Comments on: Pierres Vives by Zaha Hadid

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:26:00 +0000

The project was recently nominated for the RIBA awards. You should also check the inside of the building design by Hoffice – the project architect.

By: daw

daw — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:43:00 +0000

So many comments attributing the buildings coming out of Hadid’s office to Zaha herself. Do you realise she is a figurehead for an office full of designers (400 or so) and multiple teams all doing their own thing? If you are complaining that their designs are all sculptural, have you considered that these are the type of projects they get commissioned for? That is why people work there. The projects Zaha gets allow freedom to explore ideas, often based on computing and working methods the project designers have developed for themselves.

So do not expect to like all the buildings. They are not all from the same source. The idea of the polymath designer is an illusion and I am surprised a lot of these comments seem to be from people in the industry. Does one person in your office design everything? How do you think she designs all the complex 3D forms – in her head Especially things which have to be developed in 3D just for the ideas to be conveyed to others.

In reality, disliking all the work of Zaha Hadid Architects is more a general dislike of contemporary experimentation and methods of working. I’m not saying you should like the projects, but critiquing them with Zaha this Zaha that is actually quite pointless.

By: philipp

philipp — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:39:30 +0000

http://instagr.am/p/O5E_2DE0Nl/

By: chillaxtothemax

chillaxtothemax — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 06:37:21 +0000

Criticism is so easy to delivery sometimes, especially on posts such as this. One should be aware that the commission for the building (and accordingly the design) was issued well over a decade ago. Part of architecture is not only ‘sketching’ (or now, modelling) your designs… it’s getting the damn designs built (structures, materials, legal, finance, etc)! I'm sure the haters would say that Hadid should have then thought of a more 'timeless' design, but can't you understand that the contribution of architecture and the city is defined by difference (styles, trendiness, materials, levels of ego)? Whether you like it or not, her designs are one of the defining features of the architecture over the last decade, and your whining won’t change that.

Personally, this project is not my taste, and as mentioned by some previous posters, I prefer her late 90’s style. But damn, give the office some credit, very, very, VERY few offices could achieve this, especially with the difficulties faced by the client throughout the project’s fruition.

By: BaRa

BaRa — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:35:00 +0000

There are not enough photos to judge the building’s qualities. But based on these photos I’m inclined to say that it’s a bit too “Starship Enterprise” (even though it’s not double curved).

Of course, with a couple of extra pictures of what a regular corridor and office unit looks like, you might get a completely different idea.