Blobitecture and Fashionarch in Abstract

Architecture and fashion have been correlated in design aspect (principals and elements) for decades and have shared the same function of product that’s to protect the human body. Both are rooted to art, and supported by the development of technology and other knowledges that are growing with them. But in the last decade, since the Japanese invasion in design culture in 1980’s, architecture and fashion shifted culturally. Wavy character in fashion clothing turns rigid (fashionarch) while rigid character in architecture building turns wavy (blobitecture). The shift also happens to the creator; fashion designers get involved in architectural project, and architects invade fashion area. It happens from urban scale to single building, as knownly designed by Zaha Hadid, also in her clothing and accessories design. This cultural shift in single building can increase the building value since society nowadays has put more respect to fashion in their lifestyle.