zaha hadid architects: chaoyangmen SOHO III

chaoyangmen SOHO III by zaha hadid architects
zaha hadid architects recently unveiled plans of their project chaoyangmen SOHO III,
located in the city center of beijing. with the headquarters building of the ministry
of foreign affairs on its east and chaoyangmen soho I and II on its north, it is surrounded
by different urban amenities including outdoor space, offices and residential spaces.
the total construction area of the project is 334,000 square meters, of which 166,000
and 86,000 square meters are designated for offices and retail uses respectively.
the project is designed based on the traditional chinese courtyard, an inner space within
a building. chaoyangmen SOHO III was conceived as a series of continuous and flowing
volumes that coalesce, which fuse and pull apart as stretched bridges to create a world
of continuous mutual adaptation.

chaoyangmen SOHO III - inner courtyard

chaoyangmen SOHO III aerial view rendering
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Didn't Zaha start off with those sharp-edged designs? When she got her hands on software that warps and makes things fluid, it al changed overnight. Just as it did for her some of her peers. It is interchangable and uninspiring. It seems to be the fate of large scale architecture.
Congrats zaha hadid
with this project beijing will finally have balls.
best regards,
sincerely yours,
holy mother of god
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well maybe not!
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nice form, but architecture??? give us plans zaha!
quote marie antoinette:"why give then plans when they can have images!"
please notice, for all zadid fans, most of her visualisations carefully, and very well, avoids to show anything else but her object!
i wonder what the result of a crossbreed of a frank g. and a zaha h. would give - an other object placer!?
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