"She-devil" & "Mad woman" when Zaha Hadid meets Martha Schwartz
Key:Metrostudio Design Research | 2014 | Zaha



















项目概况:
theyone is "she-devil" in the field of architecture and the other is "mad woman" in landscape design;one explains the architecture with creative, unpredictable and brand new design language, and the other is rebellious, distinctive and persists in exploring in landscape design;one is the first female recipient of pritzker architecture prize and one of time 100 most influential people 2010; and the other is the lifetime professor of harvard university, the united states registered landscape architect and riba member, becoming the icon of modern landscape art in the middle and later of twenty century. they are: zaha hadid & martha schwartz they deeply fall in love with design and design truly makes them successfully. in the male-dominated field, they are destined to the legend. zaha hadid iraqi-born british architect, the first female recipient of pritzker architecture prize in 2004 and time 100 most influential people 2010 in the world.she was born in 1950 in baghdad, iraq. she began her studies at the american university in beirut, receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. in 1972 she studied at the architectural association, and 1977 got her master degree; in 1980, she established her own studio. in 1994, she taught in harvard graduate school of design. her works are widely accepted in the academic field and public, characterized by a sense of breaking the traditional architecture and shaping the newly architecture experiment with radical and new design language. architectural design has the creative space of image like the magic carpet in arabian nights, explaining the architecture with the spiral elements. she is master of handling the spatial elements, using the structure of space and geometry and changing the forms; she is also known as "master of deconstructivist architecture" with boldly architectural form, curving element, slant walls, etc. "new form will be the prototype of new reality and all things must return to the point of origin after being reshaped and dissolved". she "represents the new forms in new techniques and builds the new world for living". martha schwartz landscape architect and artist, the icon of modern landscape art in the middle and later of twenty century; lifetime professor of harvard university, the united states registered landscape architect, riba member and ceo of martha schwartz partners; the creative, critical and often whimsical works have received highly acceptance in the field of landscape architecture.in 1950, she was born in an architect family of philadelphia, u.s. in 1973, she studied in michigan university and received the bachelor degree of fine arts. in 1974, she changed into landscape architecture department and received her master degree of landscape design. in 1977, she worked in swa and in 1990, she built her studio.her works range from the earth work art to urban planning. arm herself with the theory of modernism, and design facing to the public with her revolutionary spirit of the artist, to not only beyond the original professional principles, but also criticize the natural imagination of the landscape. she thought the garden could be everything except the building, not necessarily a complete piece of land, maybe just a road, small parking lot, etc.; emphasize the use of modern materials landscape to reflect the needs of modern society and value; often use cheap materials to make the extraordinary results by considering environmental protection and budget.