Part 5 (Supplement)
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
Geo: Hong Kong, CH
Ph: GORK
An unprepared and inexperienced viewer in the central area of the city will notice the strange barrel-shaped skyscraper that adorns the strict panorama of the City. After exiting the local aeroexpress, it was the first thing to catch my camera’s lens. I had no idea who built it or what this building was.
The Henderson is one of the few skyscrapers that adheres to the principle of equidistant expressiveness. Its interaction with architecture and landscaping can be called exemplary: in an environment where you are mostly surrounded by the rigid structure of a vertical city, its smooth forms, resembling either a strap-tightened sphere, a flower bud, or a wave, magnetically attract the eye.
The ordering of the form occurs through the symmetrical division of the structure into readable sections. For example, observing the building from across the street, the focus of attention concentrates solely on the first section (1/3 of the total volume), and if you view the building from one or two blocks away, the sectional elements are perceived as decor for a solid volume.
I would like to note that the first level is intertwined with a network of bionic walkways, and the space is immersed in greenery, completely erasing the boundary between the urban environment and the internal space and lobby.
P. S. Can you imagine? At 9 a.m., I saw a line for coffee at Christie’s (their Asian headquarters is located in The Henderson).
P. P. S. And about art. There is a separate section about the M+ museum, and I will move it up in the queue because I recently had an interview with Aни Саркисьянц, head of Designic studio, who practices spatial design through the lens of contemporary art objects. It was an amazing approach and dialogue. It will be on the channel soon!
Content of the Hong Kong cycle
@gorkjournal
Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects
Geo: Hong Kong, CH
Ph: GORK
An unprepared and inexperienced viewer in the central area of the city will notice the strange barrel-shaped skyscraper that adorns the strict panorama of the City. After exiting the local aeroexpress, it was the first thing to catch my camera’s lens. I had no idea who built it or what this building was.
The Henderson is one of the few skyscrapers that adheres to the principle of equidistant expressiveness. Its interaction with architecture and landscaping can be called exemplary: in an environment where you are mostly surrounded by the rigid structure of a vertical city, its smooth forms, resembling either a strap-tightened sphere, a flower bud, or a wave, magnetically attract the eye.
The ordering of the form occurs through the symmetrical division of the structure into readable sections. For example, observing the building from across the street, the focus of attention concentrates solely on the first section (1/3 of the total volume), and if you view the building from one or two blocks away, the sectional elements are perceived as decor for a solid volume.
I would like to note that the first level is intertwined with a network of bionic walkways, and the space is immersed in greenery, completely erasing the boundary between the urban environment and the internal space and lobby.
P. S. Can you imagine? At 9 a.m., I saw a line for coffee at Christie’s (their Asian headquarters is located in The Henderson).
P. P. S. And about art. There is a separate section about the M+ museum, and I will move it up in the queue because I recently had an interview with Aни Саркисьянц, head of Designic studio, who practices spatial design through the lens of contemporary art objects. It was an amazing approach and dialogue. It will be on the channel soon!
Content of the Hong Kong cycle
@gorkjournal