zaha hadid maxxi gallery

Question 1

year

Answer 1

2014

Question 2

processes and techniques used to create

Answer 2

-paper sculptures and sketches

-blueprint devised through computer redered 3D imagrey of sketches

-modern technical means and materials

Question 3

what museum is it

Answer 3

italy’s national museum of contemporary art and culture

Question 4

location

Answer 4

Flaminio neighbourhood of rome: a more modernistic subsection of the classical city

Question 5

significance of inclusion of a modern building in rome

Answer 5

identifies rome as a centre for modern art as well as ancient architectural innovation- presents progressive nature of archictecture in rome

Question 6

how does the museum show the progression of art

Answer 6

the first major public museum dedicaed to contemporary art in decades

Question 7

this buildings inspiration from MINARET AT SAMARA

Answer 7

hadid saw minaret at samara in iraq, creates a ribbion for people to walk up and is geometric

Question 8

whats her nationality

Answer 8

Iraqi british

Question 9

how would you characterise her style

Answer 9

-gives appearance of fragmentation to constructed buildings

-absence of harmony/symmetricality

-sense of unpreictability and controlled chaos

Question 10

how does this building reflect the architectural identity of zaha

Answer 10

use of concrete (reference to brutalism)

geometric

alludes ti minaret in iraq

modern design

Question 11

interior

Answer 11

-concrete curved walls, suspended black staircases, open ceiling allowing natural light

-fluidity of design embodies chaoty fluidity of modern life

-move through museaum through ribbons of space (fluid and sinuous) creating the dynamic and interactive space

-geometric

-metal flooring

Question 12

what does the fluidity of the interior represent

Answer 12

-fluidity of design embodies chaoty fluidity of modern life

Question 13

how do you move through museum and whats its effect

Answer 13

-inspired by ribboned staircases of minaret at Samara
-move through museaum through ribbons of space (fluid and sinuous) creating the dynamic and interactive space

Question 14

significance of use of concrete

Answer 14

link to brutalism (shows identity of zaha hadid as a architect)

Question 15

Exterior

Answer 15

sculptural appearance, reflects function as an art gallery

futuristic and innovative

emphasis on public space (civic and open design and has public square0

Question 16

what does the facade link to

Answer 16

rows of metalic collums link to st peters basillica in rome showing cultural identity of rome

overhang links to classical portico link in the pantheon

Question 17

facade

Answer 17

rows of metalic collums link to st peters basillica in rome showing cultural identity of rome

continuous slab of concrete

overhang creates shaded space at entrance. links to classical portico link in the pantheon

low lying horizontal emphasisin keeping with low rise era of Flaminio, rome

3 levels: responsds to layers of history of which rome is built

bending oblong tubes pile over eachother

curved sidewalls

irregular geometries

hard angles on exterior

Question 18

what does horizontal emphasis reflect

Answer 18

low lying horizontal emphasisin keeping with low rise era of Flaminio, rome

Question 19

significance of 3 layers

Answer 19

3 levels: responsds to layers of history of which rome is built