Soon, Daxing Airport became a new generation of "network celebrities"
Ghost architect
While praising the airport design, everyone was curious about the architects behind the airport. What kind of person can have such a powerful design?
Unfortunately, this excellent architect has been buried in the ground forever, and people can't praise her.
20 16, Zaha Hadid, a famous female architect, died of a heart attack at Daxing airport in the United States and Beijing, which is the legacy left by this architectural genius.
Zaha Hadid, a well-known woman in architecture, has a nickname "the devil of architecture", which is called because her architectural design never takes an ordinary road and has a sense of beauty of abstract painting.
Take Daxing Airport as an example. This building, praised by the British media as "the seventh architectural miracle in the world", is completely constructed by curves. Some people say that Daxing Airport has no pillars. In fact, this statement is not entirely correct. The pillars of Daxing Airport were cleverly designed into a "C" shape by Zaha, and they were skillfully integrated with the ceiling and walls, forming a wonderful scene of "building from the ground" without columns.
Zaha's whimsy can be seen.
Zaha is an Iraqi, born in 1950. Unlike the traditional conservative Iraqi father and daughter, Zaha is a woman with strong imagination, which is inseparable from the family education Zaha received and the social environment in Iraq at that time.
Land of freedom, the soul of art
After Zaha's parents became famous, Zaha's father was a government official and a local rich businessman, and his mother was a standard lady. In Zaha's memory, she taught her a lot of manners when she was three or four years old.
In our impression, Iraq is a conservative country, but Zaha was not born like this. In 1950s and 1960s, Iraq was a very westernized country. The streets are full of girls wearing short skirts and heavy makeup. Zaha's childhood was spent in such a free age.
At that time, the Iraqi government strongly advocated equality between men and women, and girls got the right to education. At school, Zaha showed extraordinary artistic talent. She was smart enough to accidentally read some books related to architecture, and since then she has buried an architectural dream in her heart.
But freedom was soon broken. In the late 1960s, a coup broke out in Iraq. Seeing the bad situation, Zaha's father fled to London with his family.
But perhaps everyone who has to leave his hometown has a glimmer of hope, but in Europe, which is more open and has a long history of artistic development, Zaha's creative enthusiasm has been ignited.
At that time, my parents thought that Zaha University should choose art or architecture, but unexpectedly, Zaha's first choice was the Department of Mathematics. Facing the puzzled expression of his parents, Zaha said that mathematics is the foundation of all buildings. To be a great architect, we must first learn mathematics well.
A few years later, Zaha graduated from the Department of Mathematics and transferred to the Department of Architecture.
In the Department of Architecture, Zaha met the first famous teacher. His name is rem koolhass. Maybe everyone is a little unfamiliar with this name, but in fact, the CCTV building in China was designed by Koolhaas.
For Zaha, a clever girl, Koolhaas had high hopes, and Zaha didn't live up to the teacher's expectations. Zaha's design is always the most eye-catching in every college test.
However, Zaha, who stepped into the society, found that the world was not so friendly.
Will geniuses be discriminated against?
After graduation, Zaha has his own studio. In the European architectural world dominated by European and American men, Zaha is undoubtedly special, but this particularity has become the resistance of Zaha. Zaha was unexpectedly defeated in several bids with others.
Zaha clearly remembers that the judges said to her, "Your work is excellent and deserves the first prize. But, Miss Zaha, we can't give you this task. "
"Why?" Zaha doesn't understand.
The judge explained awkwardly: "How to say it? If you are American or British, I will definitely consider it, but ... "
I see. Zaha is depressed. Can others deny my strength just because my country is not strong enough?
Recalling those days, Zaha said that kind of discrimination, the superior discrimination from European and American countries, made her feel "dirty".
Perhaps it is such an environment that makes Zaha, who has a bad temper, even more uncomfortable. It is said that Zaha is so abusive that he even dares to strike a table with investors directly. There are also rumors that Zaha is arrogant and his architectural drawings are not allowed to be changed by anyone.
In the face of rumors, Zaha is very helpless. She said she was not as overbearing as rumored. Although she is demanding, she is not a abusive bitch. What is more false is that she is not allowed to change the map. When she participated in the bidding for the Olympic venues in Tokyo, she revised the drawings more than 40 times in order to meet the requirements, but in the end Zaha failed as a "foreigner".
"They only believe what they want to believe," Zaha said helplessly. "People want to believe me, an Iraqi woman, is an unreasonable bitch, who loves to quarrel with others and won't let others change the drawings. If I tell them that I am a normal person, where does the media gimmick come from? "
Despite the controversy, Zaha and China maintained a rare friendship. Zaha's famous work in China is Top Club in Hong Kong, which is located in Hong Kong. Speaking of which, Zaha always feels a little pity. Because of limited funds, the club did not fully present Zaha's design, but Zaha became famous with this design.
In fact, the club was criticized for its advanced design. Many people think that the structure of the club is sharp and uncomfortable to look at, but a large number of people are conquered by Zaha's ingenious ideas. Since then, Zaha has received many orders from China.
Zaha has deep feelings for China. She left more than ten beautifully designed and unparalleled architectural works in China. In 20 14, Zaha was successfully elected as the chief designer of Beijing Daxing Airport.
Unexpectedly, this is her last work.
Life is as short as a meteor, but art can last forever. Under those shining buildings, there was once a great architect who devoted his life to them and left us a permanent memorial.