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VITRA FIRE STATION

by Zaha Hadid

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Vitra Fire Station

The Vitra Fire Station was Zaha Hadid's first built project. The building

functioned as a firehouse until the fire district lines were re-drawn. Thebuilding is now used by Vitra as a showplace for part of its permanentcollection of chairs.

WEILAM RHEIM, GERMANY

1991-1993

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- asymmetrical and irregular shapes, which allows multiple entries into the building

- use of distortion makes the walls seem to melt and floors seem to curve

- the ceilings are generally appeared to be compressed, bended, and/or expanded

- her work represents how nature was established and developed by means of

overlaps, rhythms and textures, like an artificial landscape

Deconstructivism

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Vitra Fire StationThe Building

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Vitra Fire StationThe Model

The whole building is movement, frozen.

It expresses the tension of being on the alert;

and the potential to explode into action at any moment.

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Vitra Fire StationFront View

- visual illusion of a larger space- linear landscaped zone: defining space rather than occupy space

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Vitra Fire StationFront View

- the intersection of each shape is carefully calculated each parts of the building complement each other

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Vitra Fire StationBack View

- composition of jutting, irregular, sharp concrete planes- emphasizing the horizontal plane

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Vitra Fire StationExterior

second floor

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Bibliography

Journals:

El Croquis V.73 (Zaha Hadid)

Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects

The Wall Street Journal The New York Times