Patrik Schumacher, the current head of Zaha Hadid Architects, posted a few photos on his Facebook showing the firm's designs for the Neue Nationalgalerie extension competition. Over 40 firms participated in the competition before Herzog and de Meuron were announced as the winners. The Danish office Lundgaard & Tranberg took second place and the third prize was awarded to the Berlin-based office Bruno Fioretti Marquez. The project brief stipulated that the design must complement the existing Neue Nationalgalerie building, which was designed by Mies van der Rohe.
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looks like 4 floor plates made out of molded pulp packaging material - interesting approach if the intent was to optimize the structure. Based on the appearance of the columns they were probably just thinking it was a steel frame covered in paper mache which fails the concept completely.
Yes, this is nicer to me than the winning proposal; but I would never imagine it was designed by that firm.
Looks more like a REX Architecture design...
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