FABRIC TUCSON FROM BIRTH WE ARE GIVEN TWO LABELS OF IDENTITY NAME AND GENDER. FROM THOSE LABELS OUR FUTURE BEGINS TO BE SHAPPED AND CHALLENGED. THE SAME NOTIONS APPLIES TO ARCHITECTURE WHEN WE BEGIN TO LABEL AND DEFINE SPACES BEFORE WE EVEN OCCUPY THEM. WHAT IF WE ADDRESS FASHION, GENDER AND ARCHITECTURE FROM AN ANDROGYNOUS POINT OF VIEW? I THEREFORE QUESTION ARCHITECTURALLY WHAT AN ANDROGYNOUS BUILDING SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND PROPOSE TO EXPLORE WHAT IS MASCULINE AND FEMININE FORM AND MEANING AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. FABRIC TUSCON, A FASHION INCUBATOR LOCATED IN THE BARRIO LIBRE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS THE FIRST FORM TO BEGIN EXPLORE THIS CONCEPT. FABRIC’S MISSION EMPOWERS AND CULTIVATES INDIVIDUALITY FOR UP AND COMING FASHION DESIGNERS. THEREFORE, THIS FORM IS MERELY AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE THE DEPTH AND BREATH OF ANDROGYNOUS ARCHITECTURE AS A BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO ALLOW FOR THE INDIVIDUALITY OF CREATIVES TO STEP FORWARD.
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1. Fabric Store 2. Scholarship Recipients Desks 3. Cosharing Space 4. Learning Stairs 5. Sewing Stations 6. Manufacturing Table
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ADE 511: Fall 2018 Core Design Studio I
Student: Amalia Desardi Instructor: Max Underwood