Zaha Hadid, MAXXI, 2007-12

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Date: 1998-2009

Size: 27000 metres squared

Location: Flaminio quarter of Rome, near former Montello military barracks, just north of centre of Rome

Client: Italian Ministry of Culture

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Key facts

Fascist Italy (Mussolini) - 1922 to 1943

Centre for renaissance art

Zaha Hadid - first woman to win Pritzker prize

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Influences

Shadow from overhanging concrete references Le Corbusier and international style

Modernism, Constructivism and early 20th century utopianism

Geometry - Islamic architecture

Ribbon-like walkways - Great Mosque of Samarra (Iraqi heritage)

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Function

Campus has an auditorium, library, cafe, bookshop and spaces for events

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Structure

Walls are adjustable allowing flexibility of space for exhibitions, required in 21st century art

3 levels with underground car park

Artificial lighting for artists to choose lighting for their works

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Materials and techniques

Concrete - primary material for facade, influenced by Ancient Roman architecture like the Colosseum

1300 tons of structural steel

Immense glass curtain walls