Comments on: Basel rejects Zaha Hadid casino

By: distroe

distroe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:12:06 +0000

And you, HAG, you’re among the ‘oens’ who don’t know English.
Leaving behind the question if Zaha’s design was appropriate or not, architecture design is simply not aircraft or car design. It’s about site and perception, because a building should never move at 200 mph. Instead, will be watched from many angles.
Btw, the weirdest architecture – see Zaha’s works – it’s not necessarily the fittest for a solid textured city. Not all that is slanted or oblique is state of the art,neither revolutionary.

By: HAG

HAG — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:15:45 +0000

I agree with Soapbox

and for the oens thaht think this architecture isnt functional or usefull. look at the plans, an tell me whats the deference between that proyects and “functional proyects”, today, isn’t impossible separate the functionally of the form, in the modernism, with the tecnologies used, thats don’t was possible.

and, who, says, a casino needs looks like a casino, who says how a casino looks like?. isn’t written in a holy bible…..

and im shure tahta the almost people that comment here, don have idea about aechitecture and form

By: mr mixed tune

mr mixed tune — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:18:12 +0000

we do live in a society that is hiding behind walls. The walls are the boundaries of our world. People seem to be too fearful of going past, as one of you reply “past the classical era” of victorian architecture. The costs must be thought about to construct such work. Her work is simply ahead of the game in terms of vision and design. Even such buildings/designs for the Aquatic centre for London are inspiring by Zaha, she is simply arch-wonder woman. !!

By: openminds

openminds — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:18:12 +0000

ko… agree… eth is splitted imho there are great workes from some teacher and then there is the majority of swiss architecture… like märkli… or the backward processes by kollhoff… most swiss architects tending to do more and more minimalistic designs always searching for cubes with less and less details… so its refreshing to see “other” projects like this one! and even if im not a hadid-fan at all i really dig this one! it is a great project for the urban developement of basels barfüesser-platz (the place nearby the project) it would give structure and a functional idendity… now its rejected by folks who cant see more then their own interest… if the project were designed by HdM (who did a real bad project for the same place) most people in bael had voted otherwise… damn ignorance

By: ebru

ebru — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:43:33 +0000

hi,guys all of u?ı dıd not understand why no of urs not like hadid?ur words are for her projects or another thing?can it because of where she comes from?now,if there is someone likes her?ı want u a wish if u can do anything for me..?ı’ll wait..

By: ko

ko — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:40:02 +0000

well…its switzerland…have a look at what gets produced at the ETH…students here are in general even more backwards than their teachers (kollhoff, märkli)…no wonder!!!

By: fred

fred — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:33:12 +0000

sensacional…

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:33:16 +0000

Soapbox, you are quite right. I will not comment about Zaha’s work in this case, but something is certainly to be said about the comments on the work. Airplanes and Cars most cetainly do not have to be shaped only by the forces upon them, although it is one of many parameters the “object” must satisfy. After all there is a social, interface, idelogy, materiality, and then who says that it is still a good car. Efficiency does not equal “Good” or vice versa.
What is wrong with a Casino being an Amoeba? Kostas Terzidis at the end of the day writes experiences into a language that is a literal translation of algorithmic “things.” While I am not against Terzidis’ ideas per se, I believe the development of an idea has a new language undicated by previous words, usages, and approach to form.

By: rad

rad — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:06:11 +0000

who give a fuck?

By: M Hrus

M Hrus — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:09:30 +0000

airplanes and cars inherit their shape from the forces that act upon them. i am quite sure that Ferdinand Porsche wasn’t influenced by the capabilities/limitations of maya, but rather efficient use of material/form in the context of their use. you already knew that. i have a hard time following the need for a casino to take its cues from an amoeba. if you don’t mind by the way, could you please elaborate on the rational of such “processes”. if not may i recommend some summer reading? try Algorithmic Architecture by Kostas Terzidis. On the other hand, perhaps you have a better perspective from atop your grand soapbox?