The Zaha Hadid Foundation

RESIDENTS will be able to explore a former Victorian primary school as part of the Open House scheme this September.

The Zaha Hadid Foundation, which is based in a Grade II-listed building in Clerkenwell, will throw open its doors to the public on September 21 from 12-4pm.

Entry is free and there will be drop-in curator talks in addition to model-making workshops.

One of the architect’s paper relief models

The event coincides with the unveiling of a new exhibition, Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums, showing the unique paper relief models of Hadid, who died in 2016.

The exhibition features intricate models that demonstrate Hadid’s innovative techniques of cutting and folding, central to her architectural designs.

Catherine Howe, curator (ZHF), said: “Paper Museums reveals the impressive creativity of Zaha Hadid Architects when they developed their art museums. Their ground-breaking use of paper reliefs was particularly suited to the design of Hadid’s innovative and engaging exhibition spaces, but the reliefs can also be seen as works of art in their own right.”