Zaha Hadid Architects and MAM Shanghai present a major exhibition this month

Zaha Hadid
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Having featured projects from Zaha Hadid Architects before it’s our pleasure to announce that later this month, Zaha Hadid Architects and MAM Shanghai will present a major exhibition exploring a retrospective of the architectural studio’s work. Centred around its many projects in China, the exhibition explores how new relationships and technology have changed how the studio design and imagine some of the most adventurous buildings of the last 40 years.

ZHA Close Up Work and Research is the first exhibition showcasing the architectural studio’s work in mainland China.

Founded by the late Zaha Hadid in 1979, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has reimagined architecture for the 21st century with a portfolio of projects that have captured imaginations worldwide.

Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid was the first female to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. She first visited China in 1981, travelling widely through the country to experience Chinese art and architecture and its relationship with its environment.

Zaha Hadid
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Shai Baitel, Artistic Director of MAM Shanghai, said:

“I am excited to include, as part of our interdisciplinary and immersive approach at MAM, this important exhibition, celebrating Zaha Hadid’s ingenuity. Hadid was an exceptional woman, and we are delighted to show our audience the development of her movement as a researcher, designer, and architect through various geographies and histories—and how this movement impacts the current innovative vision and work of Zaha Hadid Architects, following her untimely passing. Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) continues and expands on her legacy and MAM is proud to present this show, granting unprecedented insights into the vision of one of the most important architects of our time.”

Patrik Schumacher, Principal, Zaha Hadid Architects, said:

“With this show we aim to present who we are close up, our depth of experience, our current preoccupations, and our aspirations for the future.”

‘ZHA Close Up – Work & Research’

26 June – 15 September 2021

MAM Shanghai

Opening times : Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 – 18:00, Last admission 17:30

Address: 4777 Binjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai

Zaha Hadid

Exhibition Preview

Before the show we take a visual look at some of our favourite projects below.

KAFD METRO STATION, RIYADH
Zaha Hadid
Image: RDA
CECEP SHANGAI CAMPUS
Zaha Hadid
Render: Negativ

BEE’AH HEADQUARTERS, SHARJAH
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Zaha Hadid
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Zaha Hadid
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OPUS, DUBAI
Zaha Hadid
Photo: Laurian Ghinitoiu

BEIJING DAXING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Zaha Hadid
Photo: Hutton+Crow

AL JANOUB STADIUM, AL WAKRAH
Zaha Hadid
Photo: Hutton+Crow

GALAXY SOHO, BEIJING
Zaha Hadid
Photo: Hutton+Crow

GUANGZHOU OPERA HOUSE
Zaha Hadid
Photo: Hutton+Crow

TOWER C AT SHENZHEN BAY SUPER HEADQUARTERS BASE
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Render: Brick Visual
Zaha Hadid Architects
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Zaha Hadid Architects
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SVERDLOVSK PHILHARMONIC CONCERT HALL, EKATERINBURG
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Render: Negativ
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XI’AN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL CENTRE
Zaha Hadid Architects
Render: Atchain

2 MURRAY ROAD, HONG KONG
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Render: MIR

SHENZHEN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
Zaha Hadid Architects
Render: Brick Visual

‘ZHA Close Up – Work & Research’
26  June – 15 September 2021

MAM Shanghai
Opening times : Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 – 18:00, Last admission 17:30
Address: 4777 Binjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai

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