This study argues that architecture could benefit from including everything designed to shelter human beings, such as buildings and clothing. Renowned architect Zaha Hadid said: “[B]oth architecture and fashion are based on structure and shape and turning basic necessities (like clothing and shelter) into art” (Rudy, 2019). Fashion designer Coco Chanel said: “fashion is architecture, it’s a matter of proportion” (Rudy, 2019). Architects and fashion designers have the same aim: to make inventive designs developed from theory, technique, and philosophy (Rudy, 2019). In using the words ‘fashioning architecture’, this study critiques the limitations of architecture as buildings and fashion as clothing. In this study, ‘fashion’ refers to the making or designing something and ‘architecture’ as a collection of buildings and clothing designed for the body.
Figure 9: Demonstration of the function of architecture (Author, 2021).
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