LFone Landesgartenschau
Weil am Rhein · 1999
Photo · Photo by Helene Binet
A seminal precedent for landform architecture by Zaha Hadid, demonstrating how fluid concrete ribbons can blur the boundary between landscape pathways and building envelopes.
- What we like about this project
- The way the concrete pathways narrow down to sharp, sculptural points directly on the asphalt ground.
Materials
- exposed-concrete
- gravel
- asphalt
- glass
Visual identifiers
- concrete-ribbons
- landform-building
- sweeping-curves
- integrated-landscape
Style tags
- deconstructivism
- fluid-form
- parametric-precursor
Visual tags
- fluid-geometry
- landform
- concrete-architecture
- park-pavilion
- infrastructure-as-landscape
- Geometry
- Fluid, sweeping concrete ribbons that emerge from the ground plane, curving and splitting to form both pathways and structural roof planes.
- Facade system
- Ribbon glazing tucked beneath sweeping concrete roof slabs.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete shell and slab system
- Spatial scale
- Low-slung, elongated structure integrated with pedestrian-scale pathways.
- Lighting
- Overcast, diffused daylight casting soft shadows that accentuate the sweeping curves and concrete edges.
- Atmosphere
- A quiet, sculptural integration of infrastructure and architecture under a muted sky.
- Environmental context
- Set within an open park landscape with surrounding dirt paths, grass, and bare trees.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as an extension of the landscape, where paths gradually transition into structural enclosures and elevated terraces.
- Composition rhythm
- Parallel, converging, and diverging concrete bands that guide the eye along a dynamic linear path.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist landform architecture
- Program
- Exhibition pavilion and landscape center
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- exposed-concrete, gravel, asphalt, glass
- Visual identifiers
- concrete-ribbons, landform-building, sweeping-curves, integrated-landscape
- Style tags
- deconstructivism, fluid-form, parametric-precursor
- Visual tags
- fluid-geometry, landform, concrete-architecture, park-pavilion, infrastructure-as-landscape
- Geometry
- Fluid, sweeping concrete ribbons that emerge from the ground plane, curving and splitting to form both pathways and structural roof planes.
- Facade system
- Ribbon glazing tucked beneath sweeping concrete roof slabs.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete shell and slab system
- Spatial scale
- Low-slung, elongated structure integrated with pedestrian-scale pathways.
- Lighting
- Overcast, diffused daylight casting soft shadows that accentuate the sweeping curves and concrete edges.
- Atmosphere
- A quiet, sculptural integration of infrastructure and architecture under a muted sky.
- Environmental context
- Set within an open park landscape with surrounding dirt paths, grass, and bare trees.
- Spatial experience
- The building reads as an extension of the landscape, where paths gradually transition into structural enclosures and elevated terraces.
- Composition rhythm
- Parallel, converging, and diverging concrete bands that guide the eye along a dynamic linear path.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist landform architecture
- Program
- Exhibition pavilion and landscape center
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture