Thursday 30 January 2014

Zaha Hadid - High Tech

Zaha Hadid is an architectural designer born in the year 1950, in Iraq. She studied architecture at the Architectural Association and after graduating in 1977, she joined the Office of Metropolitan Association. Some of the co-workers of this association helped Zaha where she taught at the Architectural Association. These were Rem Koolhaas and Eila Zenghelis. 

Zaha was best known worldwide for her outstanding work such as:
Vitra Fire Station - 1993
Ski Jump in Innsbruck, Austria - 2002

Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art in Ohio - 2003
And also for several exhibitions being held along with work exhibited in museums. To produce her investigation before designing, she uses painting and drawing as her techniques. 

She started her own procedure in the year 1980 in London and later won an illustrious and impressive competition for the Hong Kong Peak Club. In the website that I researched, I found this paragraph which describes exactly how Zaha Hadid really works her magic. It says:
"Known as an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design, her work experiments with new spatial concepts intensifying existing urban landscapes and encompassing all fields of design, from the urban scale to interiors and furniture."

Reference:
The Hyatt Foundation, 2014, 'Zaha Hadid - 2004 Laureate - Biography [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2004/bio [Accessed at: 26 January 2014]

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