Comments on: Port House Antwerp by Zaha Hadid Architects

By: Tomm

Tomm — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:53:04 +0000

It’s art!

About time that we have some bold architectural designed buildings in Antwerp. Most of Belgian architects don’t have the guts to make a statement so they keep on designing atrocious ugly apartments and other buildings.

The contrast between old and new fits the bill!

Good on ya, Zaha!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:00:39 +0000

its a massacre, a violation!

By: ibrahim

ibrahim — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:53:44 +0000

İnteresting design but Is is usable building????

By: bizzeb

bizzeb — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:33:06 +0000

DEAR GOD! i dont claim to know what good architecture is.. but this, it is not. Zaha, please, for the love of allah, stop.

By: thilina

thilina — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:36:35 +0000

nicely punctuated.

By: D. Carlier

D. Carlier — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:18:25 +0000

Very uhm . . . original . . . . Chris de Jonge of JHK Architects in The Netherlands did the exact same sort of thing with the Unilever Building in Rotterdam placed above the old building in 2005.

Should I think Saha was very inspired by that idea ?

By: np

np — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:50:59 +0000

i wonder wahat they were thinking … it’s in the harbor so lets make a boat?
wow what a concept! This project is totally out of scale and purpose…
Stay out of antwerp Zaha!

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:29:24 +0000

Perhaps the global financial meltdown will prevent this absurd disaster from being constructed. Art, my “onlooker” friend, should be able to stand on its own TWO legs, not overwhelm and subsume its historic surroundings.

This cock-eyed In-N-Out Burger stump tries to balance a jingoistic Titanic cum Star Trek prow with Zaha’s own ego.

I know it was a firehouse, but really. Zaha needs to learn to put her firehose away and have a modicum of dignity and respect for those that came before.

Time for her to strap on some big boards and get a breath of fresh air. Might I suggest a ski jump in Bergisel. Now that is architecture to be proud of.

By: onlooker

onlooker — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:07:14 +0000

It looks like a crystal — the facade is awesome! The structure is bold, new, and have generated quite a bit of reaction — like it or not, it’s what art is about.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:51:57 +0000

there’s a good zaha and a bad zaha.. like in these old gangster movies. thats defenitly a bad one. sure she never saw it.. except she also checks out dezeen from time to time. but i think not. otherwise some guys would have been seriously fired over there.