扎哈·哈迪德，1950年生于巴格达，是伊拉克出生的英国女建筑师。2004年普利茨克建筑奖获得者。他在黎巴嫩学数学。1972年，他在伦敦AA学校学习建筑学。1977年毕业于AA文凭，并获得建筑联盟学院的本科学位。扎哈·哈迪德的作品包括米兰170米的玻璃塔、蒙彼利埃摩天大楼和迪拜的舞塔。扎哈在中国的第一部作品是广州大剧院。她还生产了北京银河SoHo区大厦、南京青奥中心和香港理工大学大楼。扎哈·哈迪德于2016年3月31日在迈阿密一家医院死于心脏病。他当时66岁。
I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.
我不认为建筑只是一个庇护所，只是一个非常简单的围墙。它应该能让你兴奋，让你平静，让你思考。
I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'
我决不会让自己奢侈地想，‘我成功了。’
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
建筑学是不必要的困难。这很难。
I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.
我一直很欣赏那些敢于重新诠释面料和比例的设计师，所以我追随日本和比利时的设计师。这些作品非常生动。当它们静静地躺着时，它们是一回事，但一旦你站起来或穿上它们，它们就会变成另一回事。
Good education is so important. We do need to look at the way people are taught. It not just about qualifications to get a job. It's about being educated.
良好的教育是如此重要。我们确实需要看看人们的教育方式。找工作不仅仅是资格问题。是为了接受教育。
I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But I think design is all-encompassing.
我一直认为设计可以和内部建筑的理念同等重要。从专业角度来说，事情可能是非常教条的——你做建筑，别人做内饰，别人做家具，织物等等，但我认为设计是包罗万象的。
Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort we put into ambitious museums and galleries into the basic architectural building blocks of society.
当然，我相信富有想象力的建筑可以改变人们的生活，但我希望有可能把我们投入雄心勃勃的博物馆和美术馆的部分精力转移到社会的基本建筑构件上。
If you think about making a city that is much more porous, many accessible spaces, that is a political position, because you don't fortify, you open it up so that many people can use it.
如果你想把一个城市建成一个更具渗透性的、更多可进入空间的城市，那就是一个政治立场，因为你不加固，你就把它打开，让很多人可以使用它。