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'The New World': Zaha Hadid Architects' exhibition opens at the Guardian Art Centre, Beijing

Title:
The New World
Category:
Architecture, Interior Design
Eligibility:
Open to public
Register:
http://www.cguardianart.com
Type:
Exhibition
Organizer:
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Date:
06.07-03.10.2023
Venue:
The Guardian Art Center No. 1 Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China
Price:
Free

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) marks a significant milestone, celebrating their 15- year journey in China with The New World exhibition of their work and research at the Guardian Art Centre, Beijing.

ZHA redefined architecture for the 21st century with a repertoire of projects that have captured imaginations across the globe. Building upon Zaha Hadid’s revolutionary exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism and architecture, ZHA’s work integrates advances in design and construction technologies; responding to the increased complexities of contemporary life with fluid geometries informed by the logic and coherence of structures and systems within the natural world.

“Technology’s rapid development and our ever-changing lifestyles have created a fundamentally new and exhilarating backdrop for architecture, and in this newworld context I felt we must reinvestigate the aborted and untested experiments of Modernism - not to resurrect them, but to unveil new ideas,” explained Zaha Hadid in 1983.

Within this new world context outlined by Hadid twenty years ago, The New World exhibition details the evolution and of ZHA’s work since opening their first office in China; charting the development and future of ZHA’s architecture within the exhibition’s ten different zones that showcase specific aspects of their work.

Completed in 2010, the Guangzhou Opera House was ZHA’s first building in China. Another 14 pioneering Chinese projects have sinceopened,includingBeijing’srenowned Leeza SOHO tower and Daxing International Airport. The New World exhibition revisits these seminal projects, together with the further 25 ZHA projects across the country currently in development.

Looking to the future, the exhibition examines ZHA’s detailed research and multidisciplinary approach to their work. New digital design tools, robotics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence and virtual reality are changing how ZHA designs and constructs; developing efficiencies in design, construction techniques andmaterials that reduce the environmental impact of their architecture while enhancing the performance of each building.

Presenting ZHA’s research into continual improvements for the construction industry, the exhibition studies ZHA’s collaborations with leading scientific institutions around the world in the development of award-winning innovations in sustainability strategies and materials, as well as the studio’s applications of advanced data analytics and agent-based modelling which enable their architecture to address both individual and overall wellness.

The exhibition also explores ZHA’s new virtual architecture within the metaverse that is information-rich and socially engaging. Using photo-quality, 3D and multiplayer online video-game creation tools combined with high-speed network and cloud technologies, ZHA’s virtual environments focus on user experience and interaction.

Powered by parametric design technology and incorporating community-forming social infrastructure, ZHA’s virtual environments are enhancing communication andcollaboration around the world.

Outlining ZHA’s perspective on the future of cities, the exhibition’s ‘Building the Future’ zone presents a selection of forthcoming projects throughout China where their work assimilates local cultures and sensitivities to site-specific conditions. Showcasing ZHA’s unwavering optimism for the future, The New World exhibition examines the consistently inventive nature of their architecture. Marrying advancements in design technologies with ecologically sound materials and sustainable construction practices, ZHA does not look at the disparate parts, but works to understand them as a whole to meet the aspirations of each new generation.

 

Project Team

Design & Curation

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)

ZHA Principal

Patrik Schumacher

ZHA Project Director

Satoshi Ohashi, Manon Janssens, Yang Jingwen

ZHA Exhibition Leads

Ziyan Xu, Nan Jiang, Xuexin Duan

ZHA Project Team

Sanxing Zhao, Mingjia Zhang, Du Huang, Shuaiwei Li, Qiyue
Li, Shuchen Dong, Pittayapa Suriyapee, Ignacio Garcia Martinez, Juan Liu, Yuling Ma, Pengcheng Gu, Congyue Wang, Feifei Fan, Yihui Wu, Li li, Haotian Man, Felix Amiss 

ZHA Videos

Henry Virgin

ZHA Editing and Translations

Ziyan Xu, Amelie Yizhou Liu, Daria Zolotareva, Congyue Wang, Juan Liu, Nan Jiang, Xuexin Duan, Rui Li

ZHA CODE

Taizhong Chen, Yutong Xia, Ling Mao, Taeyoon Kim, Jennifer Durand, Keerti Manney, Jianfei Chu, Vishu Bhooshan, Henry Louth, Jose Pareja Gomez, Shajay Bhooshan

ZHA Social

Tyson Hosmer, Baris Erdincer, Ziming He 

ZHA Sustainability Team

Carlos Bausa Martinez, Aditya Ambare, Aleksander Mastalski, Bahaa Alnassrallah, Disha Shetty, Shibani Choudhury/ Marie- Perrine Plaçais, Melodie Leung, Nica Sabet

ZHA Poster Design

Patrik Schumacher, Melodie Leung, Nastasja Mitrovic, Daniela Bedoya, Shuaiwei Li, Ceren Tekin, Nica Sabet, Alex Turner

ZHA Press

Roger Howie, Emma Hawes, Olivia Thomas

Chief Exhibition Curator

寇勤、王彤

Exhibition Director

夏璐

Exhibition Team

李光利、李晴芳、李鹏、任荷

Publishing Team

杨涓、杨慕涵、严冰

Exhibition Coordination

陈树银、侯晋晋、郭振兴、 马学东、蒲宇、张磊、薛炜、 王卓然、肖雅馨、宋海涛、 张志欣、杨玲、景松、朱狄 帆、张东涛、王思佳、马鑫 悦、张爽、姜月、王颖、张 颖、水梓辰

Exhibition Catalogue published by

广西师范大学出版社

Catalogue Design

Moo Design

Special thanks to:

Digital Strategy Partner

丝路视觉科技股份有限公司

In-depth Industry Partners PPG

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Industry Special Partners

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Technology Partner

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Partners: 携程旅行 / 北玻股份 / 璞瑄酒店 / ILLULIAN / kvadrat / 熙 玛 / 沈阳远大 / 博丽科 技 / 北京建筑大学 / 博 威特 / 丰美传媒

Chief Art Cooperation Media

ARTnews

Exclusive Content Cooperation Platform 小红书

Media partner

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Photography by Virgile Simon Bertrand


By Naser Nader Ibrahim

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