ARCHITECTURE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
SUBMITTED TO : AR.YASMEEN AHMED

SUBMITTED BY : RAMSHA ZAHID

ROLL NO : 1825103020
 ALVAR ALTO

PROBLEM STATEMENT

A Deep Organic Re-reading of Alvar Aalto’s Design Approach

Question

There are almost as many interpretations of organic architecture as there are writers. What is the range
pf interpretation of alvar architecture?

HYPOTHESIS

The term ‘organic’ includes ‘naturalness’ – a concept that has been interpreted as equally often as the
imitation of natural forms as the imitation of natural processes. Even at its most superficial, one sees
that the term organic refers to virtually every application of ‘free’ form in architecture that diverges from
the rectangular.

The conceptual framework of ’organic architecture’ is the most common theory used in analyzing Alvar
Aalto’s life’s work. Aalto was also aware of the idea of complexity, which now has become a fashionable
term both in architecture and urban planning. Aalto saw contradiction, a fundamental part of human
existence, as the starting point of complexity. He often spoke of ‘the little man’ and ‘human error’ which
is reflected in our built environment as conflicting needs, demands and outcomes. But unlike most of
the experts during both his time and now, Aalto did not see rational calculation and systems thinking –
that is, a quantitative approach – as solutions, which are more natural choices when dealing with
technical problems. In fact, Aalto did not consider building so much a technical solution, but rather one
had to take into consideration biological and psychological needs. What he himself saw as a solution was
an artistic approach that offers a comprehensive method in melding together contradictory elements.
Artistic work takes form as its central premise, which can transmit many kinds of physical and spiritual
contents, so that the qualitative dimension permeates the entire design process, and on the way is not
reduced to mathematical formulas
 ZAHA HADID

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Zaha Hadid form making strategies for design

Question

What are the techniques and sequence which has been followed in Zaha Hadid work?

HYPOTHESIS

The techniques used by her to generate such unique architecture have been exposed with
demonstrating the diverse ways of their application through her work. The uniqueness of Hadid works
is primarily their forms. Hadid strategy of design is to starts with doing rigorous study of site’s nature,
environment, neighborhoods, functions of the project and anything that could be related and affected
the project design. Next, she begins to draw and formulate from notion which usually depends on the
focus of the project.

Form notion usually is inspired from the site parameters that are enhanced by her memory accumulators
of picture and her artistic talent in formulation, fantasizing and the background she has in art, nature
and architecture. Then she utilizes the facility of software’s for generating forms and final additions in
project form. After that, she initiates in applying her self-developed techniques in the proposed form
which are fragmentation and abstraction, defying gravity, landscaping the project, play of light, layering,
seamlessness and fluidity. Hadid drawing reach up to one hundred sketches in order to get the suitable
form and achieve the satisfied research

REFRENCES

https://newprairiepress.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1003&context=oz
https://www.alvaraalto.fi/content/uploads/2017/12/EvaEylers.pdf
AbitareWeb (2011, Apr 22). Zaha Hadid Politecnico1.
Youtube,
Retrieved Jan 10,2013, fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No7yDSCG974
https: //www.academia.edu/9556092/ZAHA_HADID_FORM_MAKING_STRATEGIES_FOR_DESIGN