Design Influence

Which one?

This list of architects, designers and artists, it is quite hard to pick only one from all these amazing people since all their work are outstanding. After going through each one, I decided to choose an architecture firm instead of the individuals listed since the firms were fairly modern and shares a same design process and ethic as a group not just by one person. So it was down to the firms of: Coop Himmelb(l)au, UNstudio and Studio Gang Architects. In the end I decided to go with Dutch architectural practice UNstudio since not only they do architectural but also urban development and infrastructural projects.

UNstudio: 

The buildings designed by UNstudio contain a very modern and futuristic look to them whilst keeping a sustainable design that includes the initial stages of economic, social and ecological sustainability. These fundamentals led to UNstudio describing this process they came up with as 'Attainable design'. 

What I like UNstudio about is their complex and detailed methods of planning out their designs in architecture. These include time, use, circulation, material, virtual and visualization systems are all collected together to achieve their integral methodology. UNstudio is also one of the leading practices in the world known for their dedication to researching new ways to improve architecture. 

There were many buildings that appealed to me that were designed by UNstudio but the one that stood out the most to me was the  Yongjia World Trade Center. It was recently won by UNstudio as a competition in China and what I like about this building is the shapes and materials as it stack on to each other. It also reminded me of the apartment design assignment I had to do in last semester for the 3DS Max modelling course. 

Selected work: 

• Creative Zone 

• Haus am Weinberg 

• Yongjia World Trade Center