Urban Nebula, a sculptural installation by Zaha Hadid on the South Bank in #London , created as part of the London Design Festival 2007. The Urban Nebula installation for the 2007 London Design Festival explored the potential application of pre-cast concrete for the creation of organic, repetitive forms. While the fluidity of the piece resonated with the structure of a nebulous cloud, there was a clear contradiction in the choice of concrete as a material – it was a 30-tonne mass of 150 polished black blocks, bolted together to form a perforated 11-metre- long wall. One of the most exciting aspects of the work was its significance for the evolution of the Zaha Hadid studio. The explorations and research undertaken for Urban Nebula had wider implications for the way in which the studio approached concrete: the project presented new ways of manipulating the material to create a seamless expression of fluidity and to bring a poetic dimension to the city. . #zahahadid #zahahadiddesign #zahahadidarchitecture #urbanfurniture #concrete #architecturallyinspired #installation #pavilion #pavillion #sculpture #digitaldesign #design #designer #parametric #grasshopper3d #rhinoceros3d #parametricarchitecture #parametricdesign #parametricism #architecture #architect #architectureporn #designporn #digitalarchitecture #architectureoffice (at London, United Kingdom)