Hadid has been motivated by her love of architecture since she was only 7 years old. Her aunt was in the process of building a house and she loved seeing the sketches and models done by the architect. From this her interest in the field never stopped.
Her unique style stemmed from her love for the abstract painting style of Kazimir Malevich. He mainly worked with abstract and distorted geometric shapes. Once Hadid established expertise in the field of architecture, she recognized that she could utilize growing technology to enhance the creativity of her work. Hadid began designing each building using many sketches that took inspiration form Malevich. She would then transfer these sketches to computer programs and distort them even further.
Hadid borrowed ideas from many different fields including painting, graphic design, and other technological domains to create buildings that would stand out from the crowd. Of course, this brought a lot of criticism with it. Many of her supporters felt that she was subjected to controversies that men in the field were not. Though, this marginalization only propelled her forward. She became the first woman to win a handful of prestigious international awards.
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Hadid always found it important to highlight that her work was not done alone. If it were not for the collaboration of many people from many different background it would be impossible to create what she has. In interviews so almost never answered a question without saying we, referring to her team of experts.
While Zaha Hadid died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 2016, she left behind 22 unfinished projects. Her team continues to see them through. It leads me to wonder, will architecture continue down this futuristic path, or will another creative take over in progressing the field?
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I think its interesting how Hadid drew inspiration from the abstract painting of Kazimir. This seems similar to the one scene in the Frank Gehry film where he points out how one of his buildings was inspired by a painting that he has in his office. Yet in Hadid's case she seems to know that shes doing it while Gehry's inspiration was more unconscious, not knowing what he had done until he finished his building and looked back at the painting.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see that these more artistic, abstract styles of buildings Hadid was pursuing continues on. I also was reminded of Gehry's work by the architect Hadid was producing, considering how different each of their works were/are from the architectural norms society has set. Hopefully, more architects like Hadid and Gehry emerge to help normalize these unique, beautiful buildings.
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting! It kind of reminds me of the Parthenon lectures from 101 and how the Greeks based much of their architecture on the male body. It's amazing to see architecture related to the female body! I too noticed many similarities to Gehry's design style and creative process. It's amazing what technology has allowed us as far as architectural advancements.
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