Development from research

The research I have done so far is mainly in fashion designers. I still wanted to do research in artists but because of today's lesson I also want to do research in an artists who are doing architecture and find inspiration in another direction.

Therefore I have done research in architect Zaha Hadid.

Zaha Hadid (1950) born in Iraq but grew up in England is a British architect. She became famous by her sharp angles, curving facades architecture made from concrete and steel. She used the strongest materials and manipulated them to form objects that appears soft and sturdy at the same time. After many rejections she gained international recognition in 1983 with her painted entry for a recreational centre in Hong Kong.  After her first building in 2003, she gained even more recognition. Most of her designs were never realized and she was known as a "paper architect".  People found her designs not realistic and not be able to build. However she transformed her reputation as a "paper architect: to a building architect in the 1990s, because of the project from the Viltra fire station in Weil am Rhein. 

She used many innovative construction materials such as Glass fibre, a combination of aluminum and stone cladding and steel. She had six techniques she used to design the form; landscaping project and surrounding context, layering, light, ground and gravity and seamlessness and fluidity.

Hadid established her reputation through her drawings and paintings. She was also a teacher of architecture at schools including the Architectural Association, Cambridge University, and Columbia University. 

She develop her ideas through paint. She used abstraction as a tool to develop new designs. She found the traditional system of architectural drawing boring. Through abstraction she challenged the conception op buildings which was a signature of deconstructivism.  She became known for her creative ambitious ideas.

Not only was she famous for her paintings and buildings, she had a very successful line of shoe designs and was known for using advanced technology. In 2004 she became the first woman to be awarded for the Pritzker Architecture Prize. After 2000 she received every year an award for her work.

Zaha Hadid Architects’ new mathematics gallery, the Winton Gallery, at the Science Museum, London. : Image: Nick Guttridge

Zaha Hadid won the competition for the Mathematics Gallery in 2014. Her inspiration came by how aircraft displace in air when in flight. There was a computer programming was used to visualise the flow field around an important exhibit of an aeroplane (1929). Architecture fans will recognize the building’s designer because  the curves are the signature design style of Zaha Hadid.

 Indoor pool at One Thousand Musueum by Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid's interiors for One Thousand Museum tower in Miami

I find it very interesting to see how the shape in the ceiling changes through light. It looks much more impressive when light reflects on it.  

I found this research very useful because I have not yet done any research in architects but was able to draw inspiration from it. I really looked at the shapes and how I could incorporate this into my designs, for example as a shape or as a print. I think after seeing the images above I want to incorporate it as a shape in my designs. I just made a sketch that came to mind.

Below is my sketch and my inspiration came from this research.

     Quick sketch:

Reference:

Encyclopedia Britannica. 2021. Zaha Hadid | Biography, Buildings, Architecture, Death, & Facts. [online] Available at: <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zaha-Hadid> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Hadid, Z., 2021. Zaha Hadid Biography, Life & Quotes. [online] The Art Story. Available at: <https://www.theartstory.org/artist/hadid-zaha/life-and-legacy/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Floornature.com. 2021. Biography of the architect: Zaha Hadid. [online] Available at: <https://www.floornature.com/zaha-hadid-53/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Journal. 2021. How Architecture Is Born: 8 Abstract Paintings by Zaha Hadid and the Buildings They Inspired - Architizer Journal. [online] Available at: <https://architizer.com/blog/practice/tools/how-architecture-is-born-zaha-hadid/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Picture reference:

Howarth, D., 2021. Zaha Hadid's interiors for One Thousand Museum in Miami. [online] Dezeen. Available at: <https://www.dezeen.com/2016/05/12/zaha-hadid-interiors-one-thousand-museum-residential-tower-miami/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Reddit.com. 2021. [online] Available at: <https://www.reddit.com/r/RoomPorn/comments/fyenzn/indoor_pool_at_one_thousand_museum_miami_fl_by/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].

Architecture Now. 2021. Zaha Hadid: "...No end to experimentation". [online] Available at: <https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/zaha-hadid-no-end-to-experimentation/> [Accessed 11 February 2021].