Zaha Hadid
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Zaha Hadid is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 4 times across 4 issues between April 14, 2021 and September 04, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “prohibited them from designing low cost, beautiful Zaha Hadid style structures”; “frank gehry vs frank lloyd wright vs moshe safdie vs zaha hadid”; “The Zaha Hadid residences will break ground soon”. It most often appears alongside Germany, Honduras, America.
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- Category: People
- Mention count: 4
- Issue count: 4
- First seen: April 14, 2021
- Last seen: September 04, 2023
Appears In
- Prospectus On Próspera
- Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture
- 21
- 23: California Dreamin’
Related Pages
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- Germany (3 shared issues)
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- Honduras (3 shared issues)
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- America (2 shared issues)
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- Austria (2 shared issues)
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- Bloomberg (2 shared issues)
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- Brimen (2 shared issues)
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- Charter Cities Institute (2 shared issues)
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- China (2 shared issues)
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- Colombia (2 shared issues)
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- Crawfish Rock (2 shared issues)
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- Dubai (2 shared issues)
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- France (2 shared issues)
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Source Context
Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Patrick Schumacher is the Principal Architect of Zaha Hadid, a world-famous architectural firm that designed eg Beijing International Airport and the London Olympics’ Aquatics Center. He’s won some of architecture’s most prestigious prizes, but also faced controversy over views his Wikipedia page describes as “aligned with anarcho-capitalism in favour of complete decentralisation and radical privatisation of all aspects of architecture, planning and development”. He recently lost a court case over ownership of his architecture company, and…wait, haven’t I read this Ayn Rand book before?
Inline links: his Wikipedia page, lost a court case
Trey: “Building codes and rules around aesthetics and setbacks and whatnot prohibited them from designing low cost, beautiful Zaha Hadid style structures prior to now. And without modular construction, it was impossible to get construction costs down to a reasonable number. But they’ve finally managed to pull it off, in coordination with [local startup] Circular Factory.” Drones sold separately. I think. Actually, scratch that, who even knows anymore? Próspera also promises an unprecedented level of customization. The houses are modular enough that you can design yours however you want. I haven’t been able to get access to the real program (called “the Configurator”) yet, but here are some apparent screenshots:
i think the most famous and esteemed architecture of the last 50 years is *extremely* diverse. frank gehry vs frank lloyd wright vs moshe safdie vs zaha hadid look like they come from different planets.
Próspera's presentation was mostly a rehash of information everyone here knows with a handful of new tidbits. The Apolo Group apartment buildings (totaling 250 units) did break ground recently (they're still using the La Ceiba, Honduras building code, but not having to deal with zoning and other permitting was a huge draw). The Zaha Hadid residences will break ground "soon". PES has about 30 people working and living in Próspera and there's apparently upcoming announcements relating to increasing this massively. They've got plans to attract medical and finance (specifically crypto/distributed finance) industries. There's currently a bank going through the "propose your own regulatory code" process.
Inline links: did break ground recently
Building progress: last I heard Duna Residences were supposed to be ready Q2 2023, but a recent video shows them still under construction. In March, Prospera said they would be “breaking ground on Pristine Heights” soon, but there have been no further updates. And a representative says they still plan to start Beyabu (futuristic-looking Zaha Hadid buildings) “the second half of this year”. Duna Residences (website) Pristine Heights (website) Beyabu (website)
Inline links: Duna Residences, still under construction, Pristine Heights, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hJoX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2931de48-b485-41f8-b8b8-ef282086c09d_1730x749.png, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aCHj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c9aba63-c8e6-4c58-855c-7f6ad03327b2_1557x1009.png, website, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9C33!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F07945f63-c49a-4671-b35e-5b0092fd2c92_960x547.jpeg, website