CREST DESIGN BY ZAHA HADID ARCHITECT AT VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2014
September 13, 2014 - September 21, 2014
CREST DESIGN
BY ZAHA HADID ARCHITECT AT VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN
FESTIVAL 2014
September 13,
2014 - September 21, 2014
Crest is an
experimental sculpture that tests new design and construction technologies
applied to a material of minimal thickness; investigating the relationship
between formal arrangement and structural performance. Designed as a temporary
installation which will remain at the V&A during the London Design
Festival, Crest is then planned to be installed at the ME Hotel, Dubai;
establishing an intriguing dialogue with the formal dichotomy inherent within
the hotel’s design.
Crest tests
the limits and possibilities for a new construction technique involving panels
of pre-stressed, eight-millimetre-thick aluminum assembled in two layers as a
flat sheet and then bent in-situ into the curved form that is held in tension
to be self-supporting.
Zaha Hadid
said of the installation, ‘Crest explores the relationship between surface and
structure, transforming the planar water surface of the V&A’s courtyard
pool into a curvilinear form, creating a compelling interplay with light and
reflection.’
Melodie
Leung, Associate, Zaha Hadid Architects says, ‘It’s a process that we’ve never
done before, an experiment about achieving a precise form as thin as possible.
This is the thinnest shell structure we have built to date’
Tony
Cortizas, Vice President of brands for ME, said, ‘What Hadid has done is
experimental and pushes the boundaries of her key design signature. This comes
at a significant time for the brand, firstly with a slow move east to Dubai –
which is set to become one of the most visited cities in the world within the
next 20 years. Crest signifies a connection between east and west but the most
exciting part of the story today is the design aspect which is a key defining
part of our brand.’
Max Fraser,
London Design Festival Deputy Director said, ‘Every year during the London
Design Festival we work with the V&A on a series of ambitious
installations. Zaha's solution was to do something very sculptural incredibly
thin and light in its construction that spans the pool and create the illusion
of ‘how was that engineered?’’
Credits: Commissioned
by ME by Meliá
Designed by
Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher (ZHA)
Zaha Hadid
Architects team:
Structural
Engineering by Buro Happold (Rastislav Bartek, James Solly)
Fabricated by Lite Structures
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Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Luke Hayes
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
A Brief History of the Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum's collections span two thousand years of art in virtually every medium, from many parts of the world, and visitors to the museum encounter a treasure house of amazing and beautiful objects. The story of the V&A's foundation helps to explain its astonishing richness and diversity.
The Museum was established in 1852, following the enormous success of the Great Exhibition the previous year. Its founding principle was to make works of art available to all, to educate working people and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Profits from the Exhibition were used to establish the Museum of Manufactures, as it was initially known, and exhibits were purchased to form the basis of its collections.
The Museum moved to its present site in 1857 and was renamed the South Kensington Museum. Its collections expanded rapidly as it set out to acquire the best examples of metalwork, furniture, textiles and all other forms of decorative art from all periods. It also acquired fine art - paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture - in order to tell a more complete history of art and design.
Generous funding and a less competitive art market than today's meant that the young Museum was able to make many very important acquisitions. The Museum itself also grew, with new buildings being added as and when needed. Many of these buildings, with their iron frames and glass roofs, were intended to be semi-permanent exhibition halls, but they have all survived and are one of the finest groups of Victorian buildings in Britain.
In 1899, Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone of a new building designed to give the Museum a grand façade and main entrance. To mark the occasion, it was renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum, in memory of the enthusiastic support Prince Albert had given to its foundation.
Throughout the 20th century, the collections continued to grow. While expanding its historical collections, the V&A also maintained its acquisition of contemporary objects, starting with a collection of Art Nouveau furniture in 1900.
The Museum's ceramics, glass, textiles, dress, silver, ironwork, jewellery, furniture, sculpture, paintings, prints and photographs now span the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa, and date from ancient times to the present day.
Although the V&A's collections are international in their scope, they contain many particularly important British works - especially British silver, ceramics, textiles and furniture.
The British collections enable the V&A to explain not just the history of design in the British Isles but also the broader sweep of their cultural history. The British Galleries are designed to give visitors from this country and from around the world a new insight into the history of Britain by bringing us closer to the thoughts and lives of key people in an influential culture.
The Victoria and Albert Museum also offers visitors the chance to experience at first hand the splendour of the arts of Asia. Britain's long association with India and South East Asia has given the V&A the opportunity to acquire magnificent works from the cultures of that region. Objects in all media are represented, including stone and bronze sculpture, furniture and woodwork, jewellery and metalwork and collections of Indian miniature painting and textiles which are among the most important in the world.
Visitors can also enjoy galleries devoted to the art of Japan, China, Korea and the Islamic world. The East Asian collections are among the best in Europe, with particular strengths in ceramics and metalwork, while the Islamic gallery displays some truly spectacular carpets.
The V&A also reflects the diverse nature of contemporary Asian cultures, collecting contemporary Asian art and design as diverse as Japanese studio crafts and Indian film posters.
Contemporary design has always been at the heart of the V&A's work and the Museum remains true to its founding mission of promoting excellence in design and manufacturing. It works hard to encourage contemporary designers, acquiring their work, and providing inspiration through its displays.
Many of Britain's most successful designers have used the V&A as a source of ideas and stimulation and visitors to the V&A have the opportunity to see their work alongside the historic collections which helped shape them.
Henry Cole, the V&A's first director, declared that the Museum should be a 'schoolroom for everyone'. The V&A today offers visitors the chance to explore more deeply by using its study rooms, guided tours, gallery activities, lectures and special events. Whether you want to enjoy the galleries independently, or get more closely involved, there are many ways to discover the delights of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR DR. MARTIN ROTH
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR DR. MARTIN ROTH
THE VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
Photography is by Ed Reeve
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Ed Reeve
Photography is by Luke Hayes
Photography is by Ed Reeve
Photography is by Ed Reeve
Photography is by Ed
Reeve
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2014
September 13, 2014 - September 21, 2014
ZAHA HADID
Zaha Hadid, founder of Zaha Hadid Architects, was awarded the
Pritzker Architecture Prize ( considered to be the Nobel Prize of architecture)
in 2004 and is internationally known for both her theoretical and academic
work. Each of her dynamic and innovative projects builds on over thirty years
of revolutionary exploration and research in the interrelated fields of
urbanism, architecture and design. Hadid’ s interest lies in the rigorous
interface between architecture, landscape and geology as her practice
integrates natural topography and human – made systems , leading to
experimentation with cutting – edge Technologies. Such a process often results
in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms.
EDUCATION
Hadid studied architecture at he Architectural Association from
1972 and was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977.
TEACHING
She became a partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture,
taught at the AA with OMA collaborators Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, and
later led her own studio at the AA until 1987. Since then she has held the
Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harward University; The
Sullivan Chair at the University Illinois, School of Architecture, Chicago;
guest professorsships at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg; The
Knolton School of Architecture, Ohio and the Masters Studio at Columbia
University, Newyork. In addition, she was made Honorary Member of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters, Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture
and Commander of the British Empire, 2002. She is currently Professor at the
University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria and was the Eero saarinen
Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut.
AWARDS
Zaha Hadid’ s work of the past 30 years was the subject of
critically – acclaimed retrospective exhibitions at New York’ s Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum in 2006, London Design museum in 2007 and the Palazzo della
Ragione, Padua, Italy in 2009. Her recently completed projects include the
MAXXI Museum in Rome; which won the Stirling award in 2010. Hadid’ s
outstanding contribution to the Stirling award in 2010. Hadid’ s outstanding
contribution to the architectural profession continues to be acknowledged by
the most world’ s most respected institutions. She received the prestigious ‘
Praemium Imperiale ’ from the Japan Art Association in 2009, and in 2010, the
Stirling Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Other recent
awards include UNESCO naming Hadid as an ‘ Artist for Peace ‘ at a
ceremony in their Paris headquarters last year. Also in 2010, the Republic of
France named Hadid as ‘ Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ in
recognition of her services to architecture, and TIME magazine included her in
their 2010 list of the ‘ 100 most Influential People in the World ‘. This years
‘ Time 100 ‘ is divided into four categories: Leaders, Thinkers, Artist and
Hereos – with Hadid ranking top of the Thinkers category.
ZHA PROJECTS:
Zaha has played a pivotal role in a great many Zaha Hadid
Architects projects over the past 30 years. The Maxxi National Museum of 21 st
Century Arts in Rome, Italy; the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany and
the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany are excellent demonstrations of
Hadid’ s quest for complex, fluid space. Previous seminal buildings such as the
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinati, USA, have also been hailed
as architecture that transforms our vision of the future with new spatial
concepts and bold, visionary forms.
Currently Hadid is working on a multitude of projects worldwide
including: The London Aquatics Centre fort he 2012 Olympic Games; High – Speed
Train Stations in Naples and Durango; The CMA CGM Headquarters tower in
Marseille; The Fiera di Milano masterplan and tower as well as major master
planning projects in Beijing, Bilboa, Istanbul and Singapore. In the Middle
East, Hadid’ s portfolio includes national cultural and research centres in
Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, as well as
the new Central Bank of Iraq.
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