The purpose of this study is to analyze the organic forms, expressions, and characteristics of Alexander McQueen’s fashion design and to present various materials for understanding and utilizing this organic design style. The criteria for organic design expressions and characteristics were classified through a literature review, and the organic design characteristics of Alexander McQueen’s fashion were then analyzed. The results are as follows: First, the morphological characteristics of nature’s forms are used as objects in Alexander McQueen’s fashions to represent organic characteristics. Second, abstraction through the application of organic forms means creating an abstract representation of the object being represented. Abstracting organic forms occurs by partially modifying the structural features of the human body to show characteristics or by visualizing these characteristics within the surface of the natural object. Third, continuity through the expression of the formation process of organisms is characteristic of the expression of the gradual growth of organisms; this reinterpretation is based on the concept that the internal elements of natural objects affect their external forms. Fourth, the structure of using natural materials, as well as regional and cultural characteristics, is shown in the designs through use of the physical characteristics of expressions and materials that use natural elements. Fifth, symbolism through subjective thinking implies that the element of nature that an object expresses is the element that appears in nature; this includes created organisms along with environmental factors. These characteristics are best demonstrated in fashion designs that express themselves through creativity.

본 연구는 수변공간의 친환경적 개발 가능성을 모색하는네 목표를 두고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 근대의 기계론적 가치관에 대하여, 최근 과학 분야에서 새로운 발전 또는 친환경적 패러다임으로 등장한 유기적 세계관의 특징에 주목하여 워터프론트의 개발 방향성을 총체성ㆍ복합성ㆍ역동성ㆍ상보성 등 4가지로 설정하였다. 한편 구체적인 워터프론트 디자인 요소를 도시ㆍ건축의 장소적, 의장적, 시각적 특성을 통하여 검토하였다. 그리고 이를 토대로 친환경적 수변공간의 유기적 개발 방향성과 구체적 디자인 요소간의 상관관계 및 사례 제시를 통하여 유기적 특성을 활용한 워터프론트 디자인 요소를 제시하였다.