I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think. Zaha Hadid More Quotes by Zaha Hadid More Quotes From Zaha Hadid I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing. Zaha Hadid design ideas thinking From my first days studying architecture at the architectural association, I have always been interested in the concept of fragmentation and with ideas of abstraction and explosion, where we were de-constructing ideas of repetitiveness and mass production. Zaha Hadid association ideas firsts Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated. Zaha Hadid important jobs people When women do succeed, the press, even the industry press, spend far too much time talking about how we dress, what shoes we're wearing, who we're meant to be seeing. That's pretty sad for women, especially when it's written by women who really should know better. Zaha Hadid shoes success talking Malevitch discovered abstraction as an experimental principle that can propel creative work to previously unheard levels of invention; this abstract work allowed much greater levels of creativity. Zaha Hadid creativity levels creative I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. Zaha Hadid ambitious design reality When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project. Zaha Hadid crazy sleep mean It is insufficient for architecture today to directly implement an existing building typology; it instead requires architects to carefully examine the whole area with new interventions and programmatic typologies Zaha Hadid building architecture today Too many are too obsessed by method. it becomes a dogma. Zaha Hadid method dogma obsessed Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another. Zaha Hadid fashion practice art Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society. Zaha Hadid block differences believe The current state of architecture and design requires extensive collaboration and an investigative attitude and we continue to research and develop new technologies. Zaha Hadid design technology attitude I don't like the masculine style, jeans. I like issey miyake... and black dresses. Zaha Hadid jeans style black Indeed, our designs become more ambitious as we see the new possibilities created by the technology of other industries. Zaha Hadid ambitious design technology My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design. Zaha Hadid sculpture design art The world is looking more and more segmented, the difference between people is becoming greater. Zaha Hadid differences people world The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process. Zaha Hadid building differences ideas Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious. Zaha Hadid cautious taught Two years ago I focused on one apartment to see how many variations you can come up with in a given space with the same parameters. I would work on this repeatedly for days and you see that there is maybe seven hundred options for one space. This exercise gives you an idea of the degree at which you can interpret the organization of space, it is not infinite but it's very large. Zaha Hadid organization exercise years Obviously for some people there is a big connection Zaha Hadid connections space people
