In the capital of Serbia, it is planned to build a multifunctional complex on the site of the Beko factory. It will include accommodation, shops and cafes, a congress center and a 5 * hotel. All buildings and elements of the program are connected together as "fluid", meandering volumes, combined with a similar landscape solution.
The specificity of the project is its location in the very center of the city, next to the Kalemegdan Park, near the walls of the Belgrade Fortress. Like Seo Fujimoto's recent project, Hadid's work may disrupt the integrity of this historical landscape.
In addition, as commentators note, investors often offer to implement projects of foreign "stars" in Belgrade, but it rarely comes to construction: the reason is both in the complex Serbian bureaucratic system and in the tricks of the developers themselves: they receive a building permit for one project, and sell another, cheap one. Although a similar method is practiced in the West, for example, in New York.
In Baghdad, Hadid is going to build an equally ambitious structure. This is the new headquarters of the Central Bank of Iraq, the design contract for which the architect solemnly signed earlier this year.
It will be a 37-storey building on the banks of the Tigris with facades clad in glass and light metal. The side facing the river will be fully glazed to provide employees with panoramic views of the river.
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