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Featured Architecture Work: Zaha Hadid/ARUP - Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion

Photography © www.zaha-hadid.com
Quick Facts:
Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion (Worldwide), Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York, London, Paris, Moscow, (2006–2008)

Materials Used - Facade:Fibre Re-inforced Plastic; Roof: PVC, ETFE roof lights; Primary Structure: Steel 74t (69t Pavilion and 5t Ticket Office) 1752 different steel connections; Secondary Structure: Aluminium extrusions
Size - 29 x 45 m, a total of 700 m²
Architect -  Zaha Hadid Architects
Consultants  - Structural/Lighting/Project Management: ARUP


Photography © www.zaha-hadid.com

Photography © www.zaha-hadid.com

Photography © www.zaha-hadid.com

Photography © www.zaha-hadid.com


Design Concept:

The form of the 700 m² Chanel Pavilion is a celebration of the iconic work of Chanel, unmistakeable for its smooth layering of exquisite details that together create an elegant, cohesive whole. The resulting functional, and versatile architectural structure of the Pavilion is a series of continuous arch shaped elements, with a courtyard in its central space. Artificial light behind the translucent ceiling washes the walls to emphasize the ‘arched’ structure, and assists in the creation of a new artificial landscape for art installations. 
Read more at architects site www.zaha-hadid.com




Each façade panel has a unique size and shape. The entire pavilion packs away into standard shipping containers. The façade is made from fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) technology, more commonly found in boats and racing cars.Advanced 3D modelling and technology, more commonly found in boats and racing cars, helped Arup to create this spectacular home for Chanel’s touring exhibition. The Chanel Contemporary Art pavilion housed work by 20 international contemporary artists and visited Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York during its world tour. read more - Structural/Lighting/Project Management: ARUP

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Zaha Hadid is one of the world's most renowned architects and the only woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize.

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    Hardcover: 164 pages
    Publisher: Skira Rizzoli (September 14, 2010)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0847858006
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Moshe Safdie/Aedas/ARUP-MEP - Marina Bay Sands-Art & Science Museum





Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion, including cost of the prime land.With the casino complete, the resort features a 2,561-room hotel, a 120,000 sq.m. convention-exhibition centre, The Shoppes mall, an Art & Science museum, two Sands Theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating pavilions, a casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. The complex is topped by a 340m-long SkyPark with a capacity of 3,900 people and a 150m infinity swimming pool, set on top of the world's largest public cantilevered platform, which overhangs the north tower by 67m.The 20-hectare resort was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects. The local architect of record was Aedas Singapore, and engineering was provided by Arup and Parsons Brinkerhoff (MEP). The main contractor was SsangYong Engineering and Construction. read more on wiki




The ArtScience Museum is constructed next to the three blocks and has the shape of a lotus. Its roof will be retractable, providing a waterfall through the roof of collected rainwater when closed in the day and with laser shows when opened at night. In front of the Event Plaza is the Wonder Full show, a light and water spectacular that is the largest in Southeast Asia. The ArtScience Museum and Wonder Full show opened on 17 February 2011. Read more in wiki

About The Architects

Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA (born July 14, 1938) is an architect and urban designer. He was born in the city of Haifa, British Mandate for Palestine. He moved with his family to Montreal, Canada In 1978, he became Director of the Urban Design Program and the Ian Woodner Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His company, Moshe Safdie and Associates, Inc. is based out of Somerville, Massachusetts with branch offices in Toronto and Jerusalem. read more at wiki

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Published to accompany a major internationally travelling exhibition, Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie will explore this renowned architect's buildings and the philosophy that shapes them 

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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
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  • Language: English
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Volume Two features an essay by Safdie presenting his current thoughts on the significant issues facing architecture today. Accompanying it are texts by William Mitchell on the theme of a global practice responding to a wide range of varied local conditions, and by Thomas Fisher on Safdie's books, which hold as much interest and have been as influential as his buildings. Featured projects include the Salt Lake City Public Library, the Peabody Essex Museum and the US Institute of Peace, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, the Rabin Center for Israeli Studies, and the new city of Modi'in in Israel; the Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex in India; and the Guangdong Science Center and the Guangdong Children's Palace in China.

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Aedas is a global architectural firm working on mixed-use developments, transportation, education, sport and healthcare building design.The practice employs a multi-disciplinary staff and works in the field of architecture, access consultancy, building consultancy, building surveying, conservation, geomatics, health and safety management, imaging, interiors, landscape and environment, masterplanning and urban design, research and development and workplace consulting. It is regularly featured in the Architects' Journal, Building DesignBuilding magazines' top 100 league tables. read more at wiki

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This book chronicles eight critical years in the career of Andrew Bromberg, beginning in 2001 when he emigrated from Seattle to join Aedas Hong Kong, and running to 2009 when, as Aedas Executive Director of Design for the Middle East and Asia, Andrew designed dozens of phenomenal projects from Beirut to the Yellow Sea. This book traces the intertwined fortunes of Andrew, Aedas and the Asian Continent during the time when the world's economic center of gravity appeared, at least for awhile, to have permanently tilted towards the East. During this tumultuous and unprecedented era, Aedas grew to become one of the five largest architectural practices in the world, in part due to the firm's significant presence in Hong Kong preceding the boom, and in part due to the furious energy and ambition that Bromberg brought to the firm, taking advantage of the explosion of economic and development activity throughout the Asian Continent.

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