fit into the couch to help preserve space and create an adaptive living room. Another piece of furniture that she designed was the Genesy Lamp. The lamp is an interesting piece because it resembles a tree and builds in complexity from the bottom to the top. Both of these pieces exhibit complex geometry and organic forms she uses in her buildings.
ReplyDeleteMoon System Sofa - http://www.bonluxat.com/a/Zaha_Hadid_Moon_System.html
Genesy Lamp - http://www.bonluxat.com/a/zaha-hadid-genesy-lamp.html
Josh Butz
Zaha Hadid worked under the tutelage of Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, elevating to become a partner in 1977. The two architects were previously her professors at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
ReplyDeleteShe was largely inspired by an engineer named Peter Rice who also worked for OMA. At that point many of her designs were too complex for the technology of the 70's and 80's. Rice was a proponent of her work, providing support for designs that would later be built. Her firm has been able to largely develop since its inception in 1980 as her unique organic style has received acclaim.
She now designs buildings all over the world, including the MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Italy, the Ghuangzhou Opera House in China, and the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. One prominent theme in her work is the celebration of circulation and passage.
Paintings are one of Zaha Hadid's non architectural works.Her paintings are recognised as energetic, explosive works of varying and mixed perspectives. They are uaually acrylic on canvas or cartridge paper.Recently she began to use the process of silver paintings. Her work has transformed over time, from the abstract but simple fluid shapes to complex details. According to Hadid, her painting style is influenced by the Russian suprematist Kasimir Malevich. One such example is "The Worls," a large 1983 acrylic painting, a simpler one, which is her early work. The other one is "Grand Buildings, london." Many of her early paintings had swirling forms which were hynoptic and had sometimg like a psyhedelic impact as seen through a three-dimensional kaleidoscope.
ReplyDeletehere is the link to view some of her paintings-
www.sites.google.com/site/allenhadid/Home
Zaha Hadid’s baroque modernism in her work is fluid and unique. The materials she uses in each design provide different elements of texture, light, and color. As a contemporary architect/designer, she often creates patterns that show movement.
ReplyDeleteHer working mediums range from paint to jewelry, shoes, buildings, tables and even car designs. I found Ms. Hadid's architectural work to be most exciting. Particularly, the Guangzhou Opera House is very impressive. It currently stands as the largest performance center in southern China. Building this structure was a rather complicated achievement, well worth the effort. After 5 years of construction Ms. Hadid received praise for successfully developing a unique cultural hub and icon within that local municipality. The materials integrated in this design included exposed steel frames delicately harnessing glass panes within a freestanding concrete mold which emits a brilliant glowing quality at night. I think Zaha Hadid offers great examples of how materials can be manipulated into beautiful yet functional designs.
While researching Ms. Hadid, I found a lot of accomplishments and awards that she has received/earned but what I found most interesting is a project that a lot of people would find the most simple. Ms. Hadid has been chosen to design a parking garage in Miami Beach, Florida. While to some it is just a parking garage, the city of Miami understands that it could be a work of art:
ReplyDelete"Miami Beach’s parking garages have received world-wide media attention and have become tourist attractions themselves. They include the Frank-Gehry designed, city-owned, Pennyslvania Avenue Garage; Herzog de Meuron's minimalist, edgy space at 1111 Lincoln Road; Arquitectonica's Ballet Valet Garage at 7th Street and Collins Avenue as well as their newest design in Sunset Harbour, which is currently under construction; Enrique Norton’s newly designed parking garage at 16th Street and Drexel Avenue; and Perkins and Will’s recent City Center Garage Project at 18th Street and Meridian Avenue. Hadid's new design is expected to continue to raise the bar for garages worldwide. The City of Miami Beach is currently working with Ms. Hadid to determine commencement dates for the new garage’s design plans and construction."
http://archinect.com/news/article/20671654/zaha-hadid-chosen-to-design-miami-beach-parking-garage
Apart from all the above information :
ReplyDeletePlease visit the below link for her complete profile.
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/people/zaha-hadid/
Looks like Zaha Hadid has started designing with sustainability too. She has designed a building with a green roof in Seoul and Australia’s, "greenest and probably most expensive commercial and housing complex" in Melbourne. I couldn't find anything more recent than '07 for the Australian project so I don't know if that is happening or not.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/zaha-does-green-roof.php
http://inhabitat.com/zaha-hadid-goes-green-down-under/
Everyone has pretty much covered Hadid's work and history. I give her credit for getting to where she is now as a designer and being the first female architect to win the Pritzker Prize. That being said, I hate her work. I see her as more of a sculptor than an architect. Her buildings are too much about the form. They don't relate to the program or scope of work at all. To me she just tries to make another 'pretty' building for people to admire. But hey that's just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sean as far as her work being very sculptural. She seems to be pushing the envelope of shape and structure. I commend her for that, but I do tend to think that some of her work comes off as ostentatious 'rock star' architecture, however, it is this kind of work that pushes the envelope of design and architecture, and seeing someone like Zaha do some work in sustainability is great for our interests.
ReplyDeleteZaha Hadid was the first woman to win a Pritzker Architecture Prize. Her work experiments with new spatial concepts and encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban spaces to products and furniture. Zaha Hadid has defined a radically new approach to architecture by creating buildings, such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. Hadid has received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. She has also undertaken some high-profile interior work, including the Mind Zone and Feet zone at the Millennium Dome in London and the Z.CAR hydrogen-powered, three-wheeled automobile. She worked with the clothing brand Lacoste, to create a new, high fashion, and advanced boot. Her unique contributions to brassware design and other fields continue to push the boundaries of innovation.
ReplyDeleteThere has always been an element of mystery in Zaha Hadid’s work, may be buildings, painting, jewelery, or product design. ‘Gravity-defying’, ‘fragmentary’ and ‘revolutionary’ are a few words I could think of to define her designs. I believe that the pedagogy at the AA, where she received her Architectural Degree provided the freedom to Ms. Hadid to explore design that reflects her ‘child-like’ mind. One area that Hadid has branched from traditional architectural is in her style of representing architectural ideas. Her paintings for instance, do not represent a rendering, but a conception of a volume or space. Her unique use of color as a method of working out lighting schemes undoubtedly differentiate her from any conventional artist. They resemble collages in storyboards and multiple perspectives meshed together. Once considered as a ‘paper architect’ she has come a long way to be the first female recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Her seamless integration of materials in design and function is very evidently portrayed in her first built work in the United States - The Contemporary Arts Center, Ohio. The new building had to fit the confines of a narrow street corner lot in downtown Cincinnati, but Hadid made a virtue of necessity by linking the museum’s internal and external environments with her concept of the ‘urban carpet’. To draw the pedestrian traffic inherent to any downtown area, the outdoor sidewalk articulated by a seamless run of concrete begins outside the building, where it propels visitors towards a sleek black central staircase that melts dramatically into the structure’s back wall. Not many people voluntarily walk up 6 stories anywhere, but Hadid’s space so intriques visitors that few think of passing the experience by hitching a ride on the elevator to avoid missing chapters of the building form & space. Inspite of its spectacular blend of form, function & material use the most acknowledging aspect of the design was its economy; $230 per sft. This distinct integration of linear volumes of concrete, glass and metal into function and design built on the inherent crowded nature of the downtown resulted in bringing life to the otherwise declining downtown of the city. Inspite of having abstained from the extremes that Hadid is fondly recognized by, her traditional shaped volumes still portray a lively shift due to the juxtaposition of the large masses in the façade in an almost orderly fashion. I particularly cited this example to bring out her sixth sense of geometry she uses in her designs to highlight ‘order’ as in this project or ‘chaos’ as in most of her other projects.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.galinsky.com/buildings/cac-cincinnati/index.htm
http://contemporaryartscenter.org/architecture
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