Key：Spain | 2008 | Exhibition

项目概况:

The Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion designed by Zaha Hadid and constructed for the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain, is one of three main theme pavilions and also one of Zaha Hadid works. The pavilion is 270 meters long and spans across Ebro River 185 meters. The building with the white skin connects the sides of the river. There are two floors inside with total around 3100 square meters including 2700 square meters exhibition space for World Expo. The ceilings are made by metal panels. It is organized around 4 main objects, or “pods” that perform both as structural elements and as spatial enclosures. Underneath the floor plate, a resulting triangular pocket space can be used to run utilities. The diamond section has also been extruded along a slightly curved path. The stacking and interlocking of these truss elements (the “pods”), satisfies two specific criteria: optimizing the structural system, and allowing for a natural differentiation of the interiors, where each pod corresponds to a specific exhibition space. By intersecting the trusses/pods, they brace each other and loads are distributed across the four trusses instead of a singular main element, resulting in a reduction in size of load-bearing members.