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zaha hadid in rome: the centre before the centre --- 10 may - 11 august, 2002 centro nazionale per le arti contemporanee http://www.darc.beniculturali.it pending the completion of the national centre for contemporary arts, scheduled to open in 2005 in the former military barracks on via guido reni, the ministry of cultural affairs has restored one of the two buildings that will be maintained in hadid’s project as a temporary exhibition space, in order to begin a cultural program on the site of the future centre. for this purpose, approximately 1300 square meters have been restored : 800 square meters for the display of art, about 120 square meters as a multi-functional space and the remaining area for storage and public facilities. the restoration has removed dividing walls and superstructures, returning the space to its original appearance. the center was inaugurated on may 10 with an installation of the work of zaha hadid, an exhibition,which runs through august 11, 2002. the installation was coordinated by hadid herself and presents a continuous space for the display of drawings, paintings, models, videos, books, multi-media stations, objects and furniture. the result is a complete vision of this versatile and complex artist and of her innovative architecture of flowing, dynamic and asymmetric volumes which conceive space and its use in a new way. on show are: - the national centre for contemporary arts in rome, italy the completion of the 30,000 sqm centre is scheduled for 2005. see http://www.designboom.com/portrait/zaha_r.html - vitra fire station, weil am rhein, germany (date: 1991-1993) - art media centre, düsseldorf, germany (date: 1989-1993) - exhibition space for the 'garden festival', weil am rhein, germany (date: 1997-1999) - rosenthal center for contemporary art, cincinnati, usa (date: 1997-2003) see http://www.designboom.com/portrait/zaha_c.html - terminal 'intermodale', hoenheim-nord, strasbourg, france (date: 1998-2001) - ski jump on mount bergisel near innsbruck, austria (date: 1999-2002) - phaeno science centre, wolfsburg, germany (date: 1999-2003) see http://www.designboom.com/portrait/zaha_w.html - 'mind zone', millennium dome, london, great britain (date: 1998-2000) - terminal marittimo, salerno, italy (date: 2000-2003) - grande bibliothèque du québec, montréal, canada (date: 2000-...) - temporary guggenheim museum, tokyo, japan (date: 2000-...) - BMW central plant building, lipsia, germany (date: 2002-2004) --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	zaha hadid courtesy national centre for contemporary arts, rome the centre, a temporary exhibition space, courtesy national centre for contemporary arts, rome the centre, courtesy national centre for contemporary arts, rome drawing of the centre, courtesy national centre for contemporary arts, rome on show : 'parallel bridges', scene for metapolis ballet, belgium, 1999 temporary guggenheim museum, tokyo, 2000