Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Cincinnati, Ohio
Zaha Hadid uses a lot of interesting overlaying of forms that make her CAC look like a sculptural piece, but it still fits in with the scale and composition of the surrounding urban environment. The galleries are fit together like a jigsaw. The circulation inside is made up of ramps and rooms. There is a lobby first where people can mingle and then the gallery and studio spaces are upstairs and off to the sides of the vertical circulation. Although the lobby is made of glass, most of the light in the building comes from above through large openings over the ramps which lead up to the mezzanine area. The building was designed to continue the pedestrian flow in the city - so the lobby was made from glass to be a square to draw people in.
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/hadid/cac/index.html
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/
The Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3
The roof of this terminal uses 919 specially designed skylights with louvres which let in an optimal amount of light to create an evenly naturally lit space. The louvres reflect the light where its needed.
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