Richard displayed some of his work at Bridges Maths Art Conference in 2014, and also presented a paper on A Plane-Filling Curve Using Ammann A5 Tiles available in the conference publication. The designs reference not only Escher and recent science, but also traditional art of the region, including South East Asian textiles and tribal art. “Strange Creatures” is a series of prints, and includes tessellations based on fractals, aperiodic tiling and plane-filling curves. These complex geometries have also been incorporated into the designs of WOHA’s buildings. Since 2004 Richard has extended M.C.Escher’s work on tessellations and symmetry into new geometries discovered after Escher’s death. Escher was an early source of delight and wonder. Growing up with his brother, mathematician Professor Andrew Hassell of the Analysis and Geometry Program at the National University of Australia, recreational mathematics including the art of M.C. Richard’s art practice intersects with the architectural practice, and explores complex geometries and tiling. WOHA have received 7 President’s Design Awards, Singapore’s highest design accolade. WOHA has exhibited their work in the Venice Biennale, most recently with a video installation entitled “Fragments of an Urban Future” and in New York at the Skyscraper Museum with “Garden City| Mega City” both in 2016. He founded the architectural practice WOHA with Wong Mun Summ in 1989. Richard Hassell is an Australian-born architect and artist who has lived in Singapore since 1989.
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