Virtual Spaces
Metrotopia
Our ability to create fully immersive virtual environments gives us design powers that were unimaginable when our practice was founded nearly half a century ago. These tools enable us to explore multiple iterations of building designs, analysing and testing variables virtually for efficient implementation in physical construction.
Our work in cyberspaces – using multiplayer video games and the metaverse as collaborative platforms for design – allows us to reach new communities, support new forms of cultural production, and showcase parametric approaches to broad audiences.
Projects
From an alternate version of London within Fortnite to a metaverse based exhibition of the world’s most prominent architects, explore the virtual environments we are creating.
Courtesy of ZHVR Group + Halina Rice
ZHVR LOOP NEW WORLDS
Virtual Spaces
01/07
26th May 2022 - 18th September 2022
Complete
L-Acoustics develops immersive sound technologies for state-of-the-art auditoria and sensory environments. The unrivalled sonic signature and advanced L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology deliver ultra-high resolution spatial audio.
Courtesy of ZHA
Making of / Conceptual / Thames Waterfront and Embankments Concept render
Virtual Spaces
02/07
2024
Epic Games
Re:Imagine London is a creative experience played in Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular video games. Using Epic Games’ Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), Re:Imagine London has been jointly developed by ZHA and Epic Games to research the use of UEFN for practical applications in architecture and to pool creator talent across industries including architecture, landscape, and interiors.
Virtual Spaces
03/07
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Complete
The Metrotopia Metaverse launched with a virtual Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition entitled ‘Knowledge Transfer’ displaying current works from some of the world’s leading architecture studios including OMA, Morphosis, Coop Himmelb(l)au, UnStudio, MAD, Sou Fujimoto, Archi-Union, LAVA, CAP, EcoLogic Studio and ZHA.
Image © ZHA, Refik Anadol Studio, with OpenAI DALL-E 2
Virtual Spaces
04/07
Seoul, South Korea
2022
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.
Medical Centre for PUBG Mobile
Virtual Spaces
05/07
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PUBG Mobile
ZHA's partnership with PUBG MOBILE has evolved from our ongoing research in to user-experience (UX) focussed design, new technologies of spatial design, novel media of spatial experience, and inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Animation (Still) by Zaha Hadid
'NFTism' at Art Basel Miami Beach 2-4 December 2021
Virtual Spaces
06/07
Miami, United States of America
2 December 2021 - 4 December 2021
Presented at Art Basel Miami Beach, ‘NFTism’ is a virtual gallery exploring architecture and social interaction in the metaverse.
Virtual Spaces
07/07
Mexico City, Mexico
13th December 2018 - 3rd March 2019
Project Correl is a collaborative experiment in multi-presence virtual reality (VR) illustrating the development of complex assemblies inside virtual space. A shared, digital extension to our physical reality that proposes a dynamic new relationship between human creators and machine logic.
Courtesy of ZHVR Group + Halina Rice
ZHVR LOOP NEW WORLDS
Virtual Spaces
01/07
26th May 2022 - 18th September 2022
Complete
L-Acoustics develops immersive sound technologies for state-of-the-art auditoria and sensory environments. The unrivalled sonic signature and advanced L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology deliver ultra-high resolution spatial audio.
Courtesy of ZHA
Making of / Conceptual / Thames Waterfront and Embankments Concept render
Virtual Spaces
02/07
2024
Epic Games
Re:Imagine London is a creative experience played in Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular video games. Using Epic Games’ Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), Re:Imagine London has been jointly developed by ZHA and Epic Games to research the use of UEFN for practical applications in architecture and to pool creator talent across industries including architecture, landscape, and interiors.
Virtual Spaces
03/07
-
Complete
The Metrotopia Metaverse launched with a virtual Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition entitled ‘Knowledge Transfer’ displaying current works from some of the world’s leading architecture studios including OMA, Morphosis, Coop Himmelb(l)au, UnStudio, MAD, Sou Fujimoto, Archi-Union, LAVA, CAP, EcoLogic Studio and ZHA.
Image © ZHA, Refik Anadol Studio, with OpenAI DALL-E 2
Virtual Spaces
04/07
Seoul, South Korea
2022
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.
Medical Centre for PUBG Mobile
Virtual Spaces
05/07
-
PUBG Mobile
ZHA's partnership with PUBG MOBILE has evolved from our ongoing research in to user-experience (UX) focussed design, new technologies of spatial design, novel media of spatial experience, and inter-disciplinary collaboration.
Animation (Still) by Zaha Hadid
'NFTism' at Art Basel Miami Beach 2-4 December 2021
Virtual Spaces
06/07
Miami, United States of America
2 December 2021 - 4 December 2021
Presented at Art Basel Miami Beach, ‘NFTism’ is a virtual gallery exploring architecture and social interaction in the metaverse.
Virtual Spaces
07/07
Mexico City, Mexico
13th December 2018 - 3rd March 2019
Project Correl is a collaborative experiment in multi-presence virtual reality (VR) illustrating the development of complex assemblies inside virtual space. A shared, digital extension to our physical reality that proposes a dynamic new relationship between human creators and machine logic.
Research
Led by a culture of research, ZHA is always ahead of the curve because we never stop learning: experimenting, testing, refining, seeking. Anticipating challenges and developing solutions. Envisioning new possibilities, and finding ways to build them.