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21 Zaha Hadid – Vitra Fire
Station.(Christian Richters)
under construction. Daniel Libeskind had
here designed a memorial, rather than a functioning museum in the traditional
sense, and it is unclear whether the installation of exhibits will add to or
detract from its effect. The powerful sense of loss and displacement which the
building’s empty spaces already invoke is a reminder that architecture’s
uniqueness can never be captured in a programme of requirements.
Another
building which transcended its original function, in the attainment of a
sculptural expression, was designed for the furniture company Vitra for its
campus-like headquarters in Germany. The building by Zaha Hadid which was
completed in 1994 began life as the site’s private fire station but eventually
became part of the company museum. The tension between rest and activity in the
movements of the building’s projected inhabitants produced a dynamic
composition of
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