Comments on: Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, Vilnius by Zaha Hadid Architects

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:20:39 +0000

i liked it, the shape itself its inspiring and seems futuristic in a way. But i think i liked the proposal that daniel libeskind did , its not just a design, but it has that sort of poetic flow to it. and i think a building should carries a certain character that activates emotions to ppl who actually use that building, more over its an art musuem….art is always emotionally moving.

By: kos

kos — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:16:45 +0000

Generally I like most of ZHA buildings. But are all those buildings really zaha?

hadid’s first unique buildings came out of her Malevich inspired paintings. The buildings of that period aren’t blob-like.

The last years (after the building of science center in wolfsburg), hadid style has evolved to the modelling of these G3 curvature surfaces.

Hadid had stopped making paintings for her projects as long as these spaces cannot be conceived in the 2d canvas. All these aesthetic shapes come out of software modelling packages. She had confess several times that she doesn’t use the computer. So, she is something less than a maestro.

Of course, i do not expect to design all the projects in detail. Also i know that the same thing happens in most of the big design studios…
But other figures (even less computationally progressive) such as Ben Van Berkel, know how to use 3ds max or Topsolid even if they do not use it in everyday workflow. Undoubtly the computer is an integral part in the process of the so called “liquid” architecture.

After all, do all these designs belong to zaha?
Is zaha such a pioneer in experimental architecture any more?

There are many small firms that practice computational architecture worldwide and their principals generally know how to use this machine.

This is the real revolution of software in architecture…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:56:34 +0000

On the plus side, at least Libeskind was made to look like the turd he is by losing another competition.

It cracks me up every time I remember that this clown had to hire Alex Gorlin to design his little apartment in Manhattan. If that doesn’t tell you that Ttudio Libeskind is full of brainless #D CAD Monkeys with no other skills,m I don’t know what will. What a bunch of pretentious idiots they are!

By: Gabs

Gabs — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:06:04 +0000

Take a look at the video on YouTube, the interiors are VERY interesting, there are light incidence studies, and it shows how program is solved through the interiors.

By: ali

ali — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:01:03 +0000

hello .
We can design our mind.
but we don’t think for all of mind & work by some this.
Are you can think for all of this massage.
goodluck.

By: Asrul Naim

Asrul Naim — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:21:43 +0000

ZAHA HADID IS THE BEST ARCHITECT OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!
SHE IS THE MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
NO ONE CAN DESIGN A BUILDING LIKE HER

By: David

David — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:32:54 +0000

I actually prefer Libeskind’s design much more, most prob because it has TONS of more green that the eel and heart transplant designs.

By: El Greco

El Greco — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:54 +0000

Can Zaha Hadid’s office please redesign their website!

On another note, I do like a lot of Hadid’s work. But I can’t say this is my favorite project. It seems to be trying too hard… pleated ribbon skylights, field of asymmetric windows, giant cyclops eye, etc.

I’m sure there is some programmatic defense carefully constructed for all these disparate elements but a successful resolution of program, site and design can be more elegant and she’s done this many times. Perhaps the office should seek a little more refinement while maintaining the “Intergalactic Alien Headquarters” aesthetic they are honing.

Regarding the tornado of vitriol on Dezeen: knock yourselves out kids! It’s great fun to read the scathing remarks no matter how uninformed. After all, this is architecture criticism, not group therapy.

By: Mirko

Mirko — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:54:51 +0000

there are a lot of architects who have constructed also ten times more buildings, all good buildings, square buildings, with maybe sometimes a different size for the windows thus referring in a ver subtle way to …bla bla bla…. and no one ever discussed them.
No-one, apart -probably- from all these negative people, with all their negative reactions, I see here on this site.
Reading all this negativeness, also repeating and repeating themselves…. I have to force myself from not becoming sad myself. Bad I just need 1 look again at this enormous whale for Vilnius and I smile again…
Make another 100 buildings Zaha! Make these tight asses jealous!

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:12:15 +0000

I like Hadid’s interiors, not she is not a great architect I am afraid.
It is also sad that the design does not reflect Vilnius, it’s green, vivid nature as well as it’s scale and fragility. The design by Hadid rather looks like a large eel or similar fish that has a cyclopean eye. I am afraid it does not look like the building that I will be proud seeing or showing in my hometown.