ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS

The 200m chamfered diamond shaped exte-rior and twisted façade demonstrates the way ZHA establishes building designs through the use of com-plex design fabrication and parametric generative softwares in order to produce one of the most aesthi-cally captivating landmark for theh city of Bucharest.

INTEREST:

The architectural language of Zaha Hadid expresses the notion of fluidity. Many of her projects in my opinion are modernistic, unique and basically organic. Apart from architecture, Hadid branched out to various similar fields of design from interior designing to fashion. I consider this to be my per-sonal state-of-the-art project as I have always been interested in fashion besides architecture, hence by being under the influence of Zaha Hadid’s projects, it gives me more insight into what the future of ar-chitecture and fashion can be through computational designing.Her works are my inspiration for the upcoming project of in-corporating parametric designing into this course.

The Dorobanti Tower. Source: http://www.zaha-hadid.com/

The Melissa Shoe. Source: http://www.zaha-hadid.com/

DOROBANTI TOWER

Location: Bucharest, Romania

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)

FOSTER & PARTNERS

Location:

London, UK

Architect:

Foster & Partners

30 St Mary Axe “The Gherkin”, London’s most out-standing skyscraper won architect Norman Foster the RIBA Sterling Prize for the design of the 76,400 square metre architecture phenomenon of the 21st Century. The design of this building clearly shows the level of knowl-edge and development achieved through parametrics in order to come up with the triangular glazed pattern fa-çade spiralling upwards and tapering towards the top.

The ability to generate these architecturally sound designs stems from the need to be knowledgable in the various aspects of computer fabrication, parametri-cism and the overview of the architectural discourse

The 30 St Mary Axe. Source: http://homepage.mac.com/jvk/gherkin/gherkin-Images/9.jpg

Detail of The Gherkin. Source: http://blogdeadolfo.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/fin-de-semana-en-londres-3/

RICHARD MEYER & PARTERS ARCHITECTS LLP

Saltzman House. Source : http://www.richardmeier.com/www/#/projects/architecture/name/2/101/2/

Location:

East Hampton, New York

Architect:

Richard Meyer & Partners Architects LLP

Established in 1967, Richard Meyer’s Saltzman House is the complete con-trast from the previous two buildings. It is located by the lake and is more residen-tial than commercial and public, yet there are techniques of design, such as the use of geometric shapes, that are evident in the design of the other two buildings.

The Saltzman House is a rather state-of-the-art design. Richard Meyer specifically chose this range of his works to be completely white as this is partly a form of interpretation and brings out the colour of the surrounding landscape. Although this design would not be detailed enough to under-go parametric modelling, it is a good architectural platform in understanding organic architecture.