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Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution' exhibition at TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth, UK

TheGallery at Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) in collaboration with the university's Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture and Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) present ‘Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution’, an exhibition exploring how the studio has evolved its design processes over the past thirty years to create some of the world’s most distinctive and creative buildings.

Showcasing the complete design archive of an early ZHA building - the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, USA - alongside current projects using digital design processes such as virtual reality and parametric design, the exhibition outlines ZHA’s remarkable journey from analogue to digital methods.

Each of the practice’s innovative projects builds on over thirty years of exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design. The exhibition details the clear progression of ZHA's work: from Zaha Hadid’s early deconstructivist beginnings to the fluidity of current designs that are presented in 3D printed form.

Through handmade models, sketches, drawings, computer renders, animations, paintings, 3D printed models, prototypes and videos, the exhibition offers an insight into the different media that have played a key role in developing and designing projects throughout ZHA’s history.

AUB Modelmaking degree students' coursework has also been specifically tailored to develop models for this exhibition. Exploring presentation techniques in different media, students have created models displayed in the lower gallery that demonstrate how decisions about materiality, scale, composition, and proportion affect perception of architectural works.

Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution
Curated by Dr. Christian McLening and Woody Yao
15 February – 19 April 2018
TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth

Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution (TheGallery website)

Exhibition Publication
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication ‘Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution’. Examining the tools, media and processes used by Zaha Hadid Architects adds to the understanding of both the history of the practice and the architectural design process in general, during a time of continued and accelerating technological change.

The extended essay ‘Zaha Hadid Architects: Instruments of Vision, Partners in Design’ by Dr. Christian McLening and David Lund takes a deeper look at the ZHA’s evolution of process over the past thirty years. ‘The Miraculous Zaha Hadid: A Tribute’ by Patrik Schumacher reflects on the late Dame Zaha Hadid’s legacy.

Illustrated with over 90 images of sketches, paintings, architectural models and digital renders from the forty-year history of Zaha Hadid Architects.

'Zaha Hadid Architects: Evolution' (158 pages with images. ISBN 978-0-901196-78-1) published by text + work, TheGallery, AUB 2018.
Available for sale at TheGallery, or online via their website.

Panel Discussion: ZHA
South House Lecture Theatre, AUB
Thursday 15th February 2018
5:00pm - 6:00pm

Private View and Formal Opening
TheGallery, AUB
Thursday 15th February 2018
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Panelists:
Chaired by Dr. Christian McLening, Dean of Art, Design and Architecture, AUB
Woody Yao, Associate Director, ZHA
Helmut Kinzler, Senior Associate – Head of Virtual Reality, ZHA
Manon Janssens, Senior Associate – Head of Exhibitions and Archive, ZHA
David Getzin, Architectural Historian
Ed Frith, MArch Course Leader, Master of Architecture, AUB

Free registration

ZHA Exhibition Teams:
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Principal: Patrik Schumacher
ZHD Exhibition Team: Woody Yao, Manon Janssens, Jillian Nishi, Daria Zolotareva, Henry Virgin, Zahra Yassine and Paz Bodelón
ZHCODE Research Group: Shajay Bhooshan, Henry Louth, Tommaso Casucci, Federico Borello
ZH VR Group: Helmut Kinzler, José Pareja Gómez, Risa Tadauchi, Moritz Hacker
ZH Analytics and Insight: Uli Blum, Philipp Siedler and Arjun Kaicker