ZAHA HADID FOUNDATION MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARCHITECT’S PASSING WITH MAJOR SYMPOSIUM AND EVENTS
Saturday 31 October, at Serpentine North (6-8.30pm) – The Magazine
The Zaha Hadid Foundation, in collaboration with the Architectural Association (AA) and Serpentine, will present 89 Degrees of Zaha Hadid, a 2-day Symposium celebrating Zaha Hadid’s life, work and enduring legacy. Marking the 10th anniversary year of her passing, the Symposium will take place on 30 and 31 October 2026. The latter date, 31 October, would have been Zaha’s 76th birthday.
More than 40 international speakers and panellists will participate in the Symposium, ranging from scholars and researchers to friends and colleagues of Zaha including Hélène Binet, Nigel Coates, Sir Peter Cook, Rolf Fehlbaum, Rem Koolhaas, Hayat Palumbo and Madelon Vriesendorp. It will explore the breadth of Zaha’s life and work, including her early life in the mid-20th-century milieu of Baghdad and Beirut; her years as a student and later teacher at the AA; the methods of architectural representation and research pioneered by Zaha and her team; the clients and collaborators who championed her ideas; her work across the many fields of design; and the making of her iconic persona, whose style and spirit were recognised far beyond the world of architecture.
The Symposium will be held across the three partner venues in London: The Zaha Hadid Foundation’s 10 Bowling Green Lane, Architectural Association (AA) and Serpentine.
The first day, Friday 30 October (10am-6pm), will be hosted at the AA.
On the second day, Saturday 31 October, events will take place at the Zaha Hadid Foundation (10am-4pm) and Serpentine (6-8.30pm).
It will culminate with an event at Serpentine, featuring a cross-generational, interdisciplinary panel of practitioners reflecting on the past and future of Zaha’s legacy and her well-known mantra: “there should be no end to experimentation”.
