*World of Bern!!*: Travelling Exhibition Pavilion

Monday, April 14, 2008

Travelling Exhibition Pavilion - Zaha Hadid

A futuristic pavilion created by British Iraqi deconstructivist architect Zaha Hadid, venue for Chanel's "Mobile Art" exhibition, is built on a three-story government car park in Hong Kong February 18, 2008. Hong Kong will become the first of six international cities to exhibit the works of twenty international contemporary artists starting February 27, 2008.

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Adidas, by Neutelings Riedijk

The Dutch architect Neutelings Riedijk send in a design that uses the iconography of the Adidas Logo. Instead of placing the 3 gyms next to each other Neutelings Riedijk have stacked them. The height of the trusses is used to accommodate dressing rooms, wellness areas and health care. Indeed, very OMA. Stacking is definitely not a very practical solution at this generous site (prolonged walking routes, expensive construction), but the resulting high building might function as a landmark at the Adidas campus. The image-language of the Adidas ‘Performance’ Logo is echoed in the three ‘bars’ that function as stairs at back, the painted bars at the side, and the stepped façade at the front.

Zaha Hadid

The project was launched last year and, when complete, will consist of three interlinking towers containing offices, apartments and a hotel. The towers, which share a single podium, will form the centrepiece of the Business Bay development. Zaha Hadid’s design for the Dancing Towers confirms the role of Business Bay Development at the very forefront of Dubai’s rapidly changing future. The three towers rise above the creek and project themselves as an icon for the surrounding developments and for the gulf region.

Sir Norman Foster

Space Age: Beijing Airport's Olympic Terminal Looks Like UFO Mothership - Although at night it looks like a new Cylon spaceship, this is the new Terminal 3 at Beijing Airport. Like the rest of spectacular buildings being built in China’s capital, it will be finished early next year, just in time for the Olympics. According to its designers, Sir Norman Foster and partners, the “world’s largest and most advanced airport building—not only technologically, but also in terms of passenger experience, operational efficiency and sustainability—has the shape of a dragon. I don’t know about dragons or other passenger experiences, but if I ever get close, I would expect Veritech fighters coming out of it.

Sir Norman Foster