Vitra Fire Station Zaha Hadid
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VITRA FIRE STATION
by Zaha Hadid
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Vitra Fire Station
The Vitra Fire Station was Zaha Hadid's first built project. The building
functioned as a firehouse until the fire district lines were re-drawn. Thebuilding is now used by Vitra as a showplace for part of its permanentcollection of chairs.
WEILAM RHEIM, GERMANY
1991-1993
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- asymmetrical and irregular shapes, which allows multiple entries into the building
- use of distortion makes the walls seem to melt and floors seem to curve
- the ceilings are generally appeared to be compressed, bended, and/or expanded
- her work represents how nature was established and developed by means of
overlaps, rhythms and textures, like an artificial landscape
Deconstructivism
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Vitra Fire StationThe Building
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Vitra Fire StationThe Model
The whole building is movement, frozen.
It expresses the tension of being on the alert;
and the potential to explode into action at any moment.
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Vitra Fire StationFront View
- visual illusion of a larger space- linear landscaped zone: defining space rather than occupy space
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Vitra Fire StationFront View
- the intersection of each shape is carefully calculated each parts of the building complement each other
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Vitra Fire StationBack View
- composition of jutting, irregular, sharp concrete planes- emphasizing the horizontal plane
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Vitra Fire StationExterior
second floor
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Bibliography
Journals:
El Croquis V.73 (Zaha Hadid)
Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects
The Wall Street Journal The New York Times