Volume (14), Issue (1), Year (2026), Pages (107-124)

DOI:10.52113/3/eng/mjet/2026-14-01-/107-124

Research Article By:

Janan Mustafa

Corresponding author E-mail:janan@scd.edu.om

ABSTRACT

Studying Zaha Hadid’s architecture raises questions about the method behind her dynamic architecture. Two views emerge when describing Hadid’s design approach; one focuses on the generative method of the dynamic forms, and the other describes it as creating dynamic cinematic scenes. This paper aims to bridge the gap between the two perspectives by grounding the methods for setting the cinematic scene in the generative methods developed by Zaha Hadid. To achieve this goal, a comprehensive theoretical framework was developed, considering Hadid’s innovative generative techniques and the cinematic montage technique as an editing technique for setting cinematic scenes, and guided by a general assumption that the montage technique is inherent in Hadid’s generative methods. To verify this assumption, specific indicators were identified to reveal the use of montage and then applied to two case studies. Findings show Hadid reconstructed the architectural settings to create dynamic fields by introducing conflicts that dominated the field’s centers of gravity, and that elements of rhythmic, tonal, and over-tonal montage techniques are embedded in her designs.

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Keywords:

Design process, Field, Dynamic form, Generative techniques, Montage, Experimental approach, Zaha Hadid.

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