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 Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher Contemporary Arts Centre Rome United Kingdom 2000, 1'23" The Centre for Contemporary Arts addresses the question of its urban context by maintaining an indexicality to the former army barracks. This is in no way an attempt at topological pastiche, but instead continues the low-level urban texture set against the higher level blocks on the surrounding sides of the site. In this way, the Centre is more like an 'urban graft', a second skin to the site. At times, it affiliates with the ground to become new ground, yet also ascends and coalesces to become massivity where needed. The entire building has an urban character: prefiguring upon a directional route connecting the River to Via Guido Reni, the Centre encompasses both movement patterns extant and desired, contained within and outside. This vector defines the primary entry route into the building. By intertwining the circulation with the urban context, the building shares a public dimension with the city, overlapping tendril like paths and open space. In addition to the circulatory relationship, the architectural elements are also geometrically aligned with the urban grids that join at the site. In thus partly deriving its orientation and physiognomy from the context, it further assimilates itself to the specific conditions of the site. Zaha Hadid, born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1950, began her study of architecture in 1972 at the Architectural Association in London, and was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977. She then joined the Office of Metropolitan Architecture; began teaching at the Architectural Association with Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis and later led her own studio at the AA until 1987. Her winning entry for The Peak Club, Hong kong, in 1983, was followed by first place awards in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cardiff, London, Cincinnati, Rome, Salerno, Innsbruck and Wolfsburg. Completed projects include; the Fire Station and LF one in Weil am Rhein, Germany, the Mind Zone at the Millennium Dome, London. Zaha Hadid's most recent installations include "Addressing the Century" at the Hayward Gallery, London, stage sets for the Pet shop Boys World Tour, the Charleroi Dance Company, Belgium and the exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art in London. Currently Zaha Hadid's office is working on a variety of projects including; the Contemporary Arts Centres for Cincinnati and Rome, a ski jump in Innsbruck, a major bridge structure in Abu Dhabi as well as a car park design for the Stasbourg Tramway are under construction and due for completion later this year. In addition, a Science Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany and a ferry terminal in Salerno, Italy are in planning stage due for completion in 2002. |
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