Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich develop knitted concrete system

A double-curved concrete shell made with a 3D-knitted formwork in a collaboration between Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich has gone on display in Mexico City.
KnitCret is a new 3D-knitted textile system for creating curving concrete structures, without the need for expensive and time-consuming moulds.
The colourful pavilion is called KnitCandela in homage to the work of Spanish-Mexican architect and engineer Félix Candela, who created dramatic curved concrete shells in his buildings such as the Los Manantiales Restaurant in 1958.
Over two miles of yarn was knitted into four strips of between 15 and 26 metres in just 36 hours using a digital fabrication technique, then flown over from Switzerland to Mexico in suitcases.
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[@goodsonacasio6740]

No matter how far away you are right now, we can still feel your passion in the futuristic art you have inspired the next architects with

[@moulsopheak8599]

Of course sir

[@kummer45]

Parametric architecture is by far one of the most beautiful professions ever existed. It's a lifetime dedication to imagination and construction.

[@kirotech4259]

REST IN PEACE ZAHA, WELCOME BACK AGAIN

[@mamasoukieyendiaye2799]

I'm 49 Born new york near Central park I'm not a child Zaha Hadid Left behind a treasure of work we can still admire

[@fruechtekorb]

Really cool. I love the tension the structure is radiating. I would love to see this incorporating some sort of self-assembly.

[@terrybromley7692]

Terry F Bromley, Just wonderful, her work carries on, thank you!

[@giuseppenativo2123]

At this point we have just to wait for an entire new building from ZHA, probably in the Arabic peninsula or in some petrol country, with the evolution of this technology. The idea is super but the question is:"Will complicate computer generate shapes and interior spaces, warped by stripes of intense colors, save architecture from its growing banality? Why ZHA, don't push themselves to convert their design workflow, concrete based, to a more sustainable one? They have the people, the brain and the money.

[@Mooncake69420]

Because clients

[@giuseppenativo2123]

@@Mooncake69420 this is a good answer but i personally met internationally famous architects that run away from that extensive use of concrete to use resources coming from the surrounding site place. It could be stone from caves or wood and bamboo. The clients followed the change in order to have a really spectacular building with this new characteristics. For ZHA the process could be slower but i think that, like for Bjarke Ingels, they should move a bit from the paradigm of the "concrete is good everywhere'. I understand they work with complex workflows and with the expectation of a "wow" from their clients but this industry, specially this, has to give the signal that there is a change in process.

[@Mooncake69420]

@@giuseppenativo2123 7D BIM is the answer. it can produce the data needed to back up sustainability. any good architect or client can see that data to realize what materials have a high carbon footprint and will always try to source as many materials locally as possible as a result. But the real limitation is what the cost/ speed of production is vs sustainability and in the case of concrete or brick... they always win. Those are just my two cents. I am a freelance architect

[@giuseppenativo2123]

@@Mooncake69420 i think you're two cents are the wisest I've ever read on KZbin in years. I have a friend that founded a company, after working with Ghery, Hadid, Nouvel and chose to help big firms to operate with high level Bim use. He is very good at it but still i can see (or this is my feeling), after years, a lot of resistance from the industry for a big and definitive change. Thank you. It has been a pleasure.

[@aratyal]

I think they just designed a new building in saudi. Remember reading about it. Centre for petroleum studies or something. It looks absolutely amazing. Zaha would be proud

[@rr7firefly]

At first it looked like the interior skin was a smooth flannel material and it turns out to be a weather-resistant synthetic. Great editing on this video -- music building as construction progresses. As this technology evolves it will be wonderful to see more the inner surface to outer surface ratio increase. (more enclosure)

[@Ceci-db8kh]

no but... how awesome is this?? wow....

[@user-gp6lx7de1w]

Нереально. Просто и гениально!

[@flolus2619]

huge potential with this software.

[@gracielalechuga4441]

Fantastico¡¡ La imaginación en un espacio de sensaciones

[@marjorie989]

That's incredible! Thanks for the video...really interesting technology!

[@kimalbadir3998]

Merci Zaha 🌴🌻

[@janetbratter1]

Who isn’t impressed and thrilled by the work of the late Zaha Hadid, architect extraordinaire...?

[@sid2543]

I agree you may not like all of them, but also remember that the effect may be completely different when youre actually standing in or looking up at the building. Also i think shes celebrated not for the beauty of her designs but for pushing the idea of architecture away from boxy buildings to complex shapes and understanding that construction and material understanding has progressed far enough that we can build almost any designs, which had changed the styles of thousands of other architects.

[@maggyfrog]

i agree with both of you. i don't like her aesthetic but her contribution to the field is quite significant.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

It looks like a rather cleanly built structure.

[@dendenjuku]

Awesome to this project, and their hard works

[@MichaelFlynn0]

Brilliant - thankyou for the time effort and love to make this unique exploratory piece.

[@davetv4705]

This is absolutely stunning. Kudos guys.

[@gilangswandika]

crazy awesome!!

[@georgemckenzie2525]

Beautiful

[@AsfandiarTesla]

Primarily, the future has taken place striving hard to touch perfection. Its getting way much futuristic as our imaginable creating minds evolve and mould into reality. What is it? Our minds know better. Strong mind, Strong life. Creation is a trial and catalogue of art. Keep changing. This is Architecture.

[@moulsopheak8599]

So amazing Zaha Hadid Architect

[@Dev1nci]

Wow! What nesting software are they using?

[@jarryd8153]

Change your title, it`s a knitted formwork structure, not a knitted concrete structure. Still impressive though :) great video

[@airmark02]

Got to have a gimmick to sell the illusion of progress ... Otherwise its a septic tank in a sweater

[@blueinkheart]

CHANGE👏 YOUR👏 TI👏TLE 👏CHANGE IT AROOOUND!!

[@gusparra1259]

Wrong, is not a knitted formwork, because the tensile structure was not removed. The cable net and the knitted structure are working in union with the concrete, this three things are attached together creating one single structure.

[@Micky3DCG]

wow cool

[@LUISRIOS-gf8zb]

Sin dudarlo, fue una experiencia única el poder visitar esa exposición y más aún vivir tan de cerca esta estructura.

[@Intocables]

Estuviste allí ?

[@LUISRIOS-gf8zb]

@@Intocables Si, presentaron una exposiciòn sobre las maquetas de Zaha Hadid, tanto de proyectos ya ejecutados como los que estaban en proceso, ademas de que mostraban algunos proyectos de Felix Candela.

[@Ghc902]

That's very knit.

[@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039]

kuh-NEAT

[@sebastienmauriac9702]

Super projet bravos

[@OlivierSuire]

Wow, they re-invented concrete shells from the 70ies, except they used inflated membranes back then , which was way more simple and economical. At least, if they had done without the nasty concrete this time, but no : more filthy concrete smothering !

[@josuesalasinomodulmamparas7243]

Wow awesome

[@omarhadeed8248]

Why wasn't it ground leveled?

[@Aroo_0]

Someone can 3d print that already

[@prim4681]

You know, I wasn't really a big fan of her work. There were some that I enjoyed and others that I really hated, but I like this one. As complicated as the form may be I find it to be easy on the eyes, I like the direction the firm is taking even after her death.

[@aldoguru_artist]

I love it!!!!!

[@user-sp3wo6tj1n]

Does any one knows what stiffening coating material they used for the first layer?

[@nehazaidi8490]

What's the fabric used

[@ratfink9205]

Cool sweater, Grandma.

[@aysarmarzuqi]

May I know how the balloons were put?

[@vicarioustube]

WOW when money is no matter LOVE THIS my sweater is next. What's in the stiffening product that does NOT go through the knit?

[@PH7018c]

It has to be the old reliable.. concrete mix...

[@bilalfares930]

what is kind of software do they work with ??

[@ohioooo566]

Wow

[@aaron___6014]

Why?

[@popalkhan6184]

she was really a Genius

[@opinologoamateur6429]

Y que es? Una escultura? O solo una estructura sin líneas rectas?

[@TheTHUSWORD]

If its break down then major thing was cloth instead of Steel plates for scaffolding???

[@justjae4267]

This REALLLLLYY emphasizes just how bad at math I am. Unsure if my brain will recover.

[@akafatdam]

what 3d App did they used?

[@hossamalsofyani5382]

I love you zaha hadid

[@bradcissone505]

Seems like a lot of labor cost would overrun practicality

[@baconwizard]

Brad Cissone all of the calculations were done on a computer and the weaving was done on a machine. If this was done by hand it could’ve easily taken many months. The actual setup probably only took a day or two.

[@CaBarry374]

So... Concrete poured into a form made by suspending a piece of fabric. When you strip away the gimmicks of it being presented in a montage, being knit instead of woven fabric for no reason at all, and it being made in a special shape that only has to do with aesthetics and introducing a mcguffin for having to engineer the support for the convoluted form it becomes way less special. We've been doing paper mache and laminating fabric to surfaces for a very long time.

[@hobog]

reminds me of #eerosaarinen 's suspended concrete style

[@ouian8953]

cool

[@alexandersviridov9655]

Cool work! Does anyone know what software is used in this video to create and calculate such form?

[@abiodunshonibare832]

I believe grasshopper and rhinoceros was used

Hey! The Block Research Group open-sourced many parts of Compas at github.com/compas-dev/compas - "A python-based framework for computational research and collaboration in architecture, engineering and digital fabrication." This software runs standalone and also with other environments like Rhino, Grasshopper, or Blender.

[@business-love4375]

rhino

[@yigitisk5531]

It is highly likely that maya was used to design the form. For analysis and rationalisation they usually utilise c++ coding language with their own libraries.

[@vincentmartin2752]

Interesting, but it seems like requiring such a robust and custom scaffold offsets the design flexibility of the knitted matrix.

[@whatdoiknow1803]

A modular/articulating type of scaffold would indeed provide more design flexibility.

[@bookslug2919]

@@whatdoiknow1803 I'll bring my Optimus Prime

[@Denis_Tunik]

architechturaly interpretated acid trip)

[@mariofepa]

Meanwhile Felix Candelario did an efficient structure with pen and paper some wood planks and concrete. Please tell me how this is better or more efficient

[@baconwizard]

This was a demonstration of how they could efficiently distribute pressure across an object. The fact that the concrete is only a few centimetres thick kinda shows this.

[@pankajbajaj9578]

Nobel prize for zaha hadid consortium a necessity

[@whiterose5114]

Amazing

[@henrywindsorrurikovich9303]

💓

[@chheankimsean]

Could anyone tell me what’s that ?

[@olivierl2172]

Yes.

[@leonardosangaletti9949]

Concrete

[@energiewender143]

A waste of space, time and resources.

[@ApplyWithCaution]

... why not spray the concrete mix ... and use inflatable molding ...

[@janetbratter1]

Nigel Hedley Yes. Go to Monolith Domes (located in Italy, TX) to see how inflatable core + rebar + spray on polyurethane...creates durable structures of many sizes. (Domes were not seen as aesthetically acceptable after hurricane Katrina. Tradition dictated rebuilding the old “shotgun” houses raised on piers in case the floods return...But Domes resist wind like nothing else...and can also be raised (as seen in the Florida keys...and elsewhere).

[@sla542]

2:27 Why did they place those balloons?

[@mohammedkamelmami3836]

why ? ;-)

[@emmbaya1595]

WOW!

[@ramirodemares1360]

MORE SCULPTURE THAN ARQUITECTURE!!!

[@saeedshaikh4676]

Our concrete home does not go beyond 5 years 😭🤔

[@jayfailing6714]

Tent consciousness remained in her genetic psyche but birthed noveau cutting solutions a true artist architect interesting video

[@gabrielparaizo8046]

Music please

[@Kay3nity]

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[@the-ornamentalist]

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[@gabrielparaizo8046]

@@Kay3nity thank you!

[@hala.f_9990]

One day I’m going to be one of the architects that work in zaha hadid architects

[@innomind]

Or you could just 3D print it in concrete using a Wasp 3D printer.

[@StefanVenus]

Now make it bigger, put a roof on it, ad futuristic furniture, underfloor heating and it will sell like hot cakes.

[@ArkkitehtiMark]

Les quedo de la verga, se notan todas las facetas.

[@carolinahernandez3737]

😱😱😱😱😱😍😍😍😍😍

[@BenniTroll]

doesnt seem that efficient. you have to have two teams working on scaffolding, and putting a thousand zip-ties on the material. for a structure of this small size, developments in construction today should be aiming for efficient construction windows, where its very easy to build it or set it up.

[@strictnonconformist7369]

An interesting sculpture, good thing it's being kept in a climate controlled room.

[@Manish_Kumar_Singh]

What

[@erikschiegg68]

Seems like they have no real problems to solve. And what costs one designer waiting shelter? Do not ask, I suppose.

[@ela111v2]

Omg she is Gigi and Bella aunt

[@airmark02]

& so how is this anything more than a huge decorative cement sculpture covered in fabric ? ...just more *Money/ Dead / Whatever/ Art*

[@airmark02]

@@RobespierreThePoof ... Yes i'm a dummy who can see self serving elitist careerism & the *new technology* nonsense quite clearly. Its still a hunk of concrete covered with a sweater & the emperor needs to have one in his backyard.

[@baconwizard]

airmark02 the program demonstrated how it can make efficient designs that I Ute pressure evenly. As for the water money I can only say that the main cost would’ve come from the weaving machine and the couple days of labour from rendering the design and setting it up.

[@prototype9000]

would have just sprayed the cement on saving allot of time and labor

[@DaigoParry]

That’s not impressive. What is REALLY impressive is architects paying good salaries to their employees and the company rich enough to enforce a work life balance culture. (Pay overtime pay, so it becomes an incentive to cut down overtime hours.) THEN I will be impressed.

[@antoniofernandolopezgarrid2418]

Instagram: antoniogrebiphi

[@adamadappa]

A perfect example of how we've put ourselves in the mess we're in: Time's up and what we do is play with concrete and plastic? Not impressed.

[@farhoodman]

wtf was that bs

[@djblast101]

A waste of time lol

[@user-cx9tc2zm6k]

Бестолковщина.

[@thatdutchguy2882]

She definitely went too soon.

[@lukasschallibaum5046]

Sooo what? Whats the new thing? The interesting thing? You built a really ineffective concrete structure and put some color on it? Useless eth guys

[@sid2543]

how do you know its inefective?

[@willie8649]

👎

[@E-Kat]

Pointless

[@cyruspayne]

No offense but it looks like a deformed pelvis of some giant

[@cyruspayne]

With the kinda money you guys spent on executing some fancy pavilion, you could have built multiple shelter homes for the homeless. But wait.. Nobody thinks designing such things matter anymore, right?

[@airmark02]

But a septic tank wearing a sweater is much more irrelevant & cool don't you think? Artsy Right?

[@TheSSector5]

We should stop using concrete... Just saying cause concrete sucks balls