29 aprile - 30 ottobre 2011, Parigi
“Zaha Hadid, une architecture” will be the first exhibition held inside the Mobile Art pavilion since the installation of the pavilion in front of the Institut du monde arabe. Early in 2011 CHANEL donated the pavilion to the Institut du monde arabe (IMA). This travelling exhibition space, which has travelled to Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York since 2008, will now have a location at the IMA, where it will be used to host exhibitions in line with the centre’s policy of showcasing talent from Arab countries. “I think through our architecture, we can give people a glimpse of another world, and enthuse them, make them excited about ideas. Our architecture is intuitive, radical, international and dynamic. We are concerned with constructing buildings that evoke original experiences, a kind of strangeness and newness that is comparable to the experience of going to a new country. The Mobile Art pavilion follows these principles of inspiration,” states Zaha Hadid. Zaha Hadid Architects’ recent explorations of natural organisational systems have generated the fluidity evident in the Mobile Art pavilion. Its organic form has evolved from the spiralling shapes found in nature. This system of organisation and growth offers an appropriate expansion towards the pavilion’s circumference, giving it generous public areas at its entrance with a 125-square-metre terrace. The pavilion follows the parametric distortion of a torus. This circular torus creates a constant variety of exhibition spaces around its circumference, whilst at its centre, a large 65-square-metre courtyard with natural lighting provides an area for visitors to meet and reflect on the exhibition. Info: www.imarabe.org