Under the leadership of Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
the studio developed a distinct contribution to the emerging style of Parametricism. All elements of architecture become fluid,
ready to engage with each other and with divers contexts leading to an overall intensification of relations. This style is
architecture’s response to 21st Century network society. The radicality and consistency with which this style is being pursued
across all scales and programmes results in an impressive body of work. Academic design research can go deeper and farther
than professional work in probing the consequences of a radical design hypothesis. Within academia architects can be more
experimental. They can afford to be more principled and more self-critical, avoiding pragmatic compromises. The creative work
of the Zaha Hadid Vienna studio testifies to this.
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