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The love of curvilinear design
Modularity redefined
Curvilinear: Containing or consisting of curved lines (Cambridge Dictionary)
Do you love soft and organic shapes as much as I do? Do you find yourself adding a corner radius every time you design a square to make the shape more fluid?
As designers, we’re in luck because curvilinear design has indeed become a trend to behold.
An excellent example of endless curves
The London staircase
The interior helical staircase of London City Hall is a superb architectural example of a seemingly infinite curved line.
This helical walkway is 500 metres long (1,640 ft) and spans the ten stories vertically. At the top, it features a public exhibition space. The building is designed by Norman Foster, a visionary modernist architect, who is also the founder of the Norman Foster Foundation. The promotion of interdisciplinary thinking among the younger generation of architects, designers and urbanists alike is Foster’s vision for the future, a dream for all designers.
