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Izmir Selects Zaha Hadid as World Expo 2020 Architect

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The 8,500 year old Turkish city of Izmir has announced Zaha Hadid as the architect for its World Expo 2020 bid. As home of the Asklepion, one of the world’s oldest hospitals whose history has played a major role in the evolution of healthcare, Izmir hopes claim the title as host of the New Routes to a Better World / Health for All themed fair over its competitors – São Paulo (Brazil), Yekaterinburg (Russia), Ayutthaya (Thailand) and Dubai (UAE).

If selected, Zaha Hadid will construct one of the largest urban recreation areas in Europe on a 276-hectare site in an Inciralti region lagoon. The environmentally and health conscious design will appear as if it is floating on top of the water with two large pedestrian ramps stretching out to either side welcoming visitors.

Once the fair concludes, the facility will be opened to the residents of Izmir as a public park.

The winning city is expected to be announced by Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly in November.

In other news, check out Zaha Hadid’s design for the 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar. 

Reference: ZHA, Designboom, Anadolu Agency, World Finance

Izmir Selects Zaha Hadid as World Expo 2020 Architect originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 12 Jun 2013.

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Zaha Hadid Architects And AECOM To Design Qatar World Cup Stadium

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Image via Designboom Qatar, the country that brought you Al Jazeera and lots of oil, will host the 2022 World Cup. And who better to design the stadium than that Master of Blockbuster Architecture Zaha Hadid? After an extremely competitive bidding process, AECOM was chosen to design the stadium with Zaha Hadid Architects as consultants. …Continue Reading

Zaha Hadid Architects + AECOM to Design 2022 FIFA World Cup Stadium in Qatar

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Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected to work alongside AECOM for the design and construction the Al Wakrah Stadium and Precinct of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. The 45,000-seat stadium will be nestled within a rich cultural fabric of traditional Islamic architecture, historical buildings, distinctive mosques and archeological sites that belongs to one of the oldest inhabited areas of Qatar, just south of Doha. As noted by the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, embracing the identify of this cultural heritage will be a crucial part to the success of the stadium. 

The design will respond to the consistently hot temperatures of the region by integrating cooling-technology systems with climate-control requirements for renewable energy production.

In addition to the stadium, programs will include an aquatics center and other sporting facilities, along with a spa and commercial space. Once the games concluded, the modular second tier of the stadium will be removed to reduce the stadiums capacity to permanent 20,000. 

“We are delighted to be involved with the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ program and to support the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee,” said AECOM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John M. Dionisio.  “This is an exciting time for Qatar, and our global team of forward-thinking sports experts is well equipped to meet the challenges that a project of this caliber demands.”

Work on the project is set to begin immediately.

Reference: AECOM, Designboom

Zaha Hadid Architects + AECOM to Design 2022 FIFA World Cup Stadium in Qatar originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 06 Jun 2013.

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Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum Tower for Miami Revealed

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Renderings of Zaha Hadid‘s long anticipated One Thousand Museum Tower in downtown Miami, Florida have been released.  The condo tower, which will be the first Zaha Hadid-designed skyscraper to grace the skyline of the Western Hemisphere, will be a 60-story luxury condo building with purported “daring design”.  It will feature a concrete exo-skeleton that will hide the distinguishable features of the apartments. According to the Wall Street Journal, One Thousand Museum Tower is designed with an interest in “how the structure is manifested,” says Hadid, avoiding the “generic modernist typology.” It is one of several by high-profile architects that are beginning to take root in Miami, changing the tide of investment from real estate that is solely driven by location on the waterfront, to architecture that is high-end, luxury design.  This is, of course, speculation, but you can judge for yourself on the value of what One Thousand Museum has to offer.

Join us after the break to find out more.

The 83-unit building will feature luxury apartments that range from 5,400 square feet to 11,000 square feet and will feature a wide range of amenities including private elevators, media rooms, and libraries, according to the Architect’s Newspaper at a price tag of up to $30 million a unit.  Community amenities throughout the building also include a helipad, a deck with multiple pools and cabanas, rooftop event spaces, a cigar lounge, sun decks and billiards rooms, a fitness center and a screen room.

The ground floor is leasable commercial space that hopes to attract high-end retail and restaurants within a muli-height corner cut-away of the building.  A drop entrance transitions into a lobby, blending the exterior and interior of the building through a continuation of materials.  The color scheme is largely neutral with areas of accent to bring out points of interest.  The structure and material pallette is accentuated through concealed lighting that will illuminate and bring the surfaces to life.

The podium, which functions as the aforementioned amenity deck will function as the community space of the tower.  Formally, it is a sculptural extension of the tower that will feature landscape elements developed through water features and the various pools, saunas and cabanas.  The rooftop is divided into multiple functions on various levels.  Aside from the helipad, it will also feature a lap pool, a pool and sun deck, work out facitilies, event spaces and private dining areas.

The structure of the tower, the massive concrete exo-skeleton, stands in contrast with the delicate and transparent glazing system.  The concrete exterior flows in delicate curves around the curtain wall system, creating platforms that create concealed balconies within the complete structure of the facade.  The podium is articulated with large metal perforated panels that appear solid.  The exo-skeleton flows over this podium and grounds it as it touches down to the street level, unifying the structure and its various material elements. [Miami Curbed]

Via Miami Curbed, Wall Street Journal, Architect’s Newspaper, One Thousand Museum Official Website

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Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum Tower for Miami Revealed originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 25 May 2013.

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Zaha Hadid Wins European Museum of the Year Award for Riverside

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, has won the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) for it’s ability to “demonstrate brilliantly how a specialist transport collection can renew its relevance through active engagement with the wider social and universal issues.”

Out of 40 museums from across 21 European countries, the jury agreed unanimously that ZHA’s Riverside Museum fulfilled the EMYA criteria of ‘public quality’ at the highest level. 

Zaha Hadid responded to the award by stating: “The Riverside Museum is a celebration of the passion and skills of everyone involved. The exhibits and building come together at this historic location on the River Clyde to enthuse and inspire all visitors. The design continues Glasgow’s rich engineering traditions and explores the cultural foundations that have defined the city.”

Since its opening, over two million people have visited the new Riverside Museum which showcased Glasgow’s transport, shipbuilding and engineering heritage.

via European Museum Forum (EMF), ZHA

Zaha Hadid Wins European Museum of the Year Award for Riverside originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 23 May 2013.

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Zaha Hadid Wins European Museum of the Year Award for Riverside

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, has won the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) for it’s ability to “demonstrate brilliantly how a specialist transport collection can renew its relevance through active engagement with the wider social and universal issues.”

Out of 40 museums from across 21 European countries, the jury agreed unanimously that ZHA’s Riverside Museum fulfilled the EMYA criteria of ‘public quality’ at the highest level. 

Zaha Hadid responded to the award by stating: “The Riverside Museum is a celebration of the passion and skills of everyone involved. The exhibits and building come together at this historic location on the River Clyde to enthuse and inspire all visitors. The design continues Glasgow’s rich engineering traditions and explores the cultural foundations that have defined the city.”

Since its opening, over two million people have visited the new Riverside Museum which showcased Glasgow’s transport, shipbuilding and engineering heritage.

via European Museum Forum (EMF), ZHA

Zaha Hadid Wins European Museum of the Year Award for Riverside originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 23 May 2013.

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Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia

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In order to serve its rapidly expanding population of more than five million, the ArRiyadh Development Authority has commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to construct the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in its capital city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

With six platforms over four public floors and two levels of underground car parking, the KAFD Metro Station will be integrated within the urban context of the financial district, while responding to the functional requirements for a multimodal transport centre and the district’s future vision. The project extends beyond the simple station typology to emphasize the building’s importance as a dynamic, multi-functional public space; not only an intermediate place perceived through quick transitions, but also a dramatic public space for the city.

The 20,434 square meter King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station will be placed amidst a tangle of pathways, skybridges and metro lines – all of which have been mapped and structured to clearly delineate the pedestrian routes within the building, optimize internal circulation and avoid congestion. The resulting configuration is a three-dimensional lattice defined by a sequence of opposing sine-waves (generated from the repetition and frequency variation of station’s daily traffic flows) which act as the spine for the building’s circulation. These sine-waves are extended to the station’s envelope and strictly affiliated to its internal layout, translating the architectural concept to the exterior.

In addition, the façade patterning reduces solar gain while it’s geometric perforations contextualize the station within its cultural environment. The overall composition resembles patterns generated by desert winds in sand dunes, where multiple frequencies and repetition generate complex natural formations.

King Abdullah has instructed the new Riyadh Metro be completed in four years. Prince Khaled bin Bander, the governor of Riyadh, said the project is progressing to plan and the ArRiyadh Development Authority has released details of the city’s public transport plan including the six metro lines that will serve as the backbone for public transport in the city.

ZHA’s King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the network for Line 1, as well as the terminus of Line 4 (for passengers to the airport) and Line 6 of the new Riyadh Metro. The local monorail can also be accessed from the station via a skybridge.

Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Director: Gianluca Racana, Filippo Innocenti
Project Architect: Fulvio Wirz, Gian Luca Barone
Design Team: Alexandre Kuroda, Fei Wang, Lisa Kinnerud, Jorge Mendez-Caceres
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Services: Buro Happold
Transport And Civil Engineering: Buro Happold
Fire Engineering: Buro Happold
Façade Consultant: NewTecnic
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
Area: 20,434 m2
Area: 0.0 sqm
Year: 2017
Photographs: Courtesy of ZHA

Project description via ZHA

Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA

Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 16 May 2013.

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Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia

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In order to serve its rapidly expanding population of more than five million, the ArRiyadh Development Authority has commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to construct the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in its capital city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

With six platforms over four public floors and two levels of underground car parking, the KAFD Metro Station will be integrated within the urban context of the financial district, while responding to the functional requirements for a multimodal transport centre and the district’s future vision. The project extends beyond the simple station typology to emphasize the building’s importance as a dynamic, multi-functional public space; not only an intermediate place perceived through quick transitions, but also a dramatic public space for the city.

The 20,434 square meter King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station will be placed amidst a tangle of pathways, skybridges and metro lines – all of which have been mapped and structured to clearly delineate the pedestrian routes within the building, optimize internal circulation and avoid congestion. The resulting configuration is a three-dimensional lattice defined by a sequence of opposing sine-waves (generated from the repetition and frequency variation of station’s daily traffic flows) which act as the spine for the building’s circulation. These sine-waves are extended to the station’s envelope and strictly affiliated to its internal layout, translating the architectural concept to the exterior.

In addition, the façade patterning reduces solar gain while it’s geometric perforations contextualize the station within its cultural environment. The overall composition resembles patterns generated by desert winds in sand dunes, where multiple frequencies and repetition generate complex natural formations.

King Abdullah has instructed the new Riyadh Metro be completed in four years. Prince Khaled bin Bander, the governor of Riyadh, said the project is progressing to plan and the ArRiyadh Development Authority has released details of the city’s public transport plan including the six metro lines that will serve as the backbone for public transport in the city.

ZHA’s King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the network for Line 1, as well as the terminus of Line 4 (for passengers to the airport) and Line 6 of the new Riyadh Metro. The local monorail can also be accessed from the station via a skybridge.

Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Director: Gianluca Racana, Filippo Innocenti
Project Architect: Fulvio Wirz, Gian Luca Barone
Design Team: Alexandre Kuroda, Fei Wang, Lisa Kinnerud, Jorge Mendez-Caceres
Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
Services: Buro Happold
Transport And Civil Engineering: Buro Happold
Fire Engineering: Buro Happold
Façade Consultant: NewTecnic
Cost Consultant: Davis Langdon
Area: 20,434 m2
Area: 0.0 sqm
Year: 2017
Photographs: Courtesy of ZHA

Project description via ZHA

Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA
Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia Courtesy of ZHA

Zaha Hadid Architects Selected to Design the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Saudi Arabia originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 16 May 2013.

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