This history lesson is in honor of Zaha Hadid who recently passed, a very influential architect who left quite an impact on the world and the world of design.
"Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, (31 October 1950 – 31 March
2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was the first woman and the
first Muslim to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, winning it in 2004.
She received the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was created a
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2015 she became the
first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in her own right." --
Wikipedia
Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan (2013)
"There is no single Hadid style, although one can detect a
watermark in her buildings’ futuristic smoothness. Certain themes carry through
her use of materials (glass, steel, concrete), her lines (corridors often trace
flowing arabesque shapes, while roof struts make sharp Z-shaped angles), her
structures (she favors column-free spaces), and her sculptural interiors and
asymmetric façades. In all her work, Hadid is concerned with movement and
speed—both the way people will move through the buildings and the way a sight
line travels through light and shadow. Her exteriors seem to be shaped by the
movement inside and around them, rather than by some predetermined notion of
external form." -- J
ohn Seabrook, The Newyorker
Check out more of her fantastic work!
Soho Gallery in Beijing, China (2012)
Dongdaeumun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea
Jockey Club Innovation Tower at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London.
London Aquatic Centre
Messner Mountain Museum Corones in Italy.
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