Currently showing at the Design Museum is Zaha Hadid’s new commission, Visions For The City Of London. Showing until 4 October 2009 as part of Super Contemporary - Celebrating Visionary Design from London’s Creative Mavericks.
The Idea:
Could London be designed to evolve differently from the way it has to date? Zaha Hadid invites you to take a step
back and reconsider the DNA of London. In the Visions or the City of London, Hadid poses several questions,
asking the visitor to reflect on their surroundings, taking nto consideration the existing infrastructure, whilst
challenging current systems. Themes covered in these questions include: what type of buildings should be next
to one another and how do we live and work in different types of neighbourhoods? This project is not a solution
but in approach for understanding the city’s structure and considering London’s character for the future.
The Design:
Setting a design principle of change, this proposal is both a vision and a template for a process. The interactive
urban landscaping tool is based on a principle of shaping London’s building blocks according to opposing forces. Step up to the screen and see the city change according to different decisions. The computergenerated simulation devised by Zaha Hadid Architects is working model, a move forward from previous sketches offering a new theory for urban master-planning.
The Designer:
Originally from Iraq, Zaha Hadid established her London practice in 1980 and has since challenged her contemporaries with the exploration of new spatial concepts in the pursuit of a visionary aesthetic in the fields of urbanism, architecture and design. She won the Pritzker Prize in 2004, and has designed the Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games.
With thanks to Autodesk
Zaha Hadid is part of the upcoming exhibition Super Contemporary at the Design Museum opening on 3 June 2009. The exhibition will showcase 15 new commissions from London’s most dynamic creatives, who have been asked what they would give back to London. Zaha will be creating an interactive installation designed to re-shape London’s cityscape called ‘Vision for the City of London’.
Visit designsoftheyear.com to see the best designs from 2009 and vote for your favourite.
Crevasse Vase, by Zaha Hadid / produced by Alessi is now available at the Design Museum
The Design Museum Shop is currently selling two of Zaha Hadid’s books, displaying both major and recent work.
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Zaha Hadid visited on Friday October 12, to give a talk to a packed house at the Design Museum. Her exhibition, Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design, has become a major hit making it no surprise the talk sold out in record time.
After-hours at the Design Museum, including the hit show Zaha Hadid: Architecture and Design on Friday 5 October 2007. See Design Overtime for future late openings at the museum.
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Friday 5 October 2007, 6 until 10pm
Last admission 9.15pm
An after-hours opportunity to see the current Design Museum exhibitions, including the hit show Zaha Hadid: Architecture and Design.
The design and manufacturing company Established & Sons have launched Bianco Carrara Fantiscritti Marble versions of Zaha Hadid Architects’ Aqua Table & Nekton Stools (table pictured above, stools below) at Elevating Design.
