Zaha Hadid and Feel-Good Modern Organic Structures
By Eveline Morel | November 20th, 2012 | Category: L.A. Art & Culture | Comments Off on Zaha Hadid and Feel-Good Modern Organic Structures
The pleated shell structures at the Zaha Hadid installation at Sci Arc seemed like something straight out of one of Masamune Shirow’s anime visions of utopian cities: organic, futuristic shapes, half-plant, half-egg-shaped, that seem to have sprouted up from the ground. This prototype explores the creation of new physical shapes and draping of materials (i.e. cloth, chains, and fiberglass) over mathematically-generated structural wood skeletons.
