Zaha Hadid | Third Weekly Review

Zaha Hadid

Biography

    In Irak 1950, Wajiha al-Sabunji was giving birth to Mohammed Hadid's daughter. This daughter, nowadays considered a hero to architecture, is the same person who built the Heydar Aliyev Center, a cultural center in the capital of Azerbaijan. Zaha studied at the American University of Beirut and demonstrated herself and the world that in some years later, she would be an architectural star. Later on, she moved to London where she was part of the Architecture Association, where she graduated in 1977 and then started tutoring her knowledge. 

    Years after, Zaha started her formation in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) which inspired her to found her own architectural signature in 1979. In 1987, she left her work to teach in different colleges such as Harvard and Illinois. At that moment, her name was associated with deconstructivism. Deconstructivism is an architectural movement started around the 1980s that had the ideas of Vladimir Tatlin's constructivism and the deconstructive methodology of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida as theoretical references.

Work

    Zaha Hadid is an extraordinary architect that represents that abstract and using every tool including non-symmetrical. Usually, the world sees architecture as straight lines and numbers but Zaha sows that sometimes doing other things are beautiful. Zaha is an example of thinking outside the box and that is just one of the many reasons why she deserves to be called a Hero of Architecture and this outstanding works:

- Heydar Aliyev Center

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This cultural center, considered by many the best work of Zaha, is also one of the most important architectural works in history. Its asymmetric structure and the way that she projected architecture through abstract is outstanding. 

- Guangzhou Opera House

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This structure, built over Zaha's most original ideas demonstrates how much reality can be represented. This building is based on showing everything from a different perspective. This building, along with its astonishing structures is considered one of the best ideas in buildings.

- 520 West 28th Street Con ominium Residences

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This building is a perfect example that an architect can also create in mass levels. Zaha really did an astonishing work. This building with its different proportions and the various sizes of each floor is another example of an abstract and its beauty.

Sources

1. Ruiza, M., Fernández, T. y Tamaro, E. (2004). Biografia de Zaha Hadid. En Biografías y Vidas. La enciclopedia biográfica en línea. Barcelona (España). Recuperado de https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/h/hadid.htm el 27 de julio de 2020.
2. Haydar Aliyev Culture Center. (2020). Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Haydar_Aliyev_Culture_Center.jpg
3. Heydar Aliyev Centre – Zaha Hadid Architects. Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/heydar-aliyev-centre/
4. Guangzhou Opera House – Zaha Hadid Architects. Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/guangzhou-opera-house/
5. 520 West 28th – Zaha Hadid Architects. Retrieved 27 July 2020, from https://www.zaha-hadid.com/design/520-west-28th-street/