자하 하디드 건축회사, 사우디 환경 건축물 설계공모 당선작 선정 Zaha Hadid Architects Win Competition to Build Wetland Preservation Center in Saudi Arabia

건설과학 Construction,Science/해외동향 Global Project2016. 11. 23. 22:57

Zaha Hadid Architects Win Competition to Build Wetland Preservation Center in Saudi Arabia

지난 3월 31일 사망한 이라크 출신 세계적인 영국 건축가 '자하 하디드'의 건축회사' 작품이

사우디 환경 건축물 설계 공모에 당선작으로 선정됐다.

그녀의 특허같은 곡선의 미학이 잘 담겨져 있는 디자인은 보는 이로 하여금 감탄을 자아낸다.

사우디의 자연휴양지 타이브아브아 지역에 건설되는 'Urban Heritage Administration Center'는

이 지역의 랜드마크로 자리매김할 예정이다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

By Jessica Stewart November 5, 2016

Like a glittering oasis in the valley, Zaha Hadid Architect's planned Urban Heritage Administration Center will be a standout landmark in the Saudi Arabian city of Diriyah. The firm recently won the competition for the new 95,000-square-foot head office of the Heritage Museum, an educational institution founded to preserve the UNESCO world heritage sites of Diriyah and the surrounding Wadi Hanifah valley. Wishing to strike a balance between authenticity and innovation, the winning design engages with the area's geographical and cultural context. Diriyah is a natural oasis within the Wadi Hanifah valley, thus the building is centered around a large water feature in an atrium marked with branching columns, and the exterior has four scooped oases carved into a seemingly solid facade.

The center is wrapped in an outer skin that is carefully perforated in order to allow a visual connection with the surroundings while limiting interior sun exposure—the double facade also acting as a contemporary nod to the rammed-earth construction found in historic Diriyah. The firm shares that "the design relates to Diriyah’s local vernacular, not through mimicry or a limiting adherence to references of the past, but by developing a deeper understanding of its traditions and composition—expressed in a contemporary interpretation informed by the same natural forces that defined Diryah’s historical architecture."

A permanent exhibition gallery, library, lecture hall, educational spaces, and a new scientific institute that will conduct field research at the archeological sites will also be housed within the center, which was one of 36 projects initiated prior to Zaha Hadid's passing early this year.