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    Zaha Hadid Analysis

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    Zaha Hadid, an avant-garde architecture, we can say and describes zaha hadid’s works are influenced by the early Russian Avant grade, she some people say that zaha has reached the summit in her career as an architect, she came to the architecture field from a western country with a new perspective way in architecture, the way that it should be don and the it should be preceded, the way that zaha think about Islamic architecture in a different way, she sees that modern architecture didn’t influenced by Islamic architecture, she’s not influenced by Islamic pattern or Islamic architecture in her work she’s completely dissociated from the Islamic oriental traditional architecture, she wasn’t affected by the Islamic calligraphy but definitely you can see the fluidity of the lines in her sketch’s, so there’s an influence but not through the architecture, Islamic architecture is more about organization, she think that architecture reflects were we live at the same moment, people are not living in the same way that people live before 300 hundreds years, and heritage as about changing , Hadid’s think that we cannot combine modernism and…

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    In the 21st century, architects are exploring more with form and materials. These architects go against Adolf Loos’s judgement on ornamentation with the use of wasted material, labor, and money. Although these architects are creating a need for a change in form, are they able to justify going against Loos’s theory on why ornamentation is unnecessary? Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid are two architects that are able to represent their need for extravagant forms and materials and give reasoning behind…

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    Zaha Hadid Research Paper

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    Zaha Hadid Architectures Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi-British architect, born on 31 October 1950, in Baghdad, Iraq to an upper-class Iraqi family. Hadid studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon before moving to London in 1972 to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Hadid has about 950 projects in 44 different countries according to Zaha Hadid Architects website. Hadid also worked with the interior architecture, product, and fashion design.…

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    However, it had been attacked by Japanese architects including Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, and Sou Fujimoto, who claimed that project will be "too huge" in relation to the surroundings and too expensive. Therefore, Zaha Hadid Architects has confirmed to adapt its design and use more eco-efficient and visually lighter materials (Kin, 2014). This project demonstrates how local architect responds to the globalization, in fact, this situation termed “glocalization” has became the growing trend.…

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    Henry Van De Velde

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    digital age or the design of the total skyscraper from the curtain wall to the salad fork as a unified idea. One can argue that design was a religion to Van de Velde. One needs be committed to every line, curve and brushstroke to truly exemplify the practice of total design. These ideas continue to be unconsciously emulated in modern design. Van de Velde still influences young architects and designers today. He has been a force in architectural theory since the 19th century at the Deutscher…

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    organization. Whereas architectural photography is empty of people, because the latter normally take away the attention from the space itself, in recent years the finalists seem to focus more on the people and less on the buildings. PICTURES – EXPLANATION!? This reference to the society is also done by Patrick Schumacher, Zaha Hadid’s partner, who demanded for the separation of the two, Architecture and Art. He states that “We need to understand how new forms can make a difference for the…

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    understood first in order to understand these works. These projects represents the power of a spatial, sculptural language; one that cannot be explained and justified in rational terms. These are all buildings that capture the user’s imagination and inspire them to new experiences, as well as disrupting assumptions about conventional functional and contextual requirements. By producing new and innovative structures, deconstructivist architecture is more than just a design method, instead it’s…

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    stance on the role of landscape in modern architecture, however, despite the conviction of Heymann’s beliefs, this article presents insufficient evidence to support many of his claims. “Landscape is Our Sex” discusses the trend in modern architecture to describe designs as a response to the site; correlating the built form with the landscape as a strategy to persuade the public to accept ambitious designs. Heymann asserts that few architects create designs that are a true response to the unique…

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    convoluted looking, and performing building. Complexity is about hiding the structure and the materiality of the building to create the most aesthetically appealing appearance or the most interesting spaces. Unlike simplicity, complexity is not a pure representation, it is rather an abstraction. An example of a famous complex building, would be the Guangzhou Opera House designed by the well-known architect Zaha Hadid. It is a very unique looking structure, with an enclosed floor plan that has…

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    part of the whole, it is able to intensify the intended quality of space. Details can both resolve construction problems as well as help one’s understanding of the building and help it gather meaning. Thus, the detail should be made consistent with the design concept. Non-detail is detailing at a small scale through assigning importance to parts, to reflect the larger idea into the smaller element. Details should relate to the concept and character of the building through reinforcing,…

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