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Zaha Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad. She was a British architect and designer of Iraqi descent, known for her distinctive deconstructionist style. In 2004, she became the first woman to receive a Pritzker Prize, often referred to as the "architectural Nobel".
Biography
Hadid began her studies at the American University in Beirut, where she obtained a BA in Mathematics. In 1972, she moved to London to study architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), which was the epicentre of progressive architecture in the 1970s. There she met Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, with whom she later collaborated at the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), a Dutch architectural firm.
In 1979, Hadid opened her own business, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA). The company, based in London, operates to this day. Later in her career, in 1983, Hadid gained international fame after winning the competition for The Peak recreation center in Hong Kong. The project was characterised by a certain fragmentation, instability and dynamism. It was the fragmentary style that made it later associated with the architectural school of deconstructionists. This classification gained particular recognition in 1988 when "Deconstructionist Architecture" was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The architect's designs have been shown at exhibitions all over the world, and her works are in significant museum collections. Hadid died unexpectedly in 2016 in Miami, Florida.
Hadid's projects
The world recognised her as an architect who liked to push the boundaries and design what had previously seemed impossible. Many of her projects, incl. the already mentioned "The Peak" was rejected by the investors. In the 1980s and early 1990s, it was widely believed that her designs were too radical or even impossible. It got to the point where she was called a "paper architect" as her designs were too avant-garde to move beyond the drawing stage. The situa
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Adam Caruso, Peter St John; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino, plexiglas; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Francesco Cellini, Franco Ceschi; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998, legno, balsa; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Michele De Lucchi, Achille Castiglioni, Italo Lupi; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Eduardo Souto de Moura; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; panforte, balsa; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Vittorio Gregotti – Gregotti Associati Internationalm, con Franco Purini; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino, plexiglas; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Zaha M. Hadid; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino, balsa, alluminio, perspex; con base teca e inserita in contesto urbanistico 202 x 122 x 34 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Steven Holl, Guy Nordenson, Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino, plexiglas; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Toyo Ito; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino, plexiglas; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Rem Koolhaas – Office for Metropolitan Architecture; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino, plexiglas; 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Pierluigi Nicolin, Italo Rota; Modello di concorso del Centro per le arti contemporanee, Roma, Italia; 1998; legno, cartoncino 71 x 56 x 20.5 cm. Photo Sebastiano Luciano
Jean Nouvel; Modell Iraqi architect (1950–2016) For the architectural firm, see Zaha Hadid Architects. Dame Zaha Mohammad HadidDBE RA (Arabic: زها حديدZahā Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi and British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a key figure in architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid studied mathematics as an undergraduate and then enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972. In search of an alternative system to traditional architectural drawing, and influenced by Suprematism and the Russian avant-garde, Hadid adopted painting as a design tool and abstraction as an investigative principle to "reinvestigate the aborted and untested experiments of Modernism [...] to unveil new fields of building". She was described by The Guardian as the "Queen of Curves", who "liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity". Her major works include the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics, the Broad Art Museum, Rome's MAXXI Museum, and the Guangzhou Opera House. Some of her awards have been presented posthumously, including the statuette for the 2017 Brit Awards. With several awards and accolades to her name, she has also been recognized by the 2013 Forbes List as one of the "World's Most Powerful Women". Several of her buildings were still under construction at the time of her death, including the Daxing International Airport in Beijing, and the Al Wakrah Stadium (now Al Janoub) in Qatar, a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Hadid was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004. She received the UK's most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was made a Dame by Elizabeth II for services to architectu + 20 Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or Copy Text description provided by the architects. Opening the website of Zaha Hadid Architects, the home page shows the various links of the practice on a schematic plan; it is the plan of MAXXI, Museum of Arts of the XXI century, in Rome. This side-fact indicates the importance of MAXXI among the projects made by Zaha Hadid. The museum was recently completed, after ten years, and opened on preview to the public. Archdaily was invited to the preview, so it was possible to experience the spaces while empty – the art collection will be installed during winter, the official opening will take place on April 2010 – and have a direct impression of the building. As declared by the architect, the museum is 'not a object-container, but rather a campus for art', where flows and pathways overlap and connect in order to create a dynamic and interactive space. Although the program is clear and organized in plan, flexibility of use is the main goal of the project. Continuity of spaces makes it a suitable place for any kind of moving and temporary exhibition, without redundant wall divisions or interruptions. Entering the atrium, the main elements of the project are evident: concrete curved walls, suspended black staircases, open ceiling catching natural light. By these elements Zaha Hadid intended 'a new fluid kind of spatiality of multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry, designed to embody the chaotic fluidity of modern life'. This statement of the architect, as usual of hers, brought out the question if the concept of de-constructed fluidity matched with the identity of a “static” city as Rome, and with its classical heritage. The response of critics and public has been positive. Especially in this context, in the relation with the existing fabrics, the curved smooth walls dialogue with the neo-classical symmetr Zaha Hadid
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