2350. Beijing Daxing International Airport

 

Dear Ken,

"I really believe in the idea of the future."

(Zaha Hadid)

Best regards,

R

2254. Fire Station. Vitra Campus. Weil am Rhein. Germany.

 

Dear Lauren,

"There was no landscape, so we had to invent one.

It was an un-place we had to make into a place."

(Zaha Hadid)

Best,

R

2129. Al Janoub Stadium, Qatar

 

Dear Patrick,

"There are 360 degrees, so

why stick to one?

(Zaha Hadid)

Sincerely,

R

1326. Guangzhou Opera House

Dear Frank,

"As an architect, your client is no longer a single person or type of person - your client is everyone." (Zaha Hadid, 1950-2016)

Best wishes,
R

1253. Bergisel Ski Jump

Dear Pierre,

"It is not so much about the power of the hand as it is the
power of the idea" (Zaha Hadid)

Regards,
R

351. Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany

Dear Ray & Charles,

Zaha Hadid says of the spaces in the ten "cones" that
support this building that the idea was to occupy structure; structure becomes program. To me this is a smart revision of conceptual ideas from Louis Kahn's Yale Art Center project.

Cheers.
R

347. Zaragoza. Pabellon puente sobre el rio Ebro

Querido Carlos,

Siempre recordare a Rafael Gonzalez Sandino, con su
mano posada en la frente y sus ojos perdidos en el
infinito recitando a Rilke cuando nos hablaba de
arquitectura y filosofia:
(...) Si nosotros encontráramos también una pura,
contenida, estrecha, humana franja de huerto, nuestra,
entre el río y la roca (...)
(Rainier Maria Rilke “Las Elegías de Duíno” 1922)

Zaha Hadid construyo algo de esa franja, yo creo.

Abrazos.
R

269. CAC-Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

Dear Jacques,

"It's not a compact building and there is
a degree of transparency on the ground
and above. So it's not only how we use it,
but also how we pass through it. Every
time you confront the space you have a
different experience"
(Zaha Hadid on her new CAC building)

Best
R