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Article: Ancient and modern: while the physical and spatial fluidity of concrete is no new thing, computer modelling techniques and advances in chemical science are allowing the humble concrete mould to produce exciting new forms of expression.(Process)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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While the work of Zaha Hadid may rarely be associated with classical antiquity, believe it or not there is a link between Hadrian's Pantheon in Rome and Hadid's latest project currently on site in central Germany. Despite being separated by almost 2000 years, both buildings present significant shifts in the formal and spatial expression of their time, and both have achieved this through the progressive and innovative use of in-situ cast concrete.
In much the same way that the work of Hadid is described today, the Pantheon was presented by Banister Fletcher as a polemic building. Despite its Classical gravitas, the Pantheon was, he observed, a building 'which has ...