Zaha Hadid

[Ville]

Zaha Hadid ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaha_Hadid) is an Iraqi architect with a degree in mathematics. She is a practitioner as well as a winner of a number of conceptual competitions.

Below is her project - she calls this stunning design a project of her life - to transform Kartal, a district of Istanbul, Turkey. Make sure you click on title bars to view full images.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4017/kartalkentsel31hi2.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8941/kartalkentsel32uu6.jpg

[Jake Featherston]

It looks magnificent from the air, but I wonder if it would really look much different from any other settlement, from the perspective of denizens on the ground.