Sunday 26 January 2014

Task 3 part 2 - Oscar Niemeyer and wilkinson eyre

Over the year the profession of architecture has changed in every aspect. Different architects tried different solutions for their work and explored new roads which led to several successful cases. During the modern movement era, a design style emerged were simple geometrical shapes dominated he designs of building. The movement progressed and developed war made not just in the aesthetical design by even in the construction process and construction methods.

Work by Oscar Niemeyer

Over the time several designer tried to find a new path in the design industry and they tried to venture new style. After several attempts in design, De constructivists started to emerge on a period of time. Their idea was to completely find a new style which was opposite to movements such as modern movement.
One architect and designer which emerged in this new movement was Oscar Niemeyer. He started his design career in about mid-20th century. His work was one of the most unique works during the time as it opposed to the majority of architecture design that was taking place during the time. During this period a very famous style which is still very popular today as it brought several changes to architecture was the international style.
Oscar Niemeyer
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Work by Le Corbusier

 When we compare the work of architects such as Oscar Niemeyer and work from International Style such as Le Corbusier, we can note several different characteristics from both designers work. The work of Le Corbusier is completely opposite as the majority of the characteristics in the design of Le Corbusier are built in a simple geometrical shapes with the mentality of less is more. On the other hand the work of Oscar Niemeyer design is more fluid. Characteristics that were developed in the international style by architects such as le Corbusier  that had some importance to the design of architects such as Oscar Niemeyer is the supporting structure of the buildings and materials used.

The used of steel structure which was developed further in the international style is vital for designs such as those of Oscar Niemeyer. The fluid shapes need several supports in its structure to withstand several structure pressures from the building.


An architect which followed Oscar Niemeyer in his design was Chris Eyre Wilkinson. His fluid design is another symbol of De constructivists. His work can be considered as a development on the work of brilliant architects like Oscar Niemeyer. In his work we can note some changes that can be noted as improvements in De constructivist architecture that were made available by developed technology. As Wilkinson is working in a new era, the technology which is rapidly evolving now a day is a factory and an aid to architect such as Wilkinson to continue develop their work and exploring the unknown in architecture.
Work By Chris Wilkinson

Chris Wilkinson

The development which is being made today is effecting even other designer and architects as we can note several improvements in both the design and construction as the development made from the International Style till now is significant. And By the introduction of computer technology, we can further develop and solve several problems on the computer and it is saving a considerable amount of time to the designer which are working and developing work in this contemporary industry.
Eero Saarinen is a Finnish designer born in 1910 who became a famed architect during his time. He moved to America in 1923 with his family to settle in Michigan. He had lifelong collaboration with Charles Eames after they met in Cranbrook.



In 1934 , Saarinen Graduated from the School of Architecture at Yale University. During his career Eero Saarinen insisted that he change his style change depends on the client’s needs. He was criticised for his decisions by other designers. But Eero Saarinen insisted on his idea as he saw the client as a “Co-Creator” of his design.


Personally I thing that Eero Saarinen was one of the first pioneers of DE constructivist movements as his design goes in a different way from the designs that was produced at the time. During his time the most common design in architecture was with the use of geometrical shapes. His designs went all the way to the opposite of the common geometrical shapes dominated design as some of his characteristics were that nothing was symmetrical unlike architecture from the Art Deco.

Art Deco architecture



His architectural designs consist of big concrete structure which was very unique in its shape as it created a soft liquid like flow which has several areas built from glass which enables to light huge buildings by natural light.


Other designer and architect that today Is still developing de constructivist ideas is Zaha Hadid. Eero Saarinen can be considered as one of the foundation of Zaha Hadid’s design.

Reference :

Eero Saarinen - Designer Bio - Furniture & Accessories - Design Within Reach . 2014. Eero Saarinen - Designer Bio - Furniture & Accessories - Design Within Reach . [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/r-t/eero-saarinen.do. [Accessed 27 January 2014].

Frank Lloyd Wright

Born just two years after the American civil war, Frank Lloyd Wright is labelled one of the greatest Architects of all time who took all the opportunities he had. At the age of 19, Wright left school after just two terms and headed for a new venture in Chicago to look for a new work in the architecture industry.


Just after a few months and several brief employments in different offices, Frank Lloyd Wright was hired by the prestigious firm of Adler and Sullivan. He kept this employment for 6 years, but in 1893 he started a new personal venture by opining his own architecture office.

As from his first work, Wright’s early houses showed some unique characteristics and highlighted the capabilities of the architect from the early start. Houses that featured horizontal lines with rooflines which deeply overhang.  Buildings that had uninterrupted walls of windows which invited the nature inside. His buildings were built with natural materials and never painted.


One of his most famous works is Falling water. It was designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd wright himself. It is very unique houses even by the location where it is built. The way that Wright designed the house makes it bond with the surrounding nature. It overhangs on a stream of fresh water it makes it looks like that it is a part of nature.



When I look at the work of Frank Lloyd Wright I compare his work to sever architects which were working in other movements. One of the main features of Wrights buildings is the horizontal structures that dominate the design of Frank Lloyd Wright. It can be compared the horizontal structures which emerged in architecture from Bauhaus and International style. It is a future which is related to the form follows function rule by the Bauhaus institute but Frank Lloyd Wright had the idea that form and function are one. The choice of materials was an issue for the different designers from different movements as they all tried to make specific choices on the materials especially to choose appropriate materials. As the design from the international style was built with reinforced concrete, the choice of Frank Lloyd Wright was very different as his main focus was to build houses which are bound with nature. His choice of materials was made by using natural materials.




By the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, more awareness was introduced in construction industry. Hi main focuses was one of the start of more self-sufficient designs which in his time was very important and in need as not a lot of designer had the knowledge of materials from nature as during the time many of them did not think about the impact on nature that they are making by designing things which were made from nature damaging materials.

Reference :

SAVE WRIGHT: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. 2014. SAVE WRIGHT: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.savewright.org/index.php?page=3. [Accessed 27 January 2014].

Frank Lloyd Wright; biography. 2014. Frank Lloyd Wright; biography. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cmgww.com/historic/flw/bio.html. [Accessed 27 January 2014].

The Arts and Crafts Movement

The art and crafts movement was a movement which was introduced at around mid-19th century. It emerged late after the Victorian period which was going on in Britain. The arts and crafts movement is considered as a movement which rebelled to the idea of mass produced goods from the industrial revolution which was going on at that time.

The mind behind the Arts and Crafts movement was William Morris. William Morris believed that a product has to be manufacture with passion rather that in mass production by machines. He believed that a product has to be manufactured by small groups and craftsman. The idea of Morris had limited the amount of products manufactured as it was all hand made with no machinery used.

William Morris

During the industrial revolution the products that were being manufacture had no aesthetical value as they were made and produced in mass production and during the time any importance were being given from manufacturers. Personally I think that William Morris had some valid points in his arguments but he always failed to combine both mass production and the aesthetics together.
William Morris argued that the machines of the mass production factories were taking “man” away from manufacturing and was producing products which look rather bad. He strongly wanted to put man back into the design and manufacturing process.

The Bauhaus which was started in 1919 had the vision to combine the mass production that started in the industrial revolution with the idea of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. The idea of Bauhaus was to use cheap materials but manufacture the products that were designed with aesthetical value and attention to design and the user in a mass production manner. Their idea was that it was important that the majority of the population had the opportunity to buy products which were beautiful in design but cheap to buy. This was something that William Morris failed to achieve in his time as he didn’t was to combine the two of them.

Products from Bauhaus

Reference : 

THE ART AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT 1880 to 1910. 2014. THE ART AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT 1880 to 1910. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.technologystudent.com/prddes1/artscrafts1.html. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

BBC - Homes - Design - Arts and crafts period style. 2014. BBC - Homes - Design - Arts and crafts period style. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/period_artscrafts.shtml. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

Eco Design - Sustainable Design

Today one of the most important things is to try to evaluate our actions so we can make less impact on the planet that we live in. During the years, some developments made a negative impact on this planet that make a direct negative impact on our lives. As designers especially during the recent years, several designers are trying to take a different approach to design to improve the way we think and develop new ideas which can make less impact on the environment.


A movement which started to take this new approach was the organic design. A movement which started to take into consideration the environment during the design process. One sector which is important to take into consideration and develop sustainable design is architecture. This sector makes a considerable amount of impact on the environment. Some characteristics of sustainable design in architecture are –

“Ventilation systems designed for efficient heating and cooling

Energy-efficient lighting and appliances
Water-saving plumbing fixtures
Landscapes planned to maximize passive solar energy
Minimal harm to the natural habitat
Alternate power sources such as solar power or wind power
Non-synthetic, non-toxic materials
Locally-obtained woods and stone
Responsibly-harvested woods
Adaptive reuse of older buildings
Use of recycled architectural salvage
Efficient use of space”

A key element of sustainable architecture is to be self-sufficient. Residential homes alone consume the majority of energy which is produced. By using renewable energy for our homes, we are creating less impact on energy consumption which is produced by fossil fuels.



In architecture, a characteristic which was introduce in movements such as the international style and Bauhaus was the introduction of large windows. By installing large windows, natural light will pass to the inside of the buildings lighting the interior space. By this characteristic natural light can be used instead of artificial lighting. One important element is that the glass has some type of double glazing so heating and cooling can be controlled inside the building.


Another feature in the design process which can be considered to be more green is the decision of materials. Some materials are too toxic to manufacture and build with so other alternatives has to be used instead. The introduction of new materials is now common in construction especially that which is made from recycled material. Recycled material is now being more developed to be used in construction. One example which is very common is the use of old recycled newspaper as insulating material. The old newspaper is treated before used as insulation. It is treated to become fire retardant to minimize the fire hazard even in emergency situations.


Now a day it is very important that designer think greener in their designs as the approach that they take in the design today may heavily impact our living place tomorrow.

Reference : 

Why Architects Must Lead on Sustainable Design | ArchDaily. 2014. Why Architects Must Lead on Sustainable Design | ArchDaily. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.archdaily.com/351167/why-architects-must-lead-on-sustainable-design/. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

What is "Sustainable Architecture"?. 2014. What is "Sustainable Architecture"?. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/arch/ARCH371-F99/groups/k/susarch.html. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

sustainable.to | Architecture + Building. 2014. sustainable.to | Architecture + Building. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.sustainable.to/. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

Health and Safety In Design

In every aspect of design on of the most important thing is the safety of the product or object which is in the design process. When the product is in its early design process it is very important for the designer to take into consideration the safety of the product especially when the particular product is going to be reached from children.

There are different types of consideration that every designer has to take during design process to evaluate the risk of the product or object that is being design. In Product design one of the most important considerations that the designer has to take is about the user. When a designer is commissioned the work to design a product for infants and children, more considerations has to be taken in different aspects of the design from forms to the materials used.

One of the key elements when toys for children are designed it the shape and materials used. When it comes to the shape, one of the most important things in the design is that all the areas of the toy are smooth with no pointed edges. But an important factor which in my opinion has advanced a lot during the years it the material used. It is very important that the designer takes into consideration that the material that is proposed for the product is non-toxic.  As the product has a chance to make contact to the mouth of children, it is very important that the materials used are ideal. During the time the materials used for toys has changed a lot. In the primary years of toys wood was used as the main material. After the introduction of plastic in the industry of manufacturing, designers started to experiment with the material in several ways. But surely we cannot compare the first type of plastic that was developed as it was highly toxic.



An industry which safety is the top priority is the automotive industry. The automotive industry consists from an intensive and vast design process which combines aesthetics with its function. One of the most importing parts of the design process is the design of safety components of the car itself. The awareness of more safety in the automotive industry started from the beginning but in the 60’s the safety of cars improved with new technologies and more awareness around the world.




The first safety device which was introduced in the automotive industry was the introduction of a hydraulic brake system. This kind of brake system was introduced to cards in 1922. It certainly improved the performance of breaks during the usage of automotive. We can now clearly appreciate the work done by engineers and designer which worked to develop new technologies in the braking system of the cars to improve safety standards and protects more our lives. When we compare the technology of the first breaking system and today’s technology we can note a huge leap forward as todays breaking system is more sophistically designed with cutting edge technology. 



To avoid certain crashes the new technology controls the breaking via  computer and enables the car to control better in several aspects. Some other safety equipment which was designed for automotive industry are seatbelts, crimple zoned around the automobile structure, airbags which are installed in different vital areas of the car and other safety equipment.

Reference :

 Designing for Safety - Health and Safety Authority . 2014. Designing for Safety - Health and Safety Authority . [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.hsa.ie/eng/Your_Industry/Construction/Designing_for_Safety/. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

History of Car Safety - Crash Test. 2014. History of Car Safety - Crash Test. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.crashtest.org/history-car-safety. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

Prevention through Design - Links. 2014. Prevention through Design - Links. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.designforconstructionsafety.org/links.shtml. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

Organic Design

The term Organic Design is used to describe a movement which was took place in about mid 20th century. Organic Design is considered to be a different approach to design and the way of thinking of the designer. It is described as a different way to solve problems in design and Organic Design is a completely different movement from other design movements which occurred during time.

In every architecture movement the designs produced by the architect, is one of the series of design from the style itself where the building is adapted to the style. In organic design the design produced by the architect is designed to adapt to the environment of the area rather on the type of style. The philosophy of this movement is that every design has to adapt to each site even when it comes to the choice of materials. It also have to adapt to the climate and environment.

The term Organic design was introduced by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd wright. His philosophy was to connect the design of the building and nature amalgamated together to be connected with the user. He believed to create harmony between the design and humans. Frank Lloyd Wright to a different approach of the Form Follows Function  “rule” of the Bauhaus. His approach was that “ Form and Function are one”.

By Frank Lloyd Wright


In different eras of design such as designs from the International Style, the movement did not take into consideration to the impact that the design is making on the surroundings. Designers and architects were working hard to solve different problems which were making an impact on the population but forgetting the surroundings of the buildings and nature. Le Corbusier was an architect and a designer from the international style which made huge advances in design such as the materials used and his concept of mass housing in cities. Some critics criticised his idea in a way as it went out of control and we even have a proof in today’s cities. The concept of mass housing by Le Corbusier was a great relief for the post war era to re-build cities which collapsed during the attacks of war. But this concepts went out of control as cities turned into what many call a concrete jungle.

This is a big contrast to the new approach of the Design movement which emphasised on the nature and the impact of the design on it. In the International Style, Le Corbusier introduced a new feature in his work which may be a step forward to an organic approach in his design. In his mass housing buildings and on the roofs, he was introducing gardens. In my opinion his idea is a leap forward and a step closer the philosophy of organic design which was to amalgamate the design with nature and give a new spirit to the building.

Le Corbusier mass housing


The Organic Design movement was an important approach in my opinion as in many of the design movement the impact on environment is not considered. If we look back to the industrial revolution, we can now think and evaluate the big sudden impact which the revolution had on the planet with big factories opening and several mass production factories manufacturing goods, without any consideration of the impact on the planet. Today we are more aware of the environment and we are now more educated and more technological advanced to minimize the impact that do on the organic life.

Reference :

THE ORGANIC DESIGN MOVEMENT #2 | Fehrman Books. 2014. THE ORGANIC DESIGN MOVEMENT #2 | Fehrman Books. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.fehrmanbooks.com/organic-design-movement-2. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

organicARCHITECT: Organic. 2014. organicARCHITECT: Organic. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.organicarchitect.com/organic/#axzz2rV1bnEz4. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

Organic design and Biomorphism by Briony Ewing on Prezi. 2014. Organic design and Biomorphism by Briony Ewing on Prezi. [ONLINE] Available at:http://prezi.com/hp4mhaz0pcyh/organic-design-and-biomorphism/. [Accessed 26 January 2014].


The Great Exhibition - The Crystal Palace

During the late 19th century Britain was experiencing a manufacturing boom which was caused by the industrial revolution. Queen’s Victoria’s Husband, Prince Albert wanted to organise an exhibition which showcased the wonders of modern industry and manufacturing which comes from all around the world. This idea came in the ideal time of the industrial revolution to show off the capabilities of modern manufacturing in international scale.

The Great exhibition needed a suitable place for the organisation of this event. The government issued a competition for designer to design a suitable venue to host this event. In the end there were 248 proposal plans for the hosting building of the great exhibition but every one of them was rejected by the building committee. The committee itself tried to design their own version of the hosting building but their final design which was published in May of 1850 was not suitable and ideal for this project. Their proposal would have taken 15 months to build and needed around 15 million bricks for construction. The scheduled date for the opening of the great exhibition was 1st May of 1851. With the design which was proposed by the committee it was almost impossible to make it in time.

Joseph Plaxton initial drawings

After the design was marked as inconvenient for the building of the great exhibition another plan was introduced by another design. Joseph Plaxton was a designer which was building greenhouses for the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth during the time. His design was based on the design of greenhouses which was proposed to be built by gigantic pre-fabricated components. Apart from the reason of the construction material, the structure of the crystal palace was going to be built in a shorter period of time.
The steel structure and prefabricated components can be compared to the construction methods that architects and builders use today for the fast growing city construction that is going on especially in major cities around the world.


The building of the Crystal Place was built from a skeleton made of columns manufactured from cast iron with more cast iron structure support. The components of the Crystal Palace were fabricated in Birmingham, A city which was widely known for manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. The crystal palace used glass for its outer shell. The removal of tax on glass which was removed a few years before the building of the industrial revolution, made it easier and cheaper for the manufacturers to produce the amount of glass needed for the Crystal Palace. The outer shell of the crystal palace used 300,000 sheets of glass for its construction.


During the construction, the new technology in construction materials, tools and machinery helped to ease the construction of the Crystal palace. The new invention of the steam engine helped to further develop construction tools to be used for construction. These developments can be considered as the beginning of a long journey of technological upgrades when it comes to tools and machinery.

During the construction of the Crystal palace, the invention of the telegraph was a key element during the time of construction. The telegraph enabled rapid communication between the site of construction and the manufacturers. In less than 9 months, the Crystal Palace rose and was ready for exhibition over 100,000 objects during the great exhibition.






Reference :

The Crystal Palace - Victoria and Albert Museum. 2014. The Crystal Palace - Victoria and Albert Museum. [ONLINE] Available at:http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-crystal-palace/. [Accessed 26 January 2014].

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Saturday 11 January 2014

Tak 2 - Zaha Hadid

The work of Peter Eisenman was later more developed by other designers and architect who always tried to create something unique for every project. Although the work of Modern Movement had its own interesting characteristics, in my opinion the work of de-constructivists was always tailored for the particular project commissioned to the architects and designers.

Work by Peter Eisenman

Frank Ghery is a very well-known architect which developed DE constructivist work. His work does not follow any rules. When we look at his work we can notice the different ideas that he produce which some of them are similar and are like a series of designs which embrace similar characteristics in the design of the building. But some of them are different ideas from top to bottom.

Frank Ghery
Frank Ghery


An architect who designs stunning buildings and products in today's time is the Iraqi born architect Zaha Hadid. The work of Hadid immensely stands out from other buildings , her buildings are so unique that different countries around the world are commissioning work to Zaha Hadid to design a building for the country to be and icon of the country. It is like countries are building monuments to make their country more popular around the world.

Building design by Zaha Hadid

Today the work of such architects such as Zaha Hadid is popular worldwide for their iconic and unique design. One of the tools that we use today and which dominated the world is the internet. In these past years every the majority of the world owns a personal computer. This is an important tool which when used well one can access unlimited amount of information from the comfort of our own home. Personally, as a design student, I discovered the work such as Zaha Hadid's and Frank Ghery via internet in the first years of my studies. By owning my personal computer I later accessed more information about the architects and was able to discover different designer which share similar ideas. When studying history of design I had the opportunity to find the majority of the information that I know today from home by accessing information through internet via my personal computer which was made in production for general public in the 90's developed throughout the 2000's.

Personal Computers

During the latest years the world was suffering from different difficult situation which affected a wide range of different sectors. By entering in an economic recession it was like living part of the great depression again in modern times but instead of just the United States being affected, this was an economic crisis worldwide with several countries gone bankrupt. Countries like America had a huge expenditure during the last decade in war related expenditure but other countries were affected by the same wars as oil prices skyrocketed which made it difficult even for several companies to keep up with the expenditure as they were paying a lot with a minimal profit as the consumer was staying more alert on what to buy. 

Global Recession

Situations like this harm the world of design as well as the majority of the people prefer to reuse or by cheaper items from mass produced factories. 

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Wednesday 8 January 2014

Task 2- Peter Eisenman - Deconstructivist

An American architect, Peter Eisenman is considered as a De-constructivist. His design clearly opposes the aesthetics of other designer such as Le Corbusier. When I observed the work of both architects which came in different eras, the contrast in the work of both architects is rather significant. When it comes to the shapes used, the majority of the work designed by Le Corbusier consist of geometrical shapes, with the majority of shapes in the design follow a horizontal manner. This design consist the architectural work produced from the Art Deco movement. In Art Deco vertical lines are one of the main features in the design of Art Deco architecture which oppose the characteristics of The International Style design.

Architectural design by Peter Eisenman

Although Le Corbusier ‘s design from the International Style consist of geometrical buildings, some of his work could have been one of the starting point from Modernist style to De-constructivist. Work such as Philips Pavilion, which was one of the commissions designed by Le Corbusier illustrated in my opinion the idea of Le Corbusier who wanted to change his path in design. The irregular shapes in Philips Pavilion contrast with other work from Le Corbusier such as the Sainte Marie De La Tourette in France.

Philips Pavilion
 Sainte Marie De La Tourette in France

In the same period of Peter Eisenman, Different new inventions were produced which changed our lives and made them as we know them today. Something which we do not dream of living without was the Internet. Invented in 1969 the internet started to join the world together as it connected continents together by its technology. One of the advantages of internet in my point of view is the wide selection of information available online which we can access even for free. 

From the comfort of our home we can access several information which we require, even in the middle of the night when every library is closed. As a design student myself, I gained many information and widened my knowledge on several thing which regard the profession of design. During my studies I looked at different information which regards design such as different approach when it regards materials.

When we look in the past at different designer such as Eames, Walter Gropius and other successful designer which we still consider as inspiration for us, One can imagine the impact on their work if technology such as internet was in use. Even when it comes to simple communication, by the use of internet internet we are connected worldwide and communication from a nation to another no a days it is done in a matter of seconds.

Reference : 

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