I will be researching the following designers / Architectures:
MAIN ARCHITECT MY RESEARCH IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE ARCHITECTS AND FIRMS BELOW
ZAHA HADID
Deconstructivism , as defined in the exhibition texts, is referred to architecture that married the aesthetic of modernism with the radical geometry of the Russian avant-garde. For Zaha Hadid, this approach was particularly significant , it afforded her the opportunity to explore the types of forms employed by the Russian structuralist painters she idolised , including Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin.
Inspired by Russian Painters
The fascination began in 1970, while Zaha Hadid was studying at the Architectural Association of London. The Association at that time was a hot bed of ideas, but Zaha Hadid was part of a rebellion calling for a greater focus on drawing as a tool for conceptual development.
With the support of then director Alvin Boyarsky- who remained a close friend up until his death in 1990- she lead the charge for a more radical approach to architectural expression
Her Work
Pirreres Vives Building, France
MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects ( David Miller , Sperry McLennan and co)
Located in Toronto, MJMA was founded in 1988 by John MacLennan, former Senior Partner at Sperry MacLennan, with Viktors Jaunkalns and David Miller, then Senior Associates at A.J. Diamond & Partners, as MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects.
The firm started with the competition-winning award of the Grand River Recreation Complex in Kitchener Waterloo. This first project went on to win the 1988 Canadian Architect Grand Jury Prize Award, and its associated cash prize helped a fledgling three-person practice continue on a path of design excellence within the aquatic and community recreation project type. Andrew Filarski and Robert Allen joined the firm as original staff members in 1989 and 1990, respectively, with Ted Watson joining in 1996.
The firm continued to innovate and lead in the advancement and definition of the community centre project type, growing a large portfolio of sport, recreation, community, and academic work within Ontario. In 2009, with the retirement of John MacLennan, Andrew, Robert, and Ted became partners. In 2018 and 2019, with the retirement of David Miller, partnership was extended to Timothy Belanger and Tarisha Dolyniuk, alongside Chris Burbidge and Jeanne Ng as principals, establishing the firm’s current leadership structure.
Some of their works
University of British Columbia Acquatic Centre
Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind
The son of Polish Jews and Holocaust survivors, Daniel Libeskind has dedicated much of his illustrious career to commemorating his heritage through visually dynamic buildings, often with a striking angularity that seems to defy gravity. He founded his firm, Studio Libeskind, in 1989 with his wife, Nina, as the principal architect, and achieved international fame with his addition to the Jewish Museum Berlin, which opened to the public in 2001. His work is often described as Deconstructivist, a style of postmodern architecture characterized by fragmentation and distortion, seen in his design for the U.K.’s Imperial War Museum North with its three intersecting parts inspired by shards of a broken globe. In addition to buildings, Libeskind has also applied his visionary aesthetic to large-scale sculptures, furniture, and interior fixtures
HIS WORK
Michael Lee Chib Crystal, Ontario
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