Under
the leadership of Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher the studio developed a distinct contribution to the emerging style of Parametricism.
All elements of architecture become fluid, ready to engage with each other and with divers contexts leading to an overall
intensification of relations. This style is architecture’s response to 21st Century network society. The radicality and consistency
with which this style is being pursued across all scales and programmes results in an impressive body of work. Academic design
research can go deeper and farther than professional work in probing the consequences of a radical design hypothesis. Within
academia architects can be more experimental. They can afford to be more principled and more self-critical, avoiding pragmatic
compromises. The creative work of the Zaha Hadid Vienna studio testifies to this.
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