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    VITRA FIRE STATION

    by Zaha Hadid
    WEILAM RHEIM, GERMANY
    Vitra Fire Station 1991-1993

    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. The
    building is now used by Vitra as a showplace for part of its permanent
    collection of chairs.
    Deconstructivism

    - 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
    Vitra Fire Station
    The Building
    Vitra Fire Station
    The 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.”
    Vitra Fire Station
    Front View

    - visual illusion of a larger space


    - linear landscaped zone: defining space rather than occupy space
    Vitra Fire Station
    Front View

    - the intersection of each shape is carefully calculated each parts of the building complement each other
    Vitra Fire Station
    Back View

    - composition of jutting, irregular, sharp concrete planes


    - emphasizing the horizontal plane
    Vitra Fire Station
    Exterior second floor
    Vitra Fire Station
    Interior

    Linear, layered series of walls which appear to sl ide past each other, while the large sliding doors literally form a moving wall
    Vitra Fire Station
    second floor Interior

    The lines of light direct the necessarily precise


    and fast movement through the building

    Roof of 1st floor becomes patio for 2nd floor


    Bibliography

    http://www.visionunion.com/article.jsp?code=200509080079

    http://www.vitra.de/architecture/default.asp?lang=il_en

    http://www.zaha-hadid.com/vitra%20movie.swf

    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2004/pdf/Vitra.pdf

    http://www.figure-ground.com/travel/image.php?vitra_fire

    http://big5.china.com.cn/chinese/feature/583820.htm

    http://tenplusone.inax.co.jp/archives/fieldwork/photoarchives/0612basel/index0612.php?c=0&i=12

    http://daapspace4.daap.uc.edu/~feinze/galleries/immersion/webProcessBook.pdf

    http://aboutmuseum.blogspot.com/2006/05/vitra-design-museum-weil-am-rhein.html

    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n7_v83/ai_17309682/pg_2

    http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/architecture/story/0,,2109962,00.html

    http://arch-essays.blogspot.com/2005/01/zaha-hadid-first-pritzker-woman.html

    http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/vitrafire/index.htm

    http://www.0lll.com/lud/pages/architecture/archgallery/hadid_vitra/index.htm

    Flickr.com:
    Arkfinder, Bettie, Iamkimmm, inter-, simon wu, thegoatisbad, valentinaa, nickehret, catesvizion,
    dexter_mixwith, Darwinism, Idiosincrasia, Doctor Casino, Guitarchitect, autumn_rhythm84,
    mightymightymatze, maos, XebastYan, ziegel.kurt, section12online

    Webshots.com:
    edwardmw_germany2

    Journals:
    El Croquis – V.73 ( Zaha Hadid)
    Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects
    The Wall Street Journal The New York Times

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