PRODUCT LIBRARY
remaining open to the elements, the project has been conceived as an expansive landscape that changes with the seasons and the weather.
the two-story residence is complete with a large outdoor terrace.
the staircase comprises 630 pieces, which were assembled and glued on site, piece by piece.
the bridge was 70 meters in length with the two 20-meter-high towers linked by a passageway platform.
connections: +300
Just aweful. No consideration for it’s surroundings at all. It may be meant to be an iconic structure, but imagine the silhouette. It would look like a shapeless mound, unlike the sydney opera house or any of the other buildings mentioned by toski. They have distinct forms that are recognisable.
What a surprise – a new nice, big, white, sh*t-shaped architectural piece by Zaha Hadid |-( It has nothing to do with the actual scale and characteristics of the city surrounding it. Better place it in the middle of an ocean or a desert… Preferably under the surface of the ocean or desert.
she actually designed the theatre and opera buildings in abu dhabi and dubai that are similar if not close to identitical to this one. the question is not whether or not this could be built anywhere. the real problem is that she’s applying generic design produced with generic design processes & tools & people!
All this without even having started to talk about whether or not the form of the building is appropriate for its function!
Zaha’s been criticized a lot lately, and i’m not going to defend her… i actually think that most of the things people say about her are true!! HOWEVER… to say that this building could be anywhere… that’s just not true. The forms, the way she bends this surfaces they all relate to the sites geometry, the vehicles access, etc. You can’t say something is out of context solely because it contrasts with its surroundings. The building is MEANT to be an icon. Probably not the typology i would’ve adopted, but definitely this building is well contextualized. And if you really come to think about it… Farmsworth’s house could be anywhere, so could The Villa Savoye, so could bilbaos Guggenheim, Sydney’s Opera House, and pretty much every other building. Globalization is here and it gets harder and harder every time to talk about the architectural identity of a country. At least in a formal – technological point of view.
Appropriate. It’s like a cobra rising out of the Bou Regreg River. Would have liked to have seen the interior plan included. I like it d;-)
wake up zaha
This could be everywhere…..Not just Morocco.
Are the 90’s over yet?
cool banks for a future sk8park – but not more!