The Unconventional Approach

I could never have had a conventional career in architecture.

I think you do have to take a certain risk.

You have to make a decision when you leave school whether you are going to risk it or play it safe;

That is really fundamental, the main thing.

If you can take risks, I think it is worthwhile.

 

by Zaha Hadid

The Unconventional Approach

I could never have had a conventional career in architecture.

I think you do have to take a certain risk.

You have to make a decision when you leave school whether you are going to risk it or play it safe;

That is really fundamental, the main thing.

If you can take risks, I think it is worthwhile.

by Zaha Hadid

Staying Power

It is very important to have the commitment to persevere, and to go back to one’s own education in a sense.

As a woman you need the confidence in a sense.

As a woman you need the confidence that you can carry on and take new steps every time.

I believe in hard work;

It gives you layer of confidence.

Now we can do a lot of different projects because we have an enormous formal repertoire.

The years in isolation, when we were quarantined in a sense, is like research in science,

The more research you do, the more and the better the results.

It was a vey critical period because most people thought I would disappear or give up.

by Zaha Hadid

Research

Architecture is like science: if you don’t do lab research, you are not going to discover the cures.

In terms of research, it is very important point to always expand the boundaries you learn from you own repertoire, in a sense.

We used to try and invent new rules.

Now we have developed a set of things which we can go back to, a lot of available research we can bounce off.

You have more experience, and you know how to design things better.

And you do not have to reinvent the wheel again every day.

by Zaha Hadid