Comments on: Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion by Zaha Hadid

By: Paul Trolly...

Paul Trolly... — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:33:46 +0000

This is an exceptionally interesting work of bridge building, (my favorite area of architecture) as it seems to combine modernist building styles and gallery space with what we consider the main purpose of a bridge (gettin places over things!) I recall it was meant to have open sections to expose the chassis but it was impractical. Shame. It would make the thing less monolithic and solid… but its monolithic and solid in a good way! Good work.

By: S. Captain

S. Captain — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:03:02 +0000

The majority of the -ve comments are from the losers whom I am glad are totally irrelevant in the big scheme of civilizations. Where would we be if CT Scanners, MRI machines, linear accelerators, Cars and airplanes were not invented?
Get off your … and move on.

By: Gama

Gama — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:17:21 +0000

ah, and why is that, Gianfranco, because it doesn’t quite look like a 60s apartment block?

By: Gianfranco

Gianfranco — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:18:08 +0000

Althought beautiful, it doesn’t fit the surroundings…Unless she is about to built the rest of the city.

By: thomas

thomas — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:54:04 +0000

This is a great CG than an architecture.

By: cesarjaramatto

cesarjaramatto — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:22:26 +0000

que fantastico es saber hacer cualquier cosa .gastar millones en algo que particularme para mi , no tiene sentido ,pero como es unas de las vacas sagrada de la prensa .ahi esta ………..me parece un muestrario y alarde tecnologico .el resto ya lo dijo moya says …disculpen mi criterio sin criterio

By: kim

kim — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:11:33 +0000

For all the “postmodern critics” here and there pessimistic whinge:

This bridge is an update on the theme of habitable bridge like the Ponte Vecchio of Florence, the Rialto Bridge in Venice and the Chateau Chenonceau in the Loire Valley.

To be more specific from those bridges you would not see the river, but use the bridge as a succession of program along an enclosed path.

If the shark skin pattern works as it is specified in the text, it would be a breakthrough in this typology, making it the first environmentaly responsive habitable bridge.

Please guys, read and be respectful about history and other people’s work… before whinging about your good taste and your fetichisms.

By: Gama

Gama — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:26:29 +0000

Zaragoza in summer: up to 42 degrees
maybe less views on the river, but the blessing of shadow

By: texxeen

texxeen — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:10:03 +0000

someone made a relevant arguement pointing out how the view from the bridge obstructs the view of the river, however, what we should aslo keep in mind is that context and concept (product) do not always have to share the same indiffrence. Maybe the idea here is for concept to contrast context. There are several modes of contextualism, Zaha just chooses to take a nondenominational approach on the issue. I mean, she litrally peed in calvaterra’s mouth with this one, and the sad part is that he swallowed it. Sick!

By: Runningforasthma

Runningforasthma — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:05:16 +0000

‘Most of the latest comments seem to express a rather conservative and narrow-minded discomfort with the hybrid (bridge & building) nature of the project, which instead is its real added value in architectural terms.’

Look at Hadid’s early work, the tectonics, this project is a reversion back to those theme’s. I agree, it’s a very narrow and conservative view of the blurring of typology, which I agree adds real value to the project. It’s just another part of a the tradition of the promenade in architecture, it could ‘touch’ the water more lightly I think, but it’s still a elegant structure.