We treat competitions as the vehicle for testing lines of research currently being developed within the studio.
Why do you participate in architecture vision competitions? The role of the architect in today's societies should be about developing narratives that enable fresh and innovative solutions to common problems. We strive for geometrical complexity and site specificity to ground our projects in their time and place. We understand architecture as the process by which design ideas can be tested to respond to specific conditions found in the built and natural environments. What does architecture mean to you and what is the role of an architect in your society? In 2014 the studio won the Wallpaper magazine competition for best product design for the Glenmorangie whiskey bottle glorifier. In 2018 the studio was nominated for best Interior Design in the wellness category at the NYCxDesign annual convention in New York. They can be simple diagrams or the source of incredible complexity.ĪIDIASTUDIO has been a special guest at the Beijing Design Week, 100% Design (London) and Design Days Dubai where the studio has built design installations. In design, palindromes can be translated into cyclical patterns or re-iterative loops. A palindrome is a word, phrase or number that reads the same forward or reversed. In the transliteration of idea into aidia a palindrome is formed. The term " aidia" is born from the transliteration of the English word idea into Spanish and Polish. They subsequently held Lead Architect positions at Zaha Hadid Architects and Ateliers Jean Nouvel. The studio has bases in London and Mexico City. Natalia and Rolando met in London in 2005 while working for Norman Foster.
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal and Natalia WrzaskĪIDIASTUDIO is an architecture and design agency founded by Rolando Rodriguez-Leal and Natalia Wrzask in 2018. We’d like to take the opportunity to introduce you to the winner of the 2nd prize of our “Abu Dhabi Flamingo Observation Tower” competition - Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask, Jose Luis Mulás and Paola Barrenechea from United KIngdom!