#phaeno science

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Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany.

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Phaeno Science Center Wolfsburg, Germany (2005) Zaha Hadid Architects​

“I make this choice also in memory of Zaha Hadid. When I was a student at the AA [Architectural Association School of Architecture] in London in the 1980s, Zaha always advised me to follow what engineers were doing— rather than what other architects were doing— and I did exactly that for the year I spent in her unit. Her Phaeno Science Centre is a perfect example of this approach. In particular, the hollow programmed columns that she incorporated there were so original, and I haven’t seen that being done by anyone else since.” — Ben van Berkel, founder, UNStudio