ザハ・ハディドがGoogleのロゴに 偏見と闘った彼女が残した大きな功績

女性でアラブ人のハディド。男ばかりの建築世界で差別を経験してきました。
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(JOCHEN LUEBKE VIA GETTY IMAGES)

「私の作品は、一般的な枠の中に収まるものではありません」

2016年に亡くなった建築家のザハ・ハディドは、かつてハフポストUS版にそう語った。「私が女性だからかもしれませんし、アラブ人だからかもしれません。女性もアラブ人も偏見を持たれています」

Googleは5月の最終日に、現代建築に大きな影響を与えたザハ・ハディドに敬意を表し、ロゴデザインをハディドをあしらったものにした。

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ザハ・ハディドのGoogleロゴ

ハディドは1950年にイラク・バグダッドで生まれた。ベイルート・アメリカン大学の数学科を卒業した後、イギリスに渡りロンドンの名門建築学校「アーキテクチュアル・アソシエーション・オブ・スクール(AAスクール)」で学んだ。

有色人種であり、女性であったハディドは、自らが経験した女性蔑視や人種差別を包み隠さず語ってきた

1970年代にAAスクールで学んでいた時、彼女と同じ分野を専攻する女性はわずか6%だった、とハディドと同じ時期にAAスクールで学んだ建築家のヤスミン・シェリフは語っている。ハディドが亡くなった2016年でも、その数はまだ24%に留まっている。しかしそれでも、ハディドは前に進み続けた。

男性ばかりの建築の世界で、ハディドの粘り強さはしばしば「生意気」と解釈され、耳を傾けてもらおうとする努力は「無礼」と見られた。ガーディアン紙のサイモン・ハッテンストーン記者は、「男性たちが紳士的な会話をし、ゴルフ場で握手をするような世界で、誰が声高に主張する女王を必要としたでしょう? 」と、冗談まじりに書いている

ハディドにとっては、がっかりするような現実だっただろう。イギリスの男性は「意見を述べる女性に慣れていませんでした。女性を恐れていたのです」とハディドは語っている。

立ちはだかる障害にも負けず、ハディドは順調に名声を高めていった。彼女を教えた著名な建築家のレム・コールハースは、かつてハディドのことを「独特で、他の誰とも違う軌道を進む惑星」と表現している。ハディドの作品は、コールハースの言葉が正しかったことを証明している。

ハディドは1980年、ロンドンに自身の建築事務所「ザハ・ハディド・アーキテクツ」を設立した。そして、広州オペラハウス、ローマのイタリア国立21世紀美術館 (MAXXI)、ロンドンオリンピックで使用されたアクアティクス・センターなどの有名な建築物を次々とデザインした。

滑らかな曲線とくぼんだ形に重きを置いたハディドの近未来的なデザインは、大きな称賛を集めた。2004年、ハディドは建築界のノーベル賞といわれる「プリツカー賞」を、女性としてそしてイスラム教徒として始めて授賞した。

ハディドは2016年3月31日、心臓発作で亡くなった。ハディドが亡くなった日、ザハ・ハディド・アーキテクトは「ザハ・ハディドは、世界で最も素晴らしい女性アーティストと考えられていました」とハフポストUS版にコメントした。

マイノリティの壁に臆することなく、65年の人生を通して差別や偏見と闘ったザハ・ハディド。常識を打ち破る作品を残した。素晴らしい作品の数々は「Google Arts & Culture」でも詳しく紹介されている。

ハフポストUS版に掲載された記事を翻訳しました。

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A rendering model of the new National Stadium for 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, is displayed at a meeting of memebrs of the advisory council on the construction of the new stadium, in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2015 and released on July 17, 2015. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Friday the scrapping of a plan for a controversial national stadium, the centrepiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, after sky-rocketing costs sparked public outrage. Anger over the stadium, the estimated cost of which had climbed to $2.1 billion, almost twice its expected cost when Tokyo won the bid for the Summer Games in 2013, had become a liability for Abe as he pushes unpopular defence bills through parliament. The new National Stadium was also meant to have been the centrepiece of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Picture taken July 7, 2015. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. (credit:KYODO Kyodo / Reuters)
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Cars drive near the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre which is under construction in the capital Baku, November 3, 2010. (credit:Stringer Russia / Reuters)
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A general view is seen of the Aquatics Centre at the Olympic Park in Stratford, the location of the London 2012 Olympic Games, in east London July 19, 2012. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files (credit:Toby Melville / Reuters)
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Guests walk inside Maxxi museum of contemporary art and architecture in Rome November 13, 2009. REUTERS/Max Rossi/Files (credit:Max Rossi / Reuters)
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\'Mesa\' by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and German architect Patrik Schumacher is displayed at the exhibition of the Vitra Edition in the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Vitra Edition is a laboratory that provides architects and designers with the freedom to create experimental furniture objects and interior installations. After a first presentation on the Vitra Campus during Art 38 Basel 2007, the new Vitra edition prototypes will be shown in museums and galleries worldwide. (KEYSTONE/Georgios Kefalas) (credit:KEY)
(06 of19)
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In this Sept. 4, 2014 photo, a pair of 2013 chromed vinyl shoes by designer Zaha Hadid are on display at an exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. \"Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe\" highlights shoes from the 1600s to the present and is open from Sept. 10 through Feb. 15. (AP Photo/Rachelle Blidner) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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\'Mesa\' of Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and German architect Patrik Schumacher is on display at the exhibition of the Vitra Edition in the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, Wednesday, June 13, 2007. Vitra Edition is a laboratory that provides architects and designers with the freedom to create experimental furniture objects and interior installations. After a first presentation on the Vitra Campus during Art 38 Basel 2007, the new Vitra edition prototypes will be shown in museums and galleries worldwide. (KEYSTONE/Georgios Kefalas) (credit:KEY)
(08 of19)
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A man walks across the futuristic pavilion, Chanel\'s \"Mobile Art\" which is created by architect Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008. \"Mobile Art,\" is a traveling exhibition featuring pieces by 20 contemporary artists, in which all of the works are inspired by the iconic Channel quilt bag. The exhibition will begin in Hong Kong on Feb. 27, and will then travel around the world to Tokyo, New York, London, Moscow, and Paris. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(09 of19)
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Visitors stand on a stretched and winding bridge linking between the newly opened Galaxy Soho building in Beijing Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Galaxy Soho, a new office, retail and entertainment building, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, and the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this Nov. 9, 2012 photo the exterior of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is seen on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The museum features Zaha Hadid\'s signature look: a facade of pleated stainless steel and glass, which distinguishes it from the traditional brick Collegiate Gothic buildings that surround it on Michigan State\'s north campus. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A member of the media walks past a work by Dame Zaha Hadid, made of fibreglass with a metallic finish which entitled \'Kloris\' and is for sale at 450,000 pounds ( US$ 691,000 euro 528,000), which is part of the annual Royal Academy Summer show at the academy\'s galleries in London, Wednesday, June, 5, 2013. The summer show opens to the public from June 10 to Aug 18. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People walk between buildings of Wangjing SOHO on the opening day of the compound, in Beijing September 20, 2014. Wangjing SOHO, the latest commercial real estate project completed by SOHO China, is designed by Pritzker Prize winner Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. The compound is comprised of three towers, the tallest of which reaches 200 metres. REUTERS/Barry Huang (CHINA - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS) (credit:Barry Huang / Reuters)
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A long time exposure shows the ski jumping hill designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid in Innsbruck, Austria March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler (credit:Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters)
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A woman looks at paintings behind a sculpture by Zaha Hadid titled \"Kloris\" during the media preview of the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in central London, June 5, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/Files (credit:Andrew Winning / Reuters)
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A long time exposure shows the ski jumping hill designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid in Innsbruck, Austria March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler/Files (credit:Dominic Ebenbichler / Reuters)
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People visit the newly opened Galaxy Soho building, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, in Beijing October 27, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files (credit:Jason Lee / Reuters)
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A visitor walks at the newly opened Galaxy Soho building, designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, in Beijing October 27, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Files (credit:Jason Lee / Reuters)
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A visitor takes a picture of the 3D printed shoes by architect Zaha Hadid during the Milan Design Week, April 16, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/Files (credit:Stefano Rellandini / Reuters)
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An exterior view is seen of the futuristic pavilion created by British-Iraqi deconstructivist architect Zaha Hadid for Chanel\'s \"Mobile Art\" exhibition, placed in the Hong Kong\'s Central district February 26, 2008. REUTERS/Victor Fraile/Files (credit:Victor Fraile / Reuters)


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