Description
FABRIC[ated] examines fabric as a catalyst for innovation, reflection, change and transformation in architecture.
This book explores the ways in which research and development of fabric can, and historically has, influenced and revolutionized architecture, teaching and design. Responsive, flexible, impermanent, fluid and adaptive—fabric interacts with, and influences architecture, offering innovative solutions and increased material responsibility. Foundation and theory chapters establish clear precedent and futures for fabric’s position in architectural discourse. The case study section examines 14 international projects through three different threads: Veiling, Compression and Tension. Case studies include a diverse range of projects from the HiLo unit at Nest and CAST’s fabric formed concrete projects to a discussion of the impact of fabric on SO-IL and Kennedy Violich Architect’s professional work, demonstrating new and fresh methods for addressing sustainability and social justice through the use of fabric in architecture. Through the work of the many authors of this book, we see fabric as drape, skin, veil, mold, concept and inspiration. Fabric, in its broadest definition, is an important and innovative material in the development of socially conscious architecture.
Offering readers pedagogical and practical models for international projects highlighting fabric’s use in architecture, this book will appeal to the novice and the expert, architecture students and practitioners alike.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction
Tolya Stonorov
FOUNDATION AND THEORY
2 The Philosophy of Fabric Innovation in Architecture
Christopher Bardt
3 Digital Fabrication and Fabric Innovation
Jane Scott
4 The Sustainability of Lightweight Structures
Timo Carl
5 The Art and Science of Fabric Forming
Eleanor D’Aponte
CASE STUDIES
6 VEILING: GENDER, FABRIC AND WOVEN STRUCTURES
Academic Inquiry
6A Seaming: The Fabrication of Keswa
Emily Baker
6B Translation: Female Garment to Architecture
Tolya Stonorov
6C Pipeline Resistance and Feminist Spatial Practice
Erin Moore
6D GEO|TEXTILES: Weaving Restoration Ecology and Cultural Narratives
Emily Vogler
6E Weaving a Home
Abeer Seikaly
Professional Inquiry
6F Communal Architecture: A More Finely Calibrated Set of Relationships. A conversation with Florian Idenburg
7 Compression: Fabric Formed Concrete and Dense Applications
Academic Inquiry
7A Spacer Fabric Pavilion—Advanced 3D Textile Applications in Architecture
Johanna Beuscher and Claudia Lüling
7B Lightweight Cable-net and Fabric Formwork System for the HiLo Unit at NEST
Tom Van Mele, Juney Lee and Philippe Block
Mark West
Professional Inquiry
7D Form-Finding the MARS Pavilion
Joseph Sarafian and Ron Culver
8 Tension: Tensile Structures and Inflatables
Academic Inquiry
8A Fabric[ating] Act[ivat]ion
Antje Steinmuller
8B Hollygrove Shade-Water Pavilion
Judith Kinnard, Irene Keil and Nick Jenisch
Professional Inquiry
8C AirDraft
Thomas Randall-Page
8D PATCHWORKS: A Report from Three Fabricated Futures
Juan Frano Violich
9 Outcomes + Conclusion
Tolya Stonorov
