昨日ザハ・ハディドのアーカイブ展を観て、さらに非常に幸福な感慨を覚えました。建築デザインに「うっとりした」というのはあまりないことです。ひとつとして平凡なプロジェクトはなく、どれもどこか奇抜で未来的、驚きと美しさが絶妙なバランスで共存しています。前衛的と評されることもあるようですが、どこか居心地がよく落ち着く雰囲気を湛え、温かみさえ感じさせます。精緻な数学と自由な感性が織りなす空間の魅力は本当に見事です。何より、そんな小難しいことを考えなくても、SF映画のようなデザインが現実に可能なのだと知るだけで快い驚きでした。
It was the first time that I experienced an architecture of Zaha Hadid when I visited Basel to find Vitra Fire House. Actually I didn't know it existed there, and being a sole visitor in an icy November rain, I didn't expect too much. But it turned out to be a wonderful experience. I was amazed by and enjoyed the edgy and unique design, on the other hand the quietness and modesty.
Yesterday I went to see the exhibition of Zaha Hadid's archives and felt more of the happiness. I'm sure it seldom happens that I was enraptured by the architecture (even though I'm a big lover of architecture). There was not a single project that was commonplace, everything was novel and futuristic, and I could feel the great balance between wonder and beauty. Her works are often referred to as avant-garde but they wear comfortable and composed atmosphere, even with warm spirit. It's truly magnificent that the allure is created by the combination of precise mathematics and free sensibility. After all, free from these fussy thoughts, it was a delightful surprise to know that kind of design which is likely to be seen in SF movies could be realistic.
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