Zaha Hadid, Why you do this to me?!

Rewind a few months back and I was still happily trotting down Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. And my visit there happened to be in conjunction with the beginning of the Burnham Pavilion exhibit where architects Ben Van Berkel (of UN Studio) and Zaha Hadid put on display a sculptural pavilion which was supposed to run from late July to sometime in October if I'm not totaly mistaken. I managed to molest catch a glimpse of the one by Ben Van Berkel:

- Ben Van Berkel's Burnham Pavilion



- under the undulating structure

But the one by Zaha Hadid was unfinished and unfortunately delayed for so long that I didn't manage to see it. I only saw it while it was still in it's construction phase:

- Still under construction: curved steel tubes create the structure



- Synthetic fabrics stretched over the skeletal steel frame

And now, the thing is like totally done. Not only is it finished, it's mysteriously attractive and just tugs at my curiosity begging me to explore the structure. Its synthetic fabric-like skin stretched over an organic steel frame of confusing dimensions. Oh, why did I miss this:

 

Stay tuned for more.