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- Title
Experimental Structural Model: From Manual Paper Garment to Fabrication as an Architectural Practice-Based Approach for Fashion Design Education.
- Authors
El-Mahdy, Deena
- Abstract
The study presents the integration of architectural design approaches in the fashion design process suggesting a new educational method based on structural model fabrication. The paper addresses the output of an experimental collaborative practice-based workshop titled 'Fashion Clash' that mixes both architects and fashion designers. The workshop focused on testing self-structural garments following a manual workflow which is divided into three main phases, (1) modeling and form-finding, (2) assembly, and (3) fabrication. Paper-based materials are used for transforming full-scale garments into textiles. The results presented seven garments displayed at a fashion show that show the effect of the folding techniques in reaching stability and highlighting the interdisciplinary integration of architects and fashion designers. The study concludes that implementing a parametric design logic based on architectural perspective in fashion would generate innovative ways of testing self-supporting geometry. Digitally computing the forces and structure before fabrication are left for further research.
- Subjects
FASHION design education; STRUCTURAL models; CLOTHING &; dress; FASHION design; FASHION shows
- Publication
Nexus Network Journal: Architecture & Mathematics, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 4, p1015
- ISSN
1590-5896
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00004-023-00732-1