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Olympic Aquatic Center – London, U.K.
Building: Olympic Aquatic Center, 2012 Summer Olympics
Location: Stratford, London, UK
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Structural Engineer: Arup
Services Engineer: Arup
Construction: Balfour Beatty
Roof Completed August 2009
Building Completed 2011
AE Interests: 2012 London Summer Olympics, Complex Geometry, large-span (3 supports), Olympic Mode (w/stands) and Legacy Mode, Steel Roof Fan-Truss Structure, Software Process Maya to Rhino to Revit. Underside of roof will be red louro timber. Roofing is standing seam metal. `
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Sports Centre – Zug, Switzerland
Building: Sports Centre (Sporthalle Zug)
Location: Zug, Switzerland
Completion: 2001
Architect: Betrix & Consolascio Architekten
AE Interests: Amethyst coloured structural glass sheet exterior, piers supporting roof
Guglielmini House – Pregassona, Switzerland
Building: Guglielmini House
Location: Pregassona, Switzerland
Completion: 2002
Architect: Luca Gazzaniga
Associate: Carlo Ceccolini
AE Interests: Built into a steep hillside, use of assymetry and glass to incorpate natural surroundings into structure
Ferretti Arnaboldi House – Locarno, Switzerland
Building: Ferretti Arnaboldi House
Location: Locarno, Switzerland
Architect: Michele Arnaboldi Architetto
Completion: 1999
AE Interests: Large cantilevered concrete slabs, Use of piles and spread footings to secure foundation in soil on hillside
Oratorio Di Porta: Brissago, Switzerland
Building: Oratorio Di Porta (Chiesa di Porta)
Location: Brissago, Switzerland
Architect: Raffaele Cavadini
Completion: 1996
AE Interests: Reinforced Concrete Skeleton
House Willimann – Sevgein, Switzerland
Building: House Willimann
Location: Darschaleuns, Sevgein, Switzerland
Completion: 1999
Architect: Bearth & Deplazes
AE Interests: Gable roof, Hillside placement, Polygonal plan, Inexpensive materials making constructiong more difficult
School – Paspels, Switzerland
Building: School
Location: Paspels, Switzerland
Completion: 2005
Architect: Valerio Olgiati
AE Interests: Reinforced Concrete Monolith, All exterior corners are made to be perceived as right angles, Two right angles per interior room
Liner Museum – Appenzell, Switzerland
Building: Liner Museum
Location: Appenzell, Switzerland
Architect: Gigon and Guyer
Client: Stiftung Karl Liner
Landscape Design: Kienast Vogt & Partner”
Completion: 1998
AE Interests: Simple, Cost-efficient, Lighting through entrance, end, and skylights, steel shingle skin
Production and Office Facility – Baar, Switzerland
Building: Production and Office Facility
Location: Baar, Switzerland
Completion: 2002
Size: 7,800 sqm
Client: TRUMPF GmbH & Co
AE Interests: Laser Cutting Production, Folding Exterior Skin, Built on a Sloping Topography
“The Hotel” – Luzern, Switzerland
Building: “The Hotel”
Location: Sempacherstrasse 14, CH-6002 Luzern, Switzerland
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Construction Cost: $4.9 Million
Owner: Urs Karli
Project Manager: D.Laurent, M.Raasch, AJN
Inauguration: August 7, 2000
Original Construction of Building: 1907
AE Interests: Rennovation, Extensive use of metal and wood panels, Projections on all room ceilings
The Opus Building – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Building: The Opus Building
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Completion: 2011
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Project Architect: Christos Passas
Local Architect: Arex Consultans
Structural Engineer: Whitbybird
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: Whitbybird
Facade Engineer: Whitbybird
Fire Engineering: SAFE
AE Interests: Extensive use of curved glass in the void, use of lighting to enhance the view of the void at night, three separate buildings made to appear as one
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Ordrupgaard Museum Extension – Copenhagen, Denmark
Building: Ordrupgaard Museum Extension
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Completed: August 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Associate Architect: PLH Arkitekter
Structural Engineers: Jane Wernick Associates, Birch & Krogboe
Service Engineers: Arup, Birch & Krogboe
Lighting Consultants: Arup Lighting
Acoustic Consultants: Birch & Krogboe
AE Interests: extension on an existing building, natural lighting sources, an in-situ black lava concrete skin
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, July 2020
Central Building – BMW Plant – Leipzig, Germany
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Building: Central Building – BMW Plant
Location: Leipzig Germany
Completed: 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Landscape Architect: Gross. Max
Structural Engineer: IFB Dr. Braschel AG, Anthony Hunt Associates
Lighting Design: Equation Design
AE Interests: Engineered to have all levels of employees interacting
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, July 2020
Nuragic Contemporary Arts Centre – Cagliari, Italy
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Building: Nuragic Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Completion: Unbuilt
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Paola Cattarin
Local Architect: Luca Peralta
Environmental Sustainability: Max Fordham LLP, Neil Smith
Mechanical and electrical system: Max Fordham LLP, Neil Smith
Structure: Adams Kara Taylor
Quantity Surveyor: Building Consulting Naples, Pasquale Miele
AE Interests: 3 phase construction, large and versatile open spaces
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Guangzhou Opera House – Guangzhou, China
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Building: Guangzhou Opera House
Location: Guangzhou, China
Completion: 2010
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Director: Woody K.T. Yao & Patrick Schumacher
Project Architect: Simon Yu
Structural Engineer: SHTK, Guangzhou Pearl River Foreign Investment Architectural Designing Institute
Theater Consultants: ENFI
Lighting Consultant: Beijing Light & View
Project Management: Guangzhou Municipal Construction Group Co. Ltd.
Building Services: Guangzhou Pearl River Foreign Investment Architectural Designing Institute
Acoustic Consultants: Marshall Day Acoustics
Construction Management: Guangzhou Construction Engineering Supervision Co. Ltd.
Main Contractor: China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co. Ltd.
AE Interests: Twin boulder design, materials, complex form, acoustics
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion – Zaragoza, Spain
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Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Completed: 2008
Arhitect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Manuela Gatto (Associate)
Engineers: ARUP
AE Interests: water sustainability, divided into four interlocking elements inorder to distribute the weight, use of a permeable schark-scale membrane creates a micro climate utilizing the natural airflow
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Antwerp Port House – Belgium
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Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Completion: 2016
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
Project Architect: Joris Pauwels
Project Support: Bureau Bouwtechniek
Structural Engineers: Studieburo Mouton bvba
Service Engineers: Ingenium nv & Daidalos Peutz
Restoration: Origin
Special technology: Ingenium
Acoustics: Daidalos Peutz
AE Interests: addition to an existing building, glass and aluminum panneling
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Guggenheim Hermitage Museum – Vilnius, Lithuania
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Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
Status: Unbuilt
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects with Patrik Schumacher
Project Architects: Thomas Vietzke, Jens Borstelmann
AE Interests: digital fabrication methods, intense use of technology to bring to life the fluidity and flow of the building, building envelope
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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020
Phaeno Science Center – Wolfsburg, Germany
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Building: Phaeno Science Center
Location: Wolfsburg
Completed: 24 November 2005
Architect: Zaha Hadid
Project Architect: Christos Passas
Structural Engineers: Adams Kara Taylor, Tokarz Freirichs Leipold
Service Engineers: NEK, Buro Happold
AE Interests: Europe’s largest building made of “self-compacting concrete,” majority of building is raised off the ground allowing visitors to pass through with ease
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