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Zaha Hadid’s Imaginary Inspiration Source?

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , on November 17, 2011 by eliinbar

Can an Architectural drawing of a building-cross-section, be an Inspiration Source for a talent architect?

Recently I found  a sketch of an architectural-cross-section scribbled  by Le Corbusier in 1927, for an urban Villa.

  Le Corbusier’s

cross-section sketch for an urban Villa

1927

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Zaha Hadid Architect

Contemporary Arts Center

Cincinnati Ohio USA  2001-2003

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Is Le Corbusier’s cross-section, the inspiration Source for the Contemporary Arts Center designed by Zaha Hadid in Cincinnati?

The first museum designed by a woman architect in the U.S.

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Zaha Hadid’s cross-section

for the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati

2001-2003

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Eliinbar sketches 2011   Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources?

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 Note the following similar characteristics:


1. The unique morphology of the curve at the junction between wall and floor in the lower left of the sketch.


2. Clear division into two parts. Open vertical space with stairs and closed horizontal spaces.


3. The closed spaces are characterized by shifting relation to each other. Open spaces are obtained by the steps.  

For you to judge….

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What is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building”.?

Posted in public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2011 by eliinbar

Zaha Hadid architecture is characterized by new design techniques (Tools)…. 

Here is a quote from Zaha Hadid’s Office (Patrik Schumacher)

“Digital techniques have become an essential ingredients of the project development.

The analog techniques employed – like interpenetration, isometric and perspectival distortion, dynamic bending and warping – anticipate the possibilities currently offered by advanced animation software.  Intermediate techniques like distortion and “smearing” using the xerox machine established a fertile ground for the quick assimilation of the new digital tools in the process of form finding” “a new architectural language and conception of space was developed

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What did I learn from this quote?

Zaha Hadid uses Advanced and contemporary  sculptural techniques, when designing her buildings.

 

In the same matter, you are invited to see my relevant post about the “Conscious Inspiration Method”

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As I often show in my blog, Great Architects are inspired by a building from the past – I call does buildings “Inspirational Buildings“…. 

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It’s a while that I am in  pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s ultimate” inspirational  Building”

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I want to raise a reasonable possibility that Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center

Is Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building” 

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                            Eero Saarinen architect

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport 

opened in 1962

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Zaha Hadid  Architect 

 London Olympics aquatics centre

  2012

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 Eliinbar sketches 2011 Zaha Hadid’s ultimate “Inspirational Building“.?

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What do you think?

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The Conscious Inspiration Methode;

I Believe that designing is a process formed from three main phases:  knowledge, tools and invention.

“Knowledge”:  as many said, and wrote before – Knowledge is the foundation for all designing process. We architects and designers are obliged to be informed about everything that was designed in the past and on a daily basis….

“Tools”:  develop tools to analyze buildings and “Understand” them,  tools that will cope with the abundance of architectural information…

(I intend to demonstrate some of my ideas in future posts)

“Invention”:  with the methodology of “conscious Inspiration” , we don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings.  Once we develop our tools, it will lead us to high quality and creative architecture.

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Daniel Libeskind’s Inspiration Sources & “The Crystal Buildings”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2011 by eliinbar


From eliinbar’s sketchbook 2011,

Daniel Libeskind’s Inspiration Sources & “The Crystal Buildings”

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In This Post I will share with you some of Daniel Libskind’s “Inspiration Sources”

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The unique design of the Jewish Museum in Berlin

Is the result of Libeskind‘s inspirations sources. 

Libeskind, a musician himself, took inspiration from music and considered the museum the final act of Arnold Schoenberg’s unfinished opera.

Moses und Aron . Walter Benjamin’s One Way Street’s 60 sections determined the number of sections that comprise the museum’s zigzag section

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

the Jewish Museum

Berlin,Germany 1988-1999

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Libeskind’s inspiration source when planning his first “Crystal Building” = The Royal Ontario Museum, was the museum’s mineral collection.

Daniel Libeskind Architec

Royal Ontario Museum

 Ontario Canada 2002-2006

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What were Libeskind’s, inspiration sources   when planning the next four “Crystal Buildings”?

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Daniel Libeskind Architect Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”Competition, Published October 2003

Daniel Libeskind Architect

 Dún Laoghaire Harbour “landmark building”

Competition , Published October 2003

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

Denver art museum Denver,Colorado

opened in October 2006

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

The Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Hong Kong

complete the building in 2010

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Daniel Libeskind Architect

 Military History Museum

expected to be completed in 2011.

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Daniel Libeskind  & “The Crystal Buildings”

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What did I learn from this post?

Architects often invent or choose their characteristics “Tool Box” somewhere in their career.

A “Tool Box” Can be an architecture style or an individual unique interpretation.

For axemple:

1.Deconstructivism Architecture, (Daniel Libskind Architect).

2.Postmodenism Architecture, (Michael Graves Architect)

3.Brutalism Architecture ,(Paul Rudolph Architect)

Is an Architecture Style can be the Architect’s  “Inspiration Sources”?

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Zaha Hadid and the “Sculpture Buildings Trend”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 3, 2011 by eliinbar

This post is about a contemporary trend ….buildings that get inspired from the three dimensional artwork…. Sculpture. 

Zaha Hadid Architect ,is in my opinion , leading the “Sculpted buildings trend”, today .

In addition, I will show some interesting recent projects , dealing with the “Sculpted buildings trend”.

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Sculpture:

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping. Materials may be worked by removal such as carving; or they may be assembled such as by welding, hardened such as by firing, or molded or cast. Surface decoration such as paint may be applied.

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Zaha Hadid Architect   

Guggenheim Hermitage

Vilnius, Lithuania , Competition 2008

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Here’s some information from Zaha Hadid Architects about the Guggenheim Hermitage museum :

The museums sculptural volume is designed along Zaha Hadid’s characteristic conceptual terms of fluidity, velocity and lightness. The building appears like a mystical object floating above the extensive artificial landscape strip, seemingly defying gravity by exposing dramatic undercuts towards the surrounding entrance plazas. Large activated green fields flow around the museums sculptural mass, underlining its enigmatic presence with curvilinear lines echoing the elongated contours of the building. Contrasting with the vertical business district skyline it is a manifestation of Vilnius’ new cultural significance.

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                            Coop Himmelb(l)au architects

Martin Luther Church

Hainburg, Austria  2008-2011

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Here’s some information from Coop Himmelb(l)au about the Martin Luther Church :

The design language has been developed from the shape of the curved roof of a neighboring Romanesque ossuary – the geometry of this century-old building is translated into a form, in line with the times, via today’s digital instruments

Martin Luther Church inspiration sources and design  methodology.

Neighboring Romanesque ossuary picture  (top Left) and a today’s digital trendy sculptural interpretation (Lower right).

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Here are some more  interesting recent projects , dealing with the “Sculpted buildings trend”:

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SUS&HI office – Calcagno Littardi A.A. + Y.Park + A. Tomaiuolo Architects

“Organic Water Pavilion”-  public open space, Seoul

published 2011 

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 Robert Bruno Architect

 “Steel House”, 2006

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Sharn Architects 

 “Pixelated Skyscrape” Singapore

Published 03/2009

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Eliinbar sketches 2011  “Sculpture Building Trend ”

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 4-”Tree of knowledge”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2011 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011 , Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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In this post I present MVRDV’s Sloterpark Swimming Pool and Zaha Hadid’s Pierres Vives-building , housing three government departments .

Zaha Hadid is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test. 

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, and I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another. 

My goal is to encourage the developing of “Codex rules“for a new architectural planning process that I call  Conscious Inspiration.

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Zaha Hadid Architects

Pierres Vives

Montpellier France  2002-2012

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MVRDV Architects

Sloterpark Swimming Pool 

 Amsterdam  competition 1994

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From Zaha Hadid’s Site:

The Pierres Vives Building “ Housing three government department emerging as a “tree of Knowledge” three institutions unified within a single envelope”

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The spectacular design of the building is inspired by the idea of a “tree of knowledge” as an organizational diagram for the entire project. 

Zaha Hadid uses the concept of trunk and tree to organize and divide up the complexity of the administrative citadel as a whole.

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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Zaha Hadid is looking for a programming idea to combine three institutions unified within a single envelope.

She is inspired by the metaphor of the” tree of Knowledge”

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are metaphors her Inspiration Sources?

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“I am a tree of knowledge” from The Macho Response blog”

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Learning from Zaha Hadid

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , on September 12, 2011 by eliinbar

What did I learn from my journey uncovering Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources.?

The Inspiration Sources of gifted architects are a combination of ” knowledge” and “Codex-rules“.

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 Eliinbar sketches 2011, learning from Zaha Hadid

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We don’t need to be intimidated to get inspired from relevant buildings = “Conscious Inspiration“.

Once we deepen our architecture knowledge and develop our “Codex rules“  like  I got the impression , Zaha Hadid does intuitively,

it will lead us to high quality and “Invention architecture”.

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You are invited to visit my recent and relevant posts

 In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s  inspiration Sources4-”Shell Structures”   http://archidialog.com/2011/09/08

 In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s  inspiration Sources 3-”the interplay between architecture and nature” http://archidialog.com/2011/09/05 

 In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s  inspiration Sources 2 http://archidialog.com/2011/09/02/ 

 In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s  inspiration Sources 1 http://archidialog.com/2011/08/29 

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources4-”Shell Structures”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 8, 2011 by eliinbar

From  eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011  , Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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In this post I present  Buckminster Fuller’s Montreal Biosphère in Expo 1967, Canada and Zaha Hadid’s mixed-use building  in Budapest,Hungary.

Zaha Hadid is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test. 

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, and I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another. 

My goal is to encourage the developing of “Codex rules“ for a new architectural planning process that I call  Conscious Inspiration.

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Buckminster Fuller

The Montreal Biosphère

Canada  Expo 1967

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Zaha Hadid Architect

mixed-use building Budapest, Hungary

 March 2007        

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 Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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Here’s some more information from Zaha Hadid Architects about  her Inspiration Sources  for the mixed-use building  in Budapest:

“A Structure that extends Budapest’s rich architectural heritage, is inherently “in Context”, yet also marks a radical new approach”

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Thin-shell structures are light weight constructions using shell elements. These elements are typically curved and are assembled to large structures. Typical applications are fuselages of aeroplanes, boat hulls and roof structures in some buildings.

A thin shell is defined as a shell with a thickness which is small compared to its other dimensions and in which deformations are not large compared to thickness. A primary difference between a shell structure and a plate structure is that, in the unstressed state, the shell structure has curvature as opposed to plates structures which are flat.

From  wikipedia  

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Mutschler & Partners and Frei Otto  Architects.The Multihalle, is a temporary construction in Mannheim, Germany 1975

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 Mutschler & Partners and Frei Otto  Architects.The Multihalle, is a temporary construction in Mannheim, Germany 1975

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Zaha Hadid is inspired by the Budapest’s rich architectural heritage and Thin-shell structures.

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are ” Thin-shell structures”  her Inspiration Sources?

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 3-”the interplay between architecture and nature”

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on September 5, 2011 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011,Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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In this post I present  Steven Holl’s  Sketch For Nanning – Chaina ,and Zaha Hadid;s King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art in Amman . In my future posts I will continue my journey uncovering Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources.  

Zaha Hadid is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test. 

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, and I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another. 

My goal is to encourage the developing of “Tools” for a new architectural planning process that I call  Conscious Inspiration

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     Steven Holl Architect

  Sketch For Nanning – Chaina  2002

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Zaha Hadid Architect  

King Abdullah II house of Culture and Art , Amman

international  competition June 2008

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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Here’s some more information from Zaha Hadid Architects about  her Inspiration Sources

The architectural expression for the new performing arts centre has been inspired by the magnificent ancient city of Petra explains Zaha Hadid. “Petra is an astonishing example of the wonderful interplay between architecture and nature, as well as the intricate complexity and elegance of natural forms – the rose-colored mountain walls have been eroded, carved and polished to reveal the astonishing strata of sedimentation. We have applied these principles to articulate the public spaces within the centre, with eroded interior surfaces that extend into the public plaza in front of the building.”

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Petra-Tombs-Jordan

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Zaha Hadid is inspired by the interplay between architecture and nature

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are ” architecture and nature”  her Inspiration Sources?

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 2

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , , on September 2, 2011 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011,Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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In this post I present MVRDV’s ”Kissing Towers” in Donau City ,Vienna  and Zaha Hadid;s “Stone Towers” in Cairo, Egypt.

In my future posts I will continue my journey uncovering Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources.  

Zaha Hadid is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test. 

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, and I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another. 

My goal is to encourage the developing of “Tools” for a new architectural planning process that I call  Conscious Inspiration

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                              MVRDV Architects 

 model of the ”Kissing Towers” Donau City   Vienna 

  2002

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Zaha Hadid Architects

“Stone Towers” Cairo, Egypt

 2008-

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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Here’s some more information from Zaha Hadid Architects about the “Stone Towers” :

 “Inspired by the patterns and textures of ancient Egyptian stonework, the north and south facades of each tower will be covered with recesses and protrusions emphasising the effects of light and shadow on the surfaces”

“Ancient Egyptian stonework incorporates a vast array of patterns and textures that, when illuminated by the intense sunlight of the region, creates animated displays of light and shadow”

Zaha Hadid Architects “Stone Towers” & Direct Sunlight

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Zaha Hadid is very aware to the “Place” she is designing her Buildings.

How it affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are ”Places”  her Inspiration Sources?

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In pursuit after Zaha Hadid’s inspiration Sources 1

Posted in buildings, public buildings with tags , , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2011 by eliinbar

From eliinbar’s Sketchbook 2011,Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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In this post I present Eero Saarinen’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport and Zaha Hadid;s Aquatics Centre roof for the 2012 Olympic site in London 

In my future posts I will continue my  journey uncovering Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources.  

She is today the most widely publicized and influential architect by Google test. 

It’s not the formal similarity, why I pose the two projects, And I don’t have the intention to insinuate that Zaha Hadid copied from another. 

My goal is to encourage the developing of a “Toolbox” for a new architectural planning process that I call  Conscious Inspiration.

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Eero Saarinen architect

TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport

 opened in 1962

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Zaha Hadid Architect

 Aquatics Centre roof

for the 2012 Olympic site in London

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Eliinbar sketches 2011, Zaha Hadid’s Inspiration Sources

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Improved planning tools and innovative construction technologies’,

How they affect Zaha Hadid’s design?

Are they her Inspiration Sources?

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Aquatics Centre roof computer models

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Aquatics Centre roof under construction (Advanced construction technologies)

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