TEXTILES IN/AND/AS ARCHITECTURE
5_11_15
This thesis suggests that there is a possibility to create systems and use materials in a cohesive way using traditional textile production techniques leading to a building that is more responsive and specific to its programs. Traditional building systems and material use is compositional and based in systems of layers disconnected from their adjacent programs. Often the techniques of textile production are used only as a metaphor.
The program of this thesis is a textile campus; a space that allows for the research, production and selling of textiles and textile based technologies. This program exists in the intersection between architecture, interior design, design and technology and fashion. The site for this thesis is the previous fashion building located in the fashion district. The recent sale and impending demolition of this building afford the possibility for real experimentation. Using this existing structure, this thesis aims to create new spaces for interaction and discovery for students across disciplines.
SCE
Fashion
D&T
Lab
TEXTILE CAMPUS
Classroom Manufacturing Gallery Store
research
retail
DN
C 100 C OR R IDOR 1 C US T S E R V PAR S ONS MID
E 100 E LE VATOR R OOM B LDG/S TR UC T MAINT PAR S ONS MID
E 101 102 E LE VATOR R OOM B LDG/S TR UC T MAINTJ ANITOR LOC KE R S B LDG S E R V PAR S ONS MID PAR S ONS MID
103 S TOR AGE B LDG S E R V PAR S ONS MID
105 S TOR AGE FAS H DE S IGN PAR S ONS MID
100
LOBBY C US T S E R V PAR S ONS MID
1
01 GROUNDFLOOR 1/16" = 1'-0"
SEWING
quick circulation structure
WEAVING program program circulation
KNITTING enclosure
cutting + attaching
warp + weft
interconnected loops
circulation
Department of Campus Planning Design and Construction 71 5th Avenue, 9th Floor New York, new York 10003 p 212. 229. 5192 f 212. 924. 4850
Project Name
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K:\TNS_K_560 566_7th Ave.rvt
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5 6
4 3
5 1/16" = 1'-0"
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4 3
1
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1
0
A101
MECHANICS
ROOF GARDEN ROOF GARDEN PFTE COATED FIBERGLASS
STEEL TENSION CABLE
WOVEN PFTE
STEEL FRAME
3' - 6" 24X42" COLUMN
CAFE
07 ROOF 80' - 6" EXT CURTAIN WALL
CAFE RETAIL 1' - 3 3/4"
RETAIL
06 SIXTH FLOOR 63' - 0"
LECTURE
LECTURE
05 FIFTH FLOOR 50' - 6"
METAL SCREEN
EXT CURTAIN WALL
INT CURTAIN WALL
WOODED BRIE SOLEIL
2' - 1 5/16"
04 FOURTH FLOOR 38' - 6"
STUDIO STUDIO
03 THIRD FLOOR 26' - 6"
WOVEN PFTE
PVC LAMINATED POLYESTER
CHANNEL GLASS
02 SECOND FLOOR 15' - 0"
DYE LAB
OPERABLE CURTAIN WALL
CEILING VENT
WALL VENT
01 GROUNDFLOOR 1' - 6"
DYE LAB line of enclosure line of enclosure
00 BASEMENT -15' - 6"
2' - 9 1/4"
“What we should bear in mind here is the specific quality of textiles in regards to flexibility, pliability, and their high degree of performance relative to their weight, before taking up the part they play aesthetically� Anni Albers The Pliable Plane; Textiles in Architecture