Zaha Hadid Burnham Pavilion
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Location:
Millennium Park
55 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago
IL 60602
USA
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Building names(s): Zaha Hadid Burnham Pavilion
Architect/Designer: Zaha Hadid
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Completion date:
4 August 2009
Event between June 19 - October 31 2009
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website: http://burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu
admission cost: Free
This pavilion is one of two temporary architectural exhibits to be installed in Millennium Park this summer (2009) to honor the forward-looking spirit of the Plan of Chicago. The Zaha Hadid Pavilion finally opened 2 months late on the 4 August 2009.
Last update: 15 September, 2009 | Suggested By LT


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The ZHA pavilion’s unique curvilinear geometries required state-of-the-art fabric technologies executed by Fabric Images. Each piece of fabric was individually sewn and tensioned between the aluminum ribs. Inside is a film installation that offers a fully immersive experience to those who enter.
The inner fabric skin serves as the “screen” for a sound-and-video installation by artist Thomas Gray that impressionistically explores how the Chicago region has transformed during the past 100 years, and asks people to examine their dreams for the future. The creative multi-channel sound track was created by Lou Mallozzi of Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago. Both the interior and exterior surfaces of the pavilion are bathed in ever-changing lighting designed by Dear Productions.