project

Burnham Pavilion

Prev project Next project
  • internal view
  • external view
  • external view
  • internal view
  • scheme
  • scheme
  • scheme
  • scheme

General information

  • Home page
    https://www.archdaily.com/33110/burnham-pavilion-zaha-hadid
  • Location address
    Chicago
  • Location country
    United States
  • Year of construction
    2009
  • Name of the client/building owner
    Burnham Plan Centennial
  • Function of building
    Entertainment & recreation
  • Degree of enclosure
    Open structure
  • Number of layers
    mono-layer
  • Type of application of the membrane
    covering
  • Primary function of the tensile structure
    • Space defining elements

Description

Photographs: Roland Halbe

Text description provided by the architects. The figure of Daniel Burnham has been very important for the city of Chicago, as he was one of the authors of the Plan of Chicago, also known as the Burnham Plan, which reshaped Chicago's central area starting in 1909. To celebrate the centennial of this plan several events have been held during the year 2009, such as the Union Station 2020 competition and the Burnham Memorial competition. Also, two pavilions by UN Studio and Zaha Hadid have been temporally installed at the Millenium Park, hosting multimedia exhibits on the future of Chicago. The pavilions were opened to the public until Oct 31st, 2009.

Description of the environmental conditions

General comments, links

Zaha Hadid Architects´s pavilion merges new formal concepts with the memory of Burnham’s bold, historic urban planning. Superimpositions of spatial structures with hidden traces of Burnham’s Plan are overlaid and inscribed within the structure to create a dynamic form.
“Fabric is both a traditional and a high-tech material whose form is directly related to the forces applied to it - creating beautiful geometries that are never arbitrary. I find this very exciting.” —Zaha Hadid

www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/chicago-the-burnham-pavilion-by-zaha-hadid/
www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/burnham-pavillion/
www.youtube.com/watch

Material of the cover

  • Cable-net/Fabric/Hybrid/Foil
    Fabric

Main dimensions and form

  • Form single element
    Anticlastic
  • Form entire structure
    Synclastic

Duration of use

  • Temporary or permanent structure
    Temporary
  • Design lifespan in years
    00-05

Involved companies

Editor