"There is a departure from what is conventionally taught," said GSD student Dwayne Oyler. "Her work is highly influential."
Charles DiPiazza said Hadid is "at the center of the avante garde movement in architecture."
When she won a major competition in Hong Kong in 1983 with a series of abstract paintings, Hadid was a relative unknown in architecture circles.
Since then Hadid's paintings and drawings, a medium for the exploration of her design, have appeared in a number of museums, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco and the Architectural Association in London.
Her built work, while not numerous, has won her public and academic acclaim internationally. The Vitra Fire Station in Rhein, Germany and the Mind Zone at the Millenium Dome in London are her most well-known works to date. Both include numerous non-right angles and cantilevered surfaces.
"It's too personal to be influential," said Associate Professor of Architecture Scott Cohen, responding to the question of what impact Hadid's work has on the teaching of architecture.
"The fire station makes a good image, but as a space it is odd," said Catherine Lessen, an architect at a Boston firm. "When it was rendered in concrete, it suffered a bit."
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