{"id":82,"date":"2012-05-25T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compositesandarchitecture.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2012-05-25T16:50:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T16:50:29","slug":"zaha-hadids-z-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/?p=82","title":{"rendered":"Zaha Hadid&#8217;s &#8220;Z-Stream&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-82-1' class='gallery gallery-82'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_65d1300db123ce22f6e2569fb36764f8_1462_zstre_phot_0240-1-1024x730.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_65d1300db123ce22f6e2569fb36764f8_1462_zstre_phot_0240-1-1024x730-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_65d1300db123ce22f6e2569fb36764f8_1462_zstre_phot_01-1024x730.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_65d1300db123ce22f6e2569fb36764f8_1462_zstre_phot_01-1024x730-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_65d1300db123ce22f6e2569fb36764f8_1462_zstre_draw_01.jpeg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/th_65d1300db123ce22f6e2569fb36764f8_1462_zstre_draw_01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>A slightly older project, but worth a re-visit: \u201cZ- Stream\u201d, Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, UK. This fiberglass slide\/installation on the castle grounds is a part of Reconstruction, an annual show founded in 2004 by Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst and Elliot McDonald. For the 3rd year\u2019s show,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zaha-hadid.com\/design\/z-stream-sudeley-castle\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Zaha Hadid Architects<\/a>\u00a0have this to say about their design:\u00a0\u201dInterpreting the theme \u2018art and play\u2019 our installation for Reconstruction 3 reinvents the conventional playground slide- utilizing a ribbon which emerges from a fissure in the garden landscape to create an unique object\/experience, part slide, part climbing frame, part shelter- embodying differing speeds of geological and pastoral time.\u201d This is a good example of fiberglass operating in high traffic exterior conditions, while maintaining a high degree of detail and complexity in form. Zaha Hadid has a number of furniture\/installation scale projects utilizing these benefits of fiberglass. Photos via Zaha Hadid Architects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A slightly older project, but worth a re-visit: \u201cZ- Stream\u201d, Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, UK. This&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}