ZHA’s pavilions and installations are a continuation of our research, providing opportunities to explore and test ideas. These spatial interventions spark moments of engaging connection with the visitor — memorable architectural experiences that endure beyond their temporary programme.
Featured Projects
From an arched masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar or reinforcement to a revolutionary knitted framework that crossed continents in a suitcase, see our latest installation and pavilion projects.
Courtesy of Studio Naaro
Striatus 3D Printed Concrete Bridge
Installations + Pavilions
01/03
Venice, Italy
2021 - 2021
Striatus is an arched masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar or reinforcement. The first of its kind, the project is a collaboration between the Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich and ZHA Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), in collaboration with incremental3D (in3D), made possible by Holcim.
Photograph by Juan Pablo Allegre
Installations + Pavilions
02/03
Mexico City, Mexico
20th October 2018 - 3rd March 2019
KnitCandela is a thin, sinuous concrete shell built on ultra-lightweight knitted formwork that was carried to Mexico from Switzerland in a suitcase.
Photograph by Alessandra Chemollo
Venice Biennale, May 2021
Installations + Pavilions
03/03
Venice, Italy
2nd May 2021 - 21st November 2021
The ‘High-performing Urban Ecologies' installation by ZHA responds to the ‘Resilient Communities’ theme of this year’s Italian Pavilion curated by Alessandro Melis for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
Courtesy of Studio Naaro
Striatus 3D Printed Concrete Bridge
Installations + Pavilions
01/03
Venice, Italy
2021 - 2021
Striatus is an arched masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar or reinforcement. The first of its kind, the project is a collaboration between the Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich and ZHA Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), in collaboration with incremental3D (in3D), made possible by Holcim.
Photograph by Juan Pablo Allegre
Installations + Pavilions
02/03
Mexico City, Mexico
20th October 2018 - 3rd March 2019
KnitCandela is a thin, sinuous concrete shell built on ultra-lightweight knitted formwork that was carried to Mexico from Switzerland in a suitcase.
Photograph by Alessandra Chemollo
Venice Biennale, May 2021
Installations + Pavilions
03/03
Venice, Italy
2nd May 2021 - 21st November 2021
The ‘High-performing Urban Ecologies' installation by ZHA responds to the ‘Resilient Communities’ theme of this year’s Italian Pavilion curated by Alessandro Melis for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
All installations & pavilions
11 projects
Photograph by Alessandra Chemollo
Venice Biennale, May 2021
Installations + Pavilions
The ‘High-performing Urban Ecologies' installation by ZHA responds to the ‘Resilient Communities’ theme of this year’s Italian Pavilion curated by Alessandro Melis for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
Installations + Pavilions
Samsung collaborated with ZHA and digital art and design collective Universal Everything, to present ‘Unconfined’, an installation showcasing the story of the Galaxy S8 that centres on the unity of design, technology and experience. Visitors journey through an immersive environment inspired by the new device, creating digital installations that bring to life the Galaxy design philosophy.
Courtesy of ZHA
Installations + Pavilions
A temporary pavilion designed and erected in Chicago’s Millennium Park as part of the Burnham Plan celebrations – reflecting the Chicago’s long tradition for embracing cutting edge architecture in an in intricate but fluid structure that incorporates hidden traces of Burnham and Bennett’s original 1909 plans to redevelop the city.
Photograph by Joel Chester Fildes
Manchester International Festival July 2009
Installations + Pavilions
A unique chamber music hall specially designed to house solo performances of J S Bach works – enhancing the multiplicity of his music by using a single, continuous ribbon of fabric which continuously changes, stretches, compresses and moves around itself to cocoon both performers and audience within an intimate fluid space.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Thallus White in The City 4-9 April 2017
Installations + Pavilions
Named after the Greek word for flora that has no differentiation between stem and leaf, Thallus is an experimental structure investigating form and pattern generated by advanced manufacturing and computational methods.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Installations + Pavilions
A new bottle for an old wine: a design to safeguard one of López De Heredia’s treasures. Originally commissioned as a new pavilion to contain an older pavilion restored from the early 20th century, this became a bridge between the past, present and future evolution of its world-famous bodegas.
Photograph by Paul Warchol
Retail
Il Makiage has launched a collection with a pavilion at 490 Broadway by ZHA that is informed by the label’s characteristically bold graphic identity.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hong Kong : 27 February - 5 April 2008
Installations + Pavilions
A unique sculptural pavilion created as an exhibition/event space for Chanel – inspired by the brand’s distinctive layering of exquisite details within an elegant, cohesive whole – created as a series of continuous arches, sequencing towards a central courtyard – the entire structure ‘flooded’ by through translucent walls and ceilings.
Courtesy of Studio Naaro
Striatus 3D Printed Concrete Bridge
Installations + Pavilions
Striatus is an arched masonry footbridge composed of 3D-printed concrete blocks assembled without mortar or reinforcement. The first of its kind, the project is a collaboration between the Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich and ZHA Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), in collaboration with incremental3D (in3D), made possible by Holcim.
Image © ZHA, Refik Anadol Studio, with OpenAI DALL-E 2
Virtual Spaces
Installations + Pavilions
Exhibitions
Architecting the Metaverse’ is an immersive art project at the intersection of architecture, art, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI). It is the result of a 6-month collaboration between Refik Anadol Studio (RAS) and ZHA.
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