Zaha Hadid Architects. Venice Architecture Biennale 2008
Lectures by Zaha Hadid
Thursday September 11th 2008
14:30 - 15:30 'Masters of the Experiment' Series - Opening Lecture
Teatro Piccolo
Arsenale Venue
Friday September 12th 2008
14:30 - 15:30 Conversation with Charles Jencks & Frank Gehry on the
Maggies Centres
The Gathering Space / Scotland & Venice
Piazzale della Stazione
Santa Lucia
Exhibitions:
Andrea Palladio and Contemporary Architects, Villa Foscari La Malcontenta
Lotus, Corderie dell'Arsenale
Experimental Architecture, Italian Pavilion, Giardini
Capital Hill Residence, Russian Pavillion, Giardini
Villa and Museum, Artiglierie dell'Arsenale
Hoenheim Nord Terminus, French Pavilion, Giardini
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Andrea Palladio and Contemporary Architects
Villa Foscari La Malcontenta
Open 12 Sept - 23 Nov 2008
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Andrea Palladio's birth (1508-2008), La
Malcontenta invited Zaha Hadid Architects
to design and build two installations within Villa Foscari La Malcontenta, to
initiate a dialogue between Contemporary
Architects and Palladio breaching five centuries of architectural discourse.
For this exhibition, curated by architect
Giulia Foscari, Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher explored the generative
potential of the harmonic proportional system
introduced by Palladio in Villa La Malcontenta.”
Lotus
Corderie dell'Arsenale, Campo dell'Arsenale, Castello, Venice
Open 12 Sept - 23 Nov 2008
The ‘Lotus' is a system of enfolded furnishings through which one can seduce
and engage the immediate and more
distant world. This room fluctuates between two extreme states: one which is
highly condensed and exclusive of its
surroundings and the other which is unfolded, dispersed and interlocked into
its environment. Reconfiguration is also a
means towards appropriation and personalization.
Experimentation within a Long Wave of Innovation
Italian Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
Open 12 Sept - 23 Nov 2008
Zaha Hadid Architects have authored several hundred projects - over a period
of 30 years - in a unified effort: the quest for
architecture to take on the dynamic complexity of contemporary society. At the
same time there is a cumulative build up of
virtuosity, resolution and refinement. This is a function of the consistency of
agenda, ambition and values that allow us to
build achievement upon achievement.
Capital Hill Residence
Russian Pavilion, Giardini della Biennale
Open 12 Sept - 23 Nov 2008
Showcase of projects by leading Russian and foreign architects
working in Russia. The Capital Hill Residence is under
construction with expected completion date 2010.
Hoenheim Nord Terminus
Générocité: Le Généreux vs le Générique Exhibition, French Pavilion, Giardini
Open 12 Sept - 23 Nov 2008
An exhibition responding to the Biennale's theme “Out There.
Architecture Beyond Building”, which brings together fifty
architects who represent what architecture can give to the city and its
inhabitants.
Villa and Museum, Northeast Coast National Scenic Area, Taiwan
Next Gene20 Exhibition, Arsenale Artiglierie, Campo della Tana,
Castello 2126/A, Venice
Open 12 Sept - 23 Nov 2008
Press Launch for Villa in Venice:
1:30pm, 11 September 2008
Campo della Tana, Castello 2126/A, Venice
Exhibition:
Exhibition presenting twenty invited architects realizing villas in Taiwan in
addition to showing the works of students from the National Chiao Tung
University.