AN ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL

EXPERIMENTING WITH CURVES       WANGJING SOHO,BEIJING,CHINA   ARCHITECT : ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS and  PATRICK SCHUMACHER AREA : 115393 M2 ARCHITECTURE STYLE : NEO-FUTURISM YEAR : 2009-14 A complex of three curvilinear asymmetric  skyscraper For the Architect it was a  "WELCOME AND FAREWELL TO BEIJING" The design responds to the flows of the city and allows natural daylight into each building from all directions. The juxtaposition of the tower's fluid forms continuously changes when viewed from different directions; appearing as individual buildings in some views, or as a connected ensemble in other.   A trio of curved towers that respond to the flows of the city and which looks like giant pebbles. DESIGN Design of the structure represents asymmetric curves turned and twisted, it  features a fluid design inspired by the movement of the sun, wind and the surrounding city.    From the ground level, the curvilinear towers resemble interweaving mountain peaks, gigantic pebbles

  FREE FLOWING FLUIDITY HEYDAR ALIYEV CULTURAL CENTER, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN Architects: Zaha Hadid Also known as :- Cultural Center Area: 101801  m² Architectural style: Neo-futurism Year:2007-2013 • The design of the Heydar Aliyev Center establishes a continuous, fluid relationship between its surrounding plaza and the building’s interior. • The plaza, as the ground surface; accessible to all as part of  Baku ’s urban fabric, rises to envelop an equally public interior space and define a sequence of event spaces dedicated to the collective celebration of contemporary and traditional Azeri culture. • Elaborate formations such as undulations, bifurcations, folds, and inflections modify this plaza surface into an architectural landscape that performs a multitude of functions: welcoming, embracing, and directing visitors through different levels of the interior. • With this gesture, the building blurs the conventional differentiation between architectural object and urban landscape, bu