Center for Contemporary Art Analysis

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Architect Information Case Study Information Zaha Hadid’s Study Paintings City Diagram Urban Carpet Zaha Hadid’s Study Model Interlocking Blocks Program Plans Ground Floor Plan Program Plans Axon of Staircase Long Section Structure

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South Elevation Light and Shadow Diagram East Elevation Exploded Diagram of Major Shapes Facade Proportions Materiality Facade Model Facade Iterration Model (Kayla) Facade Iterration Elevation (Kayla) Facade Iterration Model (Michael) Facade Iterration Elevation (Michael) Facade Iterration Model (Barry) Facade Iterration Elevation (Barry)

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Zaha Hadid / Zaha Hadid Architects + +

Heydar Aliyev Center

London, England 1950-2016

Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-born British architect known for her radical deconstructivist designs. She was born October 31, 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq and died March 31, 2016. In 2004 she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Hadid began her studies at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. In 1972 she traveled to London to study at the Architectural Association, a major centre of progressive architectural thought during the 1970s.

There she met the architects Elia Zenghelis and Rem Koolhaas, with whom she would collaborate as a partner at the Office of Metropolitan Architecture. Hadid established her own London-based firm in 1979.

Her numerous awards include the Pritzker Prize, two Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize, the London Design Museum’s Design of the Year, she wa sthe first woman to win this, and the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize.

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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Architect

Beethoven Concert Hall

Google Earth, Aerial Photo

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Exterior Perspective

Art Installation

Interior Prespective of Staircase

East Facade

Cincinnati, Ohio 1998-2003

The Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art was built between 1997 and 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio and is 8500 square meters. This museum was the first to be designed and built by a woman architect.

The predominate idea for the prjoect is one of permeability and integration betwen interior and exterior: the ground floor surfaces cross the glass atrium and , like an “urban carpet”, encourage the flow of visitors towards thois vertically developed museum. The penetration of light into the various parts of the building grabs the attention of passers-by and lets them see what is going on inside. A zigzaging system of ramps connects the different spaces and allows visitors to look at one another as they move about and interact with the art. IN this way, the architecture facilitates rhe viewing of art as a collective experience.

The building’s corner location led to the development of two complementary facades: artciculated in horizontal blocks made of glass, metal and cement placed opposite and on top of one another. This reveals the compact and differentiated structure of the interior and vertical development of the exhibition spaces. The building represents Hadid’s refelction on architecture’s mediating role between the contemporary art world and public urban space.

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Building

Painting, Zaha Hadid Architects

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Zaha Hadis’s Study Paintings

Painting, Zaha Hadid Architects

Painting, Zaha Hadid Architects

CENTER OF CONTEMPORY ARTS City Diagram

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Urban Carpet Diagram

Scale 1:32

Model, Zaha Hadid Architects

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Zaha Hadis’s Study Mode

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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Interlocking Blocks

First Floor

Second Floor

Fourth Floor

Fifth Floor

Third Floor

Sixth Floor

KEY spatial grid

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Program Plans

Sacle: 1: 660

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Ground Floor Plan

Scale: 1:500

CENTER OF CONTEMPORY ARTS Axonometric of Staircase

107 ft 97.7 ft

83 ft

69.2 ft

54.8 ft

28 ft

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CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Long Section

Scale 1:32

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Structure Model

Scale: 1: 930

123.7ft 116.0ft

93.1ft 86.0ft

62.1ft 57.4ft

20.2ft

CENTER OF CONTEMPORY ARTS South Elevation

Scale 1:16

AT 9 am Feb

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Light and Shadow

AT 4 pm Feb

Scale 1:850

123.7ft 116.0ft

99.1ft 93.1ft 86.0ft 77.0ft

62.1ft 57.4ft

20.2ft

CENTER OF CONTEMPORY ARTS East Elevation

Scale 1:16

Concrete

Concrete Concrete

Concrete

Concrete

Concrete painted black

CENTER OF CONTEMPORY ARTS Exploded Diagram of Major Shapes

15.8% Solid 15.8% Solid

18.8% Solid 15.7% Solid

17.3% Solid

20.3% Solid

15.7% Solid

13.3% Solid

3.4% Solid

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Percentage of Space Shapes Take Up within the Elevation

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Facade Model

Scale: 1/4 : 1

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Facade Itteration Model - Kayla

Scale: 1/4 : 1

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Facade Iterration Elevation - Kayla

Scale: 1/4 : 1

CENTER OF CONTEMPORY ARTS Transformed South Elevation

CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Photos of Model Iteration

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CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS Elevations of Model Iteration

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Scale: 1: 450