Piyush Jalan

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Zaha Hadid

• Piyush Jalan

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Biography

• BIRTH
• ZAHA HADID was born in Bagdad (1950).
• EDUCATION
• Trained Maths at the American university of
  Beirut (1968 - 1971)studied architecture at the
  architectural association school (AA) in London,
  UK (1972 - 1977)
• PRACTISE
• Joined OMA (office of metropolitan
  architecture) and became a partner (1977).Own
  practice 'ZAHA HADID office' (from 1980).

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Childhood

• Zaha Hadid was raised in a liberal, open-minded
  family which allowed her to explore new ways of
  doing things and think critically.
• She was born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1950 to
  aristocratic parents. Hadid's father played an
  important role in her creative development.
• He exposed her to many different cultures while
  always stressing the importance of her heritage.
• He demonstrated this through his studies at the
  London School of Economics and participation in
  the fight for Iraqi independence from foreign
  occupation.
• His progressive views on the industrialization of
  Iraq, housing issues, and the nationalization of
  the oil production influenced Zaha in her views
  of the world.
• Hadids childhood experiences encouraged a belief
  in open communication between different groups of
  people, but also a strong conviction in Iraqi
  independence.

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EDUCATION

• Hadid's elementary education in England and
  Switzerland exposed her to many different
  cultures.
• She attended school with Christian, Jewish,
  Muslim, and Islamic girls.
• This is the first indication of marginality in
  her life. She felt distanced from her Muslim
  heritage at the school because of its Christian
  educational style.
• "I NEVER HAD A TRADITIONAL EDUCATION AS A MUSLIM.
  IN THE ARAB WORLD, ISLAMIC CULTURE AND ARAB
  CULTURE ARE THE SAME. IT'S A CULTURAL SITUATION,
  NOT A RELIGIOUS SITUATION." (HADID 1995)

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• This dissension between Arab and Western
  influences reoccurred as she developed her
  architectural style.
• Hadid first became interested in architecture at
  age eleven, although she pursued other interests
  before attending architecture school.
• A friend of the family was designing a home for
  Hadid's aunt and would bring the models by and
  show Zaha.
• Her mother and father increased her interest by
  taking her to architectural exhibitions.
• Before pursuing higher education in
  architecture, Hadid studied mathematics at the
  American University in Beirut in 1968.
• The field of modern mathematics and the
  relationship between philosophy, physics and math
  interested her briefly before studied
  architecture. (Hadid 1995)

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CONCEPT

• "GRAVITY-DEFYING",
• "FRAGMENTARY"
• "REVOLUTIONARY"
• A MAIN THEME OF HADID'S DESIGNS EXHIBITS THAT A
  BUILDING CAN FLOAT AND DEFY GRAVITY.

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MAXXI, ROME

• MAXXI stands for Museo nazionale delle arti del
  XXI secolo (National Museum of 21st Century
  Art).
• The museum will become the joint home of the
  MAXXI Arts and MAXXI Architecture and Italys
  first national museum solely dedicated to
  contemporary arts.
• Zaha Hadid architects, out of 273 candidates, won
  the architectural competition to design the
  building in 1998 with a design that responds to
  the form and arrangement of existing industrial
  buildings on the site. The program offers a
  flexible, interdisciplinary arena for the
  exhibition of contemporary art and architecture
  and for live events.

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MAXII, ROME

• It acts as a tie between the geometrical elements
  already present
• It is built on the site of old army barracks
  between the river tiber and via guido reni, the
  centre is made up of spaces that flow freely and
  unexpectedly between interior and exterior, where
  walls twist to become floors or ceilings.
• The building absorbs the landscape structures,
  dynamizes them and gives them back to the urban
  environment.
• Hadid's architecture can thus be understood as an
  intensification of the surrounding space.'a
  scene for thought, with art as a player on the
  cene' says hadid.

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Zaha Hadid

• Zaha Hadid stated "I see the MAXXI as an
  immersive urban environment for the exchange of
  ideas, feeding the cultural vitality of the city.
  It's no longer just a museum, but an
  urban cultural centre where a dense texture of
  interior and exterior spaces have been
  intertwined and superimposed over one another.
  It's an intriguing mixture of galleries,
  irrigating a large urban field with linear
  display surfaces".

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The architecture of MAXXI

• Two principle architectural elements characterize
  the project
• the concrete walls that define the exhibition
  galleries and determine the interweaving of
  volumes
• and the transparent roof that modulates natural
  light. The roofing system complies with the
  highest standards required for museums and is
  composed of integrated frames and louvers with
  devices for filtering sunlight, artificial light
  and environmental control.

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Galleries, Walkway and Materials

• Located around a large full height space which
  gives access to the galleries dedicated to
  permanent collections and temporary exhibitions,
  the auditorium, reception services, cafeteria and
  bookshop.
• Outside, a pedestrian walkway follows the outline
  of the building, restoring an urban link that has
  been blocked for almost a century by the former
  military barracks in Rome.
• Materials such as glass (roof), steel (stairs)
  and cement (walls) give the exhibition spaces a
  neutral appearance, whilst mobile panels enable
  curatorial flexibility and variety.

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Sinuous shape

• The fluid and sinuous shapes, the variety and
  interweaving of spaces and the modulated use of
  natural light lead to a spatial and functional
  framework of great complexity, offering
  constantly changing and unexpected views from
  within the building and outdoor spaces.

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PROJECT NUMBERS
Total site area 29,000 m2 / Exterior spaces
19,640 m2 / Interior spaces 21,200 m2 / Display
space 10.000 m2 / Services (auditorium,
library-video library, cafeteria, restaurant,
etc.) 6,000 m2 / MAXXI Arts 4.077 m2 / MAXXI
Architecture 1,935 m2 / Total volume 113,000 m3
/ Maximum height 22.90 m / Demolitions of
existing structures 100,000 m3 / Structural
steel 6,000,000 kg / Steel roof trusses 700,000
kg / Site poured structural concrete 50,000 m3 /
Formwork area 40,000 m2 of which 20,000 m2
exposed / Area of glass skylights 2,600 m2 /
Number of people employed by the MAXXI an
average of 100 people per day (technicians and
labourers) for 1,500 days / Hours of construction
time 1,250,000 / Project cost 150 million Euro
/ Visitor forecast between 200 and 400 thousand
per year.
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