Zaha Hadid's approach to architecture is best described as Baroque Modernism. She takes her De-constructivist style of breaking down traditional architectural values that modernists such Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier value–walls, ceilings, right angles and so on, and combines it with Baroque Modernism. Baroque Modernism goes against single one viewpoint perspective.
Her designs for buildings make the spectator to believe the space is morphing. She describes her work as having "a new fluid kind of spatiality." Her work is described by her spectators and colleagues as "denying it's own solidity." The Peak is a perfect example of this.
These are all concept paintings and drawing for The Peak Leisure Spa in Hong Kong. The actual building was never built due to it's "unrealistic" design. She became more known for the work that didn't get past concept art, than for the work that she actually accomplished.
Her first actual success was the the Vitra Fire Station in Germany.
The Vitra Fire Station features extreme geometric and hard edges. It was a formal success, but not a functional one. Although the building has a space-age and futuristic feel like most of her work does, it wasn't a practical approach. It especially wasn't practical for a building that is more for function than form and aesthetic beauty (it is a FIRE STATION after all). Her most notorious project was a 1994 competition-winning design for the Cardiff Bay Opera House.
The project was abandon byMillennium
Commission b/c criticism from local lobbyists and politicians in Cardiff, Wales due to criticism by local lobbyists and politicians in Cardiff, Wales. At the time Britain was still very much conservative in politics and architecture. This project was a major set back for her and her office but she considered it to be a turning point in her career. Hadid received her "big break" when she was commissioned to design The Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Rosenthal Center of Contemporary Art provided for Hadid a chance to try out her ideas of new take on curating and museum experience. Her design creates the illusion of hovering blocks and shapes. The building is "designed like “an urban carpet”, one end of which lies across the
sidewalk at the busiest intersection in Cincinnati to yank in
unsuspecting passers-by." The New York Times described it, without overstatement, as “the most important new building in America since the Cold War.”
This project silenced all critics that stated the Hadid's work and architecture was impossible to build. It also opened doors for future commissions such as:
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