Textile Informed Structures - How to Braid a Roof, Translating the logic of textile bindings into the scale of architecture
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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2019
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Borgny, Malin
Wallander, Linda
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Abstract
There is a great variety of textiles, both in terms of the behaviour of the fibres they
comprise of and the assembly methods used to construct them. Hence, the definition
of textile is expanded from including only conventional fabrics to encompass
all surfaces with a structure that follows the logic of textiles.[1] One can then refer
to textile as a repetition of bindings, or joints, forming a non-hierarchical surface.
Analogies between classical textile assembly methods (knit, weave and bobbin lace)
and structural systems are studied in this research. Similar to the work of K. Snelson
the internal structural logic of textile is identified, describing the joints used
in the assembly, followed by mapping of these typologies onto structures.[13] The
resulting modules are aimed to be used for the assembly of structures in the scale of
architecture. Similar to the behaviour of textile, these structures have the potential
to grow in all directions, depending on spatial requirements, while still retaining
some kinetic behaviour.
Three concepts are proposed. Firstly, an interpretation of the general assembly
method of textiles combined with the theory of platonic solids, resulting in a scissorlike
structure. Thereafter, parallels are drawn between woven textiles and tensegrity
systems, and finally the basic pattern of bobbin lace are mapped onto reciprocal
structures. These are evaluated through the application on a case project - a freeform
roof structure. The final concepts yield intriguing load bearing systems that
illustrate the possibility to design and construct temporary structures able to seamlessly
span irregular spaces.
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Textile , Free Form , Scissor Structure , Platonic Solid , Tensegrity , Reciprocal