2013-05-20T18:06:04-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/63033488/glen-small-zaha-hadid-exhibit-sci-arc-sham Orhan Ayyüce 2012-12-09T22:45:00-05:00 >2012-12-11T08:48:58-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/0l/0lm539dow44bmzxz.jpg" width="514" height="436" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>the recent october 12, 2012 installation at sci-arc with zaha hadid partner patrik schumacher, demonstrated trying to emulate thin shell construction with sticks. it can be done, but not like what was built in the sci-arc museum demonstration space recently. thin shell depends upon significant warpage of surfaces. the ambitious shapes sought were a confused mess, reduced to sculpture with no inherent structure. in one instant relying on connecting into the museum space wall to brace itself.</p></em><br /><br /><p> In his review Glen Small calls Zaha Hadid Exhibit at SCI Arc a sham and here is why...</p>